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By Rick Pezzullo— With the open enrollment for health care deadline looming today (Dec. 15), a moderated panel forum with local advocates and policy experts who discussed the many legislative failures that have led to skyrocketing health care costs for New Yor... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Several hundred adults and youngsters braved snow, slush and slippery surfaces Sunday morning to participate in the 13th Annual Dobbs Ferry Holiday Hustle 5K & Kids Reindeer Fun Run 1K. The overnight snowstorm that blanked the area p... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Another effort is underway to try to bring back the Tappan Zee Bridge name. A new petition calling on the New York State Legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul was launched on www.change.org a few weeks ago by Joel Berry and has attracted 8,629 si... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Safety improvements are planned at two pedestrian crosswalks in Hastings-on-Hudson. According to Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins, new crosswalks will be built at intersections with Warburton Ave. at Pinecrest Dr. and Division St. A 2... More »
By Tom Pedulla— In the end, Sleepy Hollow did not leave the JMA Wireless Dome at Syracuse University with the first state football championship in school history, bowing to high-powered Monroe 34-0 on Dec. 6 after a scoreless first half. In the end, the Horsem... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Local elections in all five of the rivertowns produced new mayors in four of the five villages covered by The Hudson Independent. Only one of the mayors sworn in at the beginning of December* is an incumbent: Democrat Karen Brown of Tarryto... More »
By Tom Pedulla— In the final minutes of Sleepy Hollow’s 42-20 victory against Glens Falls on Nov. 29 at Middletown High School in Middletown, chants of “Syr-a-cuse! Syr-a-cuse!” descended from the stands. It was a magical moment for a Sleepy Hollow program tha... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The election for governor in New York State is a year away, but the campaigning and mudslinging is already underway. During a rally Monday at the Pearl River Elks Lodge, spearheaded by the Rockland County Republican and Conservative parties, ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Despite the reinstatement of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, Westchester County’s largest nonprofit hunger-relief organization is stressing the food insecurity crisis is worse than ever. In a county of about one mil... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Jessica Reinmann of Chappaqua, founder of the $2.5 million non-profit aid group 914CARES, was not the first Democrat to enter the campaign to unseat Republican Congressman Mike Lawler, but she is the first to drop out. This week, Reinmann re... More »
Several ceremonies marking Veterans Day Tuesday were held in municipalities throughout the rivertowns, including at Patriots Park where officials in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow saluted area men and women who served in the military, and those who made the ultim... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A new four-story building with 81 condominiums is being proposed on the waterfront at Hudson Harbor in Tarrytown. The Tarrytown Planning Board recently held a public hearing on plans for The Gatehouse on Hudson View Way and Division Street—an... More »
This past week, the Horsemen Against Destructive Decisions (HADD) celebrated Red Ribbon Week—the nation’s longest-running drug-use prevention campaign. To kick off the campaign, HADD members served up festive “mocktails” at last weekend’s Varsity Football game... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A growing number of residents in Hastings-on-Hudson are fuming over a planned cannabis dispensary on Main St.—across the street from a youth community center and next door to a dance studio. The Highline received its cannabis license from New... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— It was the end of an era on the Tarrytown Planning Board Monday night. Joan Raiselis attended her last meeting on the board after 20 years, including the last four as chairwoman. Last month, Raiselis informed the Board of Trustees she would b... 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— 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 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 Rick Pezzullo— The company decommissioning the nuclear power plants at Indian Point is not planning to restart the facility any time soon. During a meeting last week of the New York State Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board in Cortlandt, Patrick O’... More »
