On Sunday, October 19th, the Greater Irvington Land Trust (GILT) celebrated the recipients of their 2025 Community Grant awards, issued last April to a variety of groups across the Rivertowns. In April, six grants, which in aggregate totaled $9,015.26, repre... More »
PLAYING DEAD: “The back door of the world” By Krista Madsen In my recent essay on a low brow/high brow photographic stunt known as Horsemanning, where you and a friend play the roles of Head and Beheaded (a la Headless Horseman), it was striking to me to note ... More »
By Barrett Seaman– On most of the stated goals of the candidates competing in November’s Sleepy Hollow mayoral and trustee election, the two contending parties—Unite Sleepy Hollow (USH) and TAG (Transparent Accountable Government)—have many of the same goals. ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The surprising withdrawal of a commercial casino license application by the owners of Empire City Casino in Yonkers has several officials in Westchester calling MGM Resorts International’s bluff. On Oct. 14, MGM Yonkers Inc., a subsidiary of ... More »
Millions of Americans turned out at some 2,000 rallies against Trump policies across the country but only brushed by the rivertowns. At a rally outside Greenburgh Town Hall, launched by the two-week-old group, Central Westchester Indivisible, Town Supervisor P... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Tarrytown Village Trustee Effie Phillips-Staley has received an endorsement in her bid to become the Democratic nominee to challenge Congressman Mike Lawler in the 2026 election. Latino Victory Fund, a political organization dedicated to ampl... More »
By Barrett Seaman– More than six years after Journal News Tax Watch columnist David McKay Wilson wrote a series of articles asserting that Jesse Lubinsky, then the Director of Technology for the Irvington Union Free School District (IUFSD), was being paid by a... More »
By Barrett Seaman— The League of Women Voters of the Rivertowns hosted a candidate forum with Democrat Arlene Burgos and her opponent, Independent Robert Grados responding to more than a dozen questions submitted by Irvington voters. Topics ranged from village... More »
BRAINS! PART 2: How would you like that sliced? By Krista Madsen As may be forever seared in your mind, last week I overshared about the recent excision of a mole on my scalp resembling a little brain, which I did worry might be the site of my concentrated sup... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Dobbs Ferry senior quarterback Jackson Kearns is enjoying a dream season in leading the high-flying Eagles to four victories in their first five games. He is shredding opposing defenses by air, passing for 734 yards and seven touchdowns. Using ... More »
Empire State Voices (ESV), a progressive group “dedicated to amplifying the voices of everyday working New Yorkers,” held a press conference outside Tarrytown Community Opportunity Center,demanding that Congressman Mike Lawler “stop playing political games, re... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A new and improved park is planned for the Village of Tarrytown for the first time in about 15 years. Lagana Park, located on Sheldon Ave. and Hillside St. next to the Elizabeth Mascia Child Care center, is slated to receive a major facelift ... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Jeanette King is a middle-aged divorcee, barely making a living shucking crabs on a 28-mile-long island off the coast of Maine. Her ex-husband is a lobsterman who has gotten caught up in a highly lucrative but deadly trade in baby eels, or e... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Firefighters from Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry and Hastings-on-Hudson teamed up Friday afternoon to contain a fire in a dry cleaner business in Ardsley. Shortly after 2 p.m., firefighters responded to a commercial alarm on Saw Mill River Rd. Upon arr... More »
By Barrett Seaman– As Grand Opening ribbon cuttings go, this one was slow on the uptake—about five years from the time brothers Chris and J.B. Gomez opened Climbing Wolf Coffee & Beer at 78 Main Street in Dobbs Ferry until the Saturday in mid-October when the ... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Ardsley capitalized on its only true home game this season by rattling off 28 unanswered points in a 28-14 win against Valhalla on Friday night. The defending state Class B champions responded to the bright lights and the buzz created by the op... 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 »
By Rick Pezzullo— A Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) that was vehemently opposed by local fire officials was recently approved by the Tarrytown Planning Board. The Planning Board’s Sept. 25 blessing of the project at 120 White Plains Road followed the Vill... More »
By Sue Treiman– The year that John Glenn first orbited earth, the Rolling Stones formed their historic band and the Cuban missile crisis simmered, 86 Dobbs Ferry teens gathered for their 1962 high school graduation photo. Twenty-two of them (plus some spouses)... More »
By Barrett Seaman– In a small pocket of land nestled beneath Phelps Hospital’s main building is a small oasis with benches, a fountain, shelter provided by a pavilion, embraced by plantings arrayed so as to highlight each of the four seasons. On Tuesday, in th... More »
