By Barrett Seaman– Are local officials happy or unhappy with Con Ed’s electric and gas rates proposed over the next few years? Should we, the consumers, be? That’s hard for the average homeowner to tell, based on a series of public pronouncements—first from th... More »
Dear Friends and Neighbors: Families of all backgrounds are on the precipice of losing access to their SNAP benefits amid the current government shutdown, with no immediate relief in sight. Even when the shutdown concludes, new and permanent eligibility requir... More »
The following ruling by the county’s Fair Campaign Practices Committee elicited a response from the Unite Sleepy Hollow campaign that can be read further down the page. FINDING IN THE COMPLAINT OF MARJORIE HSU AGAINST THE UNITE SLEEPY HOLLOW SLATE, CANDIDATES ... More »
By Barrett Seaman— More than a thousand scary creatures, interspersed by 128 phantasmagorical floats, rumbled their way from Patriots Park down Broadway and Main Street in Tarrytown’s 23rd annual Halloween Parade on Saturday. Lining the route were an estimated... More »
Out of this year’s annual American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Walk last Sunday emerged a first-of-its-kind bra drive, the creation of a team from Phelps Hospital Northwell. Starting with hundreds of gently used and new specialized bras, collected both at ... More »
By Elizabeth Tucker— Still/Moving, an exhibition spanning two venues, presents a thirty-year retrospective of the Chinese artist Shen Wei. He first trained as an opera singer and studied painting and Chinese calligraphy before co-founding a modern... 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 »
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 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 »
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 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 »
By Tom Pedulla– Several teammates on the Dobbs Ferry football team for seventh and eighth graders tested Quinn Cronin by racing her before a recent practice at Gould Park. None came close to beating her. One boy tried so hard he stumbled and fell in the final ... More »
In the month leading up to Halloween, there are dozens of events, activities, entertainment and downright scary stuff going on. To help readers decide where to go, The Hudson Independent offers a comprehensive calendar, starting this weekend: SLEEPY HOLLOW Oct... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— It’s been 31 years since Support-A-Walk was first held to provide support to individuals and family members coping with breast and ovarian cancer throughout the region. The non-profit organization Support Connection, based in Yorktown, was cr... More »
Hundreds of residents enjoyed the many activities Saturday at the Village of Irvington’s Rocktoberfest. The outdoor music festival in Matthiessen Park included several performers, food trucks a Kids Zone and pumpkin painting. The event was spearheaded by the v... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Anybody with concerns about the legality of Quality High, the new cannabis dispensary in Sleepy Hollow, need look no further than the New York State license plastered on the front window—and the shop’s location, right across Beekman Avenue f... More »
Local elections matter! As former Irvington elected officials, active volunteers, and long-term residents, we proudly support Bob Grados for Mayor. The question we answer on Tuesday, November 4: who is the best person for the job? We are wholly confident Bob i... More »
