Rotary Club of the Tarrytowns: A Century of Service

Things have changed quite a bit since the Rotary Club of the Tarrytowns held its first meeting 100 years ago.   Women — who were excluded from that inaugural gathering at the […] Read more »

The Tappan Zee Bridge Lives! Well, on Twitter, Anyway

Although the Tappan Zee Bridge disappeared from sight in 2019, the once-reviled, now beloved Hudson River span has never vanished from the public’s imagination.  The outcry from the citizenry after its replacement […] Read more »

Cortlandt Brook Dam Removal Restores Aquatic Life

Volunteers from local conservation organizations recently planted dozens of trees and shrubs to help restore an area along a portion of the Furnace Brook in Cortlandt that had been obstructed by an […] Read more »

Redefining What it Means to be a Dad

The 7th Annual New York Fathering Conference, spotlighting the impact fathers have on their children and their community, is being presented as a free, two-part virtual event in November and December.   […] Read more »

Briarcliff Hires Tarrytown’s Joshua Ringel as Village Manager

A Tarrytown official has been appointed as Briarcliff Manor’s village manager, following the retirement of longtime manager Philip Zegarelli.   Joshua Ringel will begin on Nov. 15, replacing Robin Rizzo, who […] Read more »

Briarcliff Manor’s Phil Zegarelli Looks Back and Forward 

With a career that includes a hitch in the Navy, corporate postings around the world, and decades in government, it’s hard to imagine a more diverse career than Philip Zegarelli’s.   Although […] Read more »

Is Route 100 North County Trailway Crosswalk Safe Enough?

When the state rebuilt Route 100 from Millwood to Briarcliff Manor, it added improved connections with the North County Trailway to accommodate scores of pedestrians and cyclists traveling the busy […] Read more »

Briarcliff to Yeshiva: Plans Not Ready for Referral

Briarcliff Manor’s Board of Trustees rebuffed a request by a lawyer for a Monsey-based congregation to refer its application to open a yeshiva on the former Pace campus to the […] Read more »

Westchester’s Largest Solar Canopy System Completed

Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers and Ecogy Energy, along with local and state officials, held a ribbon cutting ceremony Sept. 14 to celebrate the completion of the solar canopy system on the Catholic order’s Ossining campus.   The 2,184 panel system, consisting […] Read more »

Briarcliff Names Acting Village Manager as Search Nears End

Former treasurer Robin Rizzo has been appointed Briarcliff Manor‘s interim village manager as the search winds down for a permanent replacement for Philip Zegarelli.  Rizzo’s appointment, which begins Oct 1, was […] Read more »