By Barrett Seaman– Glancing out the window of her house on Irvington’s Meadowbrook Lane, Terri Altamura noticed a man taking one of two recently-planted Bob Grados for Mayor lawn signs and sticking it in the hatchback of his white SUV. She bolted out the door,... More »
By Shana Liebman– The restaurant at the top of Irvington—formerly the River City Grille, followed by the Club Car Grille—just reopened as Cifone’s, a modern Italian restaurant with a late-night fantasy. Co-owner Michael Cifone and his partner Matt Kay (who own... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Looking back over his 17 years working for Sleepy Hollow, Village Administrator Anthony Giaccio recalls a simpler time when the fall hayride was “something out of the high school,” when Historic Hudson Valley put on a modest “Legends” progra... More »
By Elizabeth Tucker– Many of us lacking experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) find it unnerving. There is the prospect that it can do everything we do, only better—or at least adequately and cheaper. “You won’t be replaced by AI; you’ll be replaced by s... More »
By Barrett Seaman— The swimmers, 113 in number by the time they hit the water, were not yet in sight as Marty McGinnity gazed out from Kingsland Point Park at a remarkably placid river under an azure blue sky, recalling last year’s aborted Lighthouse Swim. “We... More »
By Sue Treiman– If you’ve ever wondered whether hospitality and haute couture can happily coexist, Juan Delgado has the answer. They can and they do. The Hastings-on-Hudson 32-year-old has waited tables at Hudson Social on the Dobb Ferry Riverfront for six yea... More »
The movement against gun violence in schools was rudely re-awakened on August 27th with the death by gun of two children and wounding of 21 others at the Annunciation Church School in Minneapolis. Within days, word began to spread via Instagram that students a... More »
With students across the rivertowns now back in school, The Hudson Independent is launching a series of stories about the state of education, both public and private, in our villages. There’s a lot going on in the five public school districts and two private s... More »
By Barrett Seaman– When Governor Hochul signed the statewide ban on use of cell phones in public schools last June, she called it a “distraction-free schools policy.” Suffice it to say, cell phones are not the only distraction high school students face these d... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— More than 200 guests gathered at HudCo in Dobbs Ferry last month for Big Ideas and Little Bites: A Multi-Chamber Mixer. The evening, hosted by Westchester County and Westchester Catalyst (Westchester Office of Economic Development), brought t... More »
Tom and I, together with Carol Banino and Jim Garvey—the Unite Sleepy Hollow slate in November’s election—welcome a rigorous debate on Village issues important to our residents. We have been issuing newsletters and platform pieces with the intent of both commu... More »
By Barrett Seaman– A handful of cases of West Nile Virus in New York City and Yonkers has sparked concern in the rivertowns. Last week, the New York City Health Department reports that two Queens residents were infected, with one of them briefly hospitalized. ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A Life Scout from Ardsley Boy Scouts Troop 3 is asking for help from the community in his quest to build something for four-legged friends and their owners. Tristen Roberts, a rising junior in the Class of 2027 at Ardsley High School, is se... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Democrats in the 9th Judicial District of the New York State Supreme Court last week unanimously nominated four candidates to seek 14-year terms as Justices on the Court in this November’s election. One of the four is Irvington’s longtime Vi... More »
By Jeff Wilson– The owner set the broken Cuisinart blender on the table. The light went on, but the unit wouldn’t spin. Retired engineer and tinker par excellence Dean Gallea looked it over and embarked on what would become a 40-minute multi-step repair job. G... More »
The Unite Sleepy Hollow committee is excited to announce our platform priorities for the 2025 election. Earlier this year, incumbents Tom Andruss and Jim Husselbee began building a strong ticket focused on ending unjustified property tax increases and restarti... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Photos by Tim Grajek No doubt the balmy, nearly cloudless summer day on July 19 helped, but more likely it was the prospect of food, drink, music—and mermaids—that drew what was estimated to be over 10,000 people of all ages to Sleepy Hollow... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The spotlight was on Abbott House recently at the Barclays Center in New Jersey where the human service agency was recognized as the “Non-Profit of the Game” during the reigning WBNA Champion New York Liberty’s game against the Seattle Storm.... More »
By Barrett Seaman– It has been 20 years since the dead heat race for mayor in Irvington between Dennis Flood and Erin Malloy was decided by a coin toss. Truly competitive elections for seats on any of the rivertown village boards are a rare thing. Incumbents o... More »
By Jeff Wilson– Watching a PowerPoint, “Hidden Voices: Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States,” a new component in their Human Rights curriculum, fourth- and fifth-grade students in Irvington’s Main Street School were asked to study the vint... More »
