Ossining’s New Village Seal Reflects its Past and Future

A controversial symbol of the Village of Ossining’s past will begin receding into the rearview mirror this fall, with its new seal appearing on municipal vehicles and buildings.  The new […] Read more »

Ossining Competes to Bring Ambitious E-Bike Program to Village Streets 

As the Village of Ossining reimagines its downtown with $10 million in state money, it’s also seeking another $7 million to fund an ambitious program to make e-bikes widely available […] Read more »

Longtime Ossining Restaurant Closes, on the Market for $1.5 Million

The Briar’s, an Ossining mainstay for at least six decades, has plated its last meal — for now, at least.  The cozy inn on North State Road closed its doors […] Read more »

Tarrytown Cartoonist’s Graphic Novel Traces Life of ‘Smahtguy’ Barney Frank

Eric Orner was working as a cartoonist for an alternative Boston weekly in early 1989 when he first met Barney Frank at a function in the city’s South End.  The […] Read more »

Safety, Taxes, Crowds at Proposed Yeshiva Worry Briarcliff Residents

Concerns over the safety of vacant buildings, student supervision, crowds at special events and loss of tax revenue were among the issues raised by Briarcliff Manor residents during a public […] Read more »

Briarcliff Planners to Yeshiva: It’s Not 1978 Anymore

The Briarcliff Manor Planning Board has a message for the Monsey-based congregation that wants to turn the former Pace campus into a yeshiva for up to 350 college-age men: It’s […] Read more »

Briarcliff Eyes Cops & Courts, Commercial Strip on Pleasantville Rd.

The former Wells Fargo property in downtown Briarcliff Manor could become home to a new police and court building, under a proposal that could also include developing retail, offices and […] Read more »

Tourism Guru on Shoring up River Towns’ Future 

Burns Patterson, a tourism and public relations specialist with strong ties to the region, was recently named executive director of Historic Hudson River Towns.  HHRT is a consortium of riverfront […] Read more »

Amazon to Deliver Jobs, Tax Revenue, Traffic to Route 9A Corridor 

Those Amazon vans that have become a daily sight in our neighborhoods are about to become even more ubiquitous on our roadways.  An e-commerce giant’s warehouse is sprouting up on […] Read more »

Pleasantville Music Fest Mixes National Headliners With Westchester Bands

The Pleasantville Music Festival returns this summer after a two-year hiatus, with a packed lineup featuring national headliners and local favorites performing on three outdoor stages at the village’s Parkway […] Read more »