Irvington’s Octagon House is One of a Kind 

Arlington, Virginia has the Pentagon, and Irvington has the Octagon. The Armour-Stiner Octagon House is an 8,400-square-foot home containing 20 rooms, including eight bedrooms and six bathrooms. It’s located on […] Read more »

How I Lighten My Mind to Enlighten My Life  

I have suffered from anxiety for most of my life. I’m far from alone. According to a study by Kaiser Family Foundation, one-third of adults surveyed (and half of those […] Read more »

John Sharp Has a New Lease on Gleason’s 

Popular Peekskill pub Gleason’s has made a short move into a much bigger space. The bar and restaurant took its crowd-pleasing pizza, and carefully-crafted cocktails, into the former home of […] Read more »

Get Your Glamp On with The Canvas Experience

If you love the great outdoors, but don’t want to sleep on a hard dirt floor in a sleeping bag,  glamping is for you. Glamping mixes the fun and adventure […] Read more »

Big Heart. Big Smile. Big Legacy.  

Keaton Guthrie-Goss had a smile that lit up the room and he lived for connection, friendship, and love. He was voted “Most Loved by All” at Masters High School in […] Read more »

For Hudson Valley’s Bard, New Stage and New Coin

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (HVSF) is a professional non-profit theater company that put down stakes in Garrison in1987. It has served more than half a million people since inception. Prior […] Read more »

Hiking The Highlands

Story and Photos by Larry Epstein  If you’re looking for something to do that’s fun, scenic, and healthy this summer or fall, take a hike — literally!    One of the […] Read more »

The ________________ Bridge

Ever since 2017, when then-governor Andrew Cuomo named the new bridge spanning the Hudson between Tarrytown and Nyack after his father, Governor Mario M. Cuomo – that christening has met […] Read more »

Peekskill Students Give High Marks to AP African American Studies

Peekskill High School is one of 60 schools in the U.S. participating in a pilot program for an Advanced Placement (AP) course in African American studies. The program is expected […] Read more »

Peekskill Resident Shines a Light on Benefits of Solar

There’s a new push in Peekskill to get greener, and it’s being led by a community solar initiative called Ecological Citizen’s Project (see story HERE). Only about 4% of the homes […] Read more »