by Katherine Cain – Amidst a still rising maternal mortality rate that has more than doubled from 1991 to 2014, there is a growing need to tackle the issue and keep mothers healthy and safe during childbirth and the months that follow. Various initiatives hav... More »
by James Miranda – The Irvington Theater (IT) Commission will host its first 2019-20 Diversity Series event on Friday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. The event, “Women Take Action: An Evening About Women Activists, Advocates and Women’s Causes,” will feature a panel... More »
By Rick Pezzullo Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY17/Westchester and Rockland) announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection next year. Lowey, 82, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, is currently serving her 16th term. “After 31 years in t... More »
Dr. Gregg L. Semenza, a 1974 graduate of Sleepy Hollow High School, was one of three researchers awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their groundbreaking work on how cells sense and adapt to changing levels of oxygen around them. He credits h... More »
by Elaine Marranzano – It was a weird Halloween. For one thing it was snowing. The “white Halloween” of 2011 blew in on a Nor’easter which dumped 12 inches of snow on Westchester. Trees that still had their leaves caught the snow and snapped under the... More »
by Robert Kimmel – Recent negotiations with Citibank have resolved Tarrytown’s quest to purchase, for metered public use, approximately half of the parking lot space adjacent to the bank’s long-vacant building at 1 South Broadway. Last December, a leasing arr... More »
Heard around the W@tercooler by Maria Ann Roglieri – Local National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists Congratulations to the following students for outstanding performance on the PSAT’s which made them National Merit Scholarship semifinalists: Dobbs Ferry High ... More »
World War II veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor Armando “Chick” Galella (right), 98, a resident of Sleepy Hollow, helped honor veterans from North Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow September 8 at the Morse School. He also met with Sleepy Hollow Middle School students in ... More »
The Trump administration’s new rule on “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds,” establishes new and tougher criteria that make dependency on the U.S. government for benefits a reason to render an immigrant’s application ineligible for green cards and thus a... More »
by Linda Viertel – Celebrity Chef Dale Talde’s newest restaurant venture at the Tarrytown House Estate, has given the 19th century King Mansion new vitality with its unique take on Cantonese and classic Chinese fare. Since opening on September 4, Goosefeather ... More »
by Rick Pezzullo – Residents in the Dobbs Ferry School District will be heading to the polls on October 22 to weigh in on a $19,977,378 capital project bond referendum that officials maintain will fund necessary building improvements and safety issues without... 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, possesses a rich history and cultural heritage. Expanding from this storied past, the Church’s current vision bring... More »
by Barrett Seaman – Don’t you hate it when your elliptical machine breaks down and you can’t find the part needed to fix it? Not just individual fitness equipment owners but clubs, gyms and companies that offer their employees a way to work out on premises al... More »
by Robert Kimmel The Rotary Club of the Tarrytowns, whose purpose is “to provide service to others,” is doing just that with an event this week for a local organization with a related aim. The Rotary is conducting a fundraising event and celebration for the Op... More »
Unsung Heroes by Tom Pedulla – Sean Weiner wanted to find a way to be a better neighbor. It used to bother him when he made eye contact with someone of a different ethnic background at a local store and that stranger remained a stranger. Weiner decided to tak... More »
Inquiring Photographer by Alexa Brandenberg – Emily Haluska Irvington “Definitely. I have kids and they enjoy all the events in the area.” Christian Jaillite Tarrytown “No. I’m happy for the village and the money they make, but the traffic is more horrifi... More »
By Barrett Seaman Alerted by a boater, the Westchester County Police Marine Unit picked up the body of a man floating in the Hudson River off Dobbs Ferry on Wednesday, October 2. Neither the cause of death nor the identity of the man was immediately known, tho... More »
The Irvington Theater will host a special performance of the play A Two Hundred Dollar Rhinoceros by local playwright Richard Lobel on Sunday, October 6th at 4:00 p.m. The play was originally performed in Manhattan at the Riant Theatre’s Strawberry One-Act Fe... More »
By Barrett Seaman Dobbs Ferry Police arrested Hastings on Hudson resident Johnny David Machado, who turns 27 on October 7, for the hit-and-run death of Rocco DePaolo on September 20th as he crossed South Broadway at 9:15pm. He was charged with one count of vio... More »
by Barrett Seaman – This year’s Horseman Summer Soccer Tournament, with 26 teams playing over eight weeks, was notable for several reasons. While the teams are made up largely of boys, girls and men from Sleepy Hollow’s Hispanic communities, organizers were p... More »
