A century ago, during the Jazz Age (aka the Roaring Twenties), priests, pastors and ministers across the country railed against the popular new genre, calling it the devil’s music. At […] Read more »
Amythyst Kiah finally found herself. First, the rising singer-songwriter overcame imposter syndrome after earning a 2020 Grammy nomination for the song “Black Myself,” opening for top-tier folk and Americana artists […] Read more »
It is now possible to play pickleball in Peekskill. But with nine courts, the in-vogue sport’s local locus is Cortlandt. Invented in Washington state during the 1960s, pickleball mashes up […] Read more »
Ted Bitter is so serious about running that he adopts a military-style approach to coaching. It’s hard to argue with success. For 20 years, Bitter has helmed the Westchester Striders, […] Read more »
Peekskill High School’s Class of 2024 has the distinction of being the school’s 100th graduating class. Through the 1800s, two distinct school districts straddled MacGregory Brook. After 80 years of […] Read more »
Pollinator pathways are a growing trend. With bird and insect populations under stress, activists up and down the Hudson River are planting native species and spurning the use of pesticides […] Read more »
Inhabitants have considered Montrose to be hospitable for thousands of years. When the name George’s Island accurately reflected reality, early post-Ice Age residents piled up a significant shell mound. After […] Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
