A Mission to Improve the Health of the Hudson

For 30 years, Gareth Hougham conducted scientific research at IBM, but his real passion is improving the health of the Hudson River by taking care of its tributaries, which can […] Read more »

Serving the People Who Serve 

Members of the armed forces most likely to experience difficulty readjusting to civilian life are long-term service members accustomed to years of being told what to do, along with those […] Read more »

Green Growler Is Croton’s Punk Rock Answer to ‘Cheers’

For years, Croton-on-Hudson kid Evan Perdomo-Cohen toured the country in a van playing bass guitar with high-energy punk and metalcore bands. During down times, he took on freelance video editing […] Read more »

Flying the Flag for Girls Football in the River Towns 

Receivers ran routes, caught passes and conducted footwork drills during football practice at the Anne M. Dormer Middle School gym in Ossining.   The 13 young women attended the evening session […] Read more »

A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock ‘n Roll

When Mike Leibowitz plugs in his bass guitar, he enjoys playing progressive rock, the more challenging, the better. That is the exact opposite of the way he runs his furniture store, Country Willow […] Read more »

John, Paul, George, Ringo and Vivienne

When Neal Courtney proposed to his future wife, Vivienne, instead of asking “Will you marry me?” he said, “How would you like to merge our stamp albums?” She “knew what […] Read more »

Peekskill – A City Centuries in the Making

Peekskillian Malaka Garrett, who works at City Hall, sometimes wonders why the Town of Cortlandt virtually envelops the small City and ponders how the relationship between the two municipalities evolved.   […] Read more »

A Slice of Portugal Thrives in Tarrytown 

After World War II, many Portuguese immigrants arrived in Tarrytown seeking steady income.   “The men worked at GM [General Motors] and the women took sewing jobs on Central Avenue,” said […] Read more »

Christopher James Talio is a ‘Man on a Mission’ 

During his band’s performance at the Bean Runner Café in Peekskill, Christopher James Talio often stared straight ahead at the back wall as if he were searching for something.   Indeed, […] Read more »

‘New Croton Review’ Turns a New Page

With all the literary luminaries who have lived, worked and played in Croton, it’s fitting that the New Croton Review puts the village on the map for visual artists and […] Read more »