Fitness Play Area Planned for Washington Irving. 
EPTA-sponsored project to open in September

Starting this school year, Washington Irving School is host to the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns’ 3rd though 5th graders. Originally built as a high school, the 3rd graders added […] Read more »
Tarrytown Village Hall

Dealing with Debt, Tarrytown Rationalizes $40,000,000

In May, the River Journal published an article on the financial status of three villages, revealing that the Village of Tarrytown is considerably more indebted than the Villages of Irvington […] Read more »
River Dad, chores

Child Labor

I have endeavored thus far to give my children a carefree, fun-filled life. Now that they’re seven and five years old however, it’s time to bring the hammer down and […] Read more »
River Dad

Soccer Parenting

As a youth, I played three seasons of AYSO Soccer. I remember running laps, and not kicking the ball, and running laps, and losing a lot of games, and running […] Read more »

Irvington Warns of Looming 2011 Budget Crunch

Is Irvington ready for a double-digit tax increase in 2011? That’s the warning coming out of the office of Irvington Village Administrator Larry Schopfer, which recently released a 2011-12 Tax […] Read more »

At The Warner Library…The Need to Read

“I would compare [reading] to exercise and fitness. It’s harder to get going when you start later on in life. When you get hooked on reading, it becomes part of […] Read more »
Morse School, Sleepy Hollow

School Grounds Getting a Makeover

The stretch of Beekman Avenue that borders the Morse School between North Washington and Pocantico Streets in Sleepy Hollow is getting a whole new look for the fall thanks to […] Read more »
River Dad

Getting Wet

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it’s been hot this summer. Like really, really hot.  Like melt-your-eyeballs hot. Having two young children as I do, and being at home […] Read more »
River Dad

To the Elementary Class of 2010

Graduates, As you prepare to close the book on what has undoubtedly become one of the most vividly enthralling chapters in your lives, I would like to take this opportunity […] Read more »
Tappan Hill School, Tarrytown, NY

Au Revoir, Tappan Hill

Tappan Hill School is closing its doors. This should not be news to anyone in our community by this point, but nevertheless, I find it jarring to write those words. […] Read more »