By Barrett Seaman It’s unusual when a primary candidate in a congressional district well outside the Washington beltway gets a chance to announce her entry into a crowded field on a national news show. Yet Dr. Evelyn Farkas of Chappaqua had just that opportuni... More »
By Barrett Seaman By a two-to-one margin, incumbent Paul Feiner beat out challenger Lucas Cioffi Tuesday and held on to his seat as Greenburgh Town Supervisor, a job he has held since 1991. Cioffi, a West Point graduate, software engineer and business consulta... More »
By Rick Pezzullo The iPic Theaters Westchester will screen its last film this weekend as the Dobbs Ferry theater will close as part of a company restructuring. The official closure will be on Monday, November 11 and follows parent company, iPic Theaters, filin... More »
By Shana Liebman – On November 15, the Irvington Theater will host an exclusive screening of The Lavender Scare, a documentary about a period of history that few know about — yet which rings eerily familiar today. In the 1950s, while hundreds were blacklisted ... More »
by Barrett Seaman – In early October, it was announced that Dr. Gregg Semenza, Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology, along with fellow scientists Drs. William G. Kaelin Jr. of Harvard Medical Sc... More »
by Rick Pezzullo – A mixed-use project and a brewpub/restaurant are being planned across from the Metro-North train station in Tarrytown. Located at 29 Depot Plaza, the mixed-use project includes a 20,000-square-foot warehouse that will be renovated int... More »
Thanksgiving Time with an Ethnic Twist by Linda Viertel – Every family and chef possesses favorite Thanksgiving recipes and traditions handed down from generation to generation. Special bowls, platters and serving pieces appear, dinners may start at 2 in the ... More »
by Barrett Seaman – Having operated out of its current building on West Main Street for more than a century, the Tarrytown YMCA announced earlier this year that it was putting the 41,537 sq. ft. space on the market and looking for a new home. Last month, it ... More »
by James Carsey, TEAC – Whether you are a seasoned gardener with a yard full of head-turning peonies or you are a rookie that just learned the difference between annuals and perennials, chances are you’ve heard the term pollinator pathway this gardening seaso... More »
by Alexander Roberts – Twelve years ago when they were installed at the train station on the west side of the tracks, Tarrytown’s three electric vehicle chargers were state-of-the-art. Heavily subsidized by the New York State Energy Research and Development A... More »
by Barrett Seaman – A visitor to this bucolic, pin-neat hamlet would find it hard to believe that the official population of Pocantico Hills is as many as 23,000. In the village center, there are no commercial establishments but instead clusters of charming h... More »
by Linda Viertel – One congregation and two churches: The Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns and the “Old Dutch,” the oldest church in New York, possess a rich history and cultural heritage in the rivertowns. Expanding from this storied past, the Church’s curre... More »
Make Irvington Parks Friendly to All by Thom Thacker and Lisa Genn – We are Irvington residents who are proud to live in a welcoming and friendly community and believe it is time for the policies governing our parks to reflect these fundamental Village valu... More »
For more than two centuries, the giant Tulip Poplar provided shade for visitors to Tarrytown’s Patriot Park. It was there that in 1780, colonial militiamen captured British Major John Andre, finding on him papers that revealed the treachery ... More »
Inquiring Photographer by Alexa Brandenberg Maria Eberhardt Tarrytown “The opportunities I have – to go to a private school and all the other things my parents enable me to do.” Kim Waddell Tarrytown “Living in this beautiful town.” Jorge Ayavaca and Ethan... More »
Join the Irvington PTSA’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee for a panel focusing on how we as a community can cultivate a safe and supportive environment for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. This event is presented in partn... More »
by Barbara Moroch “Home is where your story begins,” author Annie Danielson once said, and that’s something Arthur Gandy and Sara Swan have taken to heart. She made a career out of studying fine art and fashion design. He made a career in carpentry. Together, ... More »
by Robert Kimmel – The expanding practice of using security camera video by law enforcement agencies to assist investigations has led the Tarrytown Police Department to implement a new program. “Got video?” That question comes in an ... More »
A Sleepy Hollow Homecoming by Dana White – This fall, scores of Halloween tourists will descend on the Old Dutch Burying Ground and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. While Washington Irving’s Headless Horseman may be the main attraction, an 18th century sandstone grave... More »
by Barrett Seaman – While most kids and their families in the area, as well as costume stores and supermarkets, will be spending this month preparing for Halloween, the big event that falls each year on October 31st, the various Hispanic populations in the ri... More »
