By Ginger Lidsky — After a lengthy debate that began in February, the Sleepy Hollow Village Trustees are poised to pass a resolution slowly phasing out gas-powered leafblowers. On May 5th, after two public hearings, a write-in period where they received three ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Hastings Board of Education has appointed Ms. Genieve (Gen) Holder as the next Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Personnel Services (AS-PPS), effective July 1. Holder brings 20 years of experience to Hastings as a special education aide,... More »
The Irvington School District has been honored with the 2026 Best Communities for Music Education Award from NAMM (National Association for Music Merchants) Foundation. The national recognition honors the district’s outstanding support and commitment to music ... More »
Sixteenth District Congressman George Latimer welcomed the winners of the Congressional App Challenge in Washington D.C. as part of the House of Code ceremony put on for the winners of the challenge. Saihaj Singh, Griffin Chan, and Ishan Gheewala of Ardsley Hi... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Dows Lane Elementary School has been named a 2026 National Gold Star School by the National Association of Elementary School Principals. The prestigious recognition honors outstanding elementary and middle-level schools where collaborative le... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The top two students of Ardsley High School’s Class of 2026 were named this week as Khushi Karthikeyan earned the Valedictorian designation and Matthew Kraytman finished as Salutatorian. A National Merit Scholarship Finalist and AP Scholar wi... More »
This story is part of a series written by students in local rivertown schools Niva Pandya– On a recent trip to St. Augustine, Florida, a small, historic town much like ours, I noticed that locals were using bright orange flags to signal that they were crossing... More »
By Jeff Wilson– The robot was sitting on blocks on a table while Irvington High School’s Bulldog Bytes, now functioning like a pit crew at a racetrack, diagnosed the problem that had caused the bot to malfunction in the previous “heat.” Mark Rothman, one of th... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Class of 2026 valedictorian and salutatorian at Irvington and Sleepy Hollow high schools were recently named. In Irvington, Josh Greenbarg and Lucy Acharekar will be addressing their fellow classmates at commencement ceremonies in June. G... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Hastings-on-Hudson Board of Education recently unanimously appointed Ms. Lina M. Carolini-Cannavò as principal of Farragut Middle School, effective July 1, 2026. Selected from a strong pool of more than 100 applicants, district officials ... More »
Two Irvington Middle School eighth graders – Addison Schutzman and Sydney Pollack – were named finalists in the 2026 Lifting Up Westchester Essay Contest. The competition, open to students in grades 7 through 12, asked participants to write a 750- to 1,000-wor... More »
By Jeff Wilson– Last seen by Indy readers in early 2024, the Sneaky Bots, a new robotics team of fourth-graders from Sleepy Hollow and Irvington, were competing in the FIRST LEGO League Challenge Regional [Robotics] Championship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst... More »
Students at Irvington elementary schools recently joined millions of readers around the world in celebrating World Read Aloud Day, a global event that highlights the importance of reading aloud and sharing stories. World Read Aloud Day is an international lite... More »
This is the first in an occasional series of articles written for The Hudson Independent by local students. Submissions should be sent to editor@thehudsonindependent.com. By Ginger Lidsky– Last Tuesday evening, dozens of people gathered at Sleepy Hollow Vil... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— An Ardsley High School senior has been named one of the top 40 finalists in the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition. Khushi Karthikeyan, 18, has already earned $25,000 for her accomplishment in the Regeneron Sci... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Hillside School students and staff came together to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through the school’s annual MLK Peace March, a longstanding tradition centered on unity, kindness, and justice. The event featured music, refle... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Students in a writing class in the Hastings-on-Hudson School District recently experienced a memorable lesson when Darren Tipton, CEO of Paris Baguette, visited their classroom, bringing both insight and popular mochi donuts. As part of a rec... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A large group of seniors at Ardsley High School has entered the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious high school science competition. Seventeen students have officially submitted their independent res... More »
By Elizabeth Tucker– As students settle into the school year and their teachers are hard at work, administrators in some of the rivertowns districts are busy supervising major upgrades of the facilities where the teaching and learning take place. In Hastings,... More »
By Tom Pedulla– Sleepy Hollow senior Brayden Richardson has long been viewed as an exceptional talent. Now, after injuries wiped out his last two seasons, he is finally proving it for the resurgent Horsemen. Richardson has often been close to unstoppable as Sl... More »
