Tarrytown’s 158-year-old Men’s Club Elects First Black President

Tony McFadden’s inauguration as president of the Young Men’s Lyceum in Tarrytown marked a historic moment for the venerable organization, but perhaps an even more meaningful moment for McFadden himself.   […] Read more »

Riverkeeper’s New Boat Named for Founder Bob Boyle 

Riverkeeper recently christened its new boat in honor of the late Bob Boyle, who founded the Ossining-based Hudson River environmental watchdog in 1966.   The new addition to the organization’s fleet […] Read more »

Kim Naples Named Briarcliff Manor Library Director

Kim Naples, whose resume includes positions in libraries in Rockland and Westchester counties, has been appointed director of the Briarcliff Manor Public Library.  Naples starts the $105,000-a-year position in July, […] Read more »

Kim Naples Named Briarcliff Manor Library Director

Kim Naples, whose resume includes positions in libraries in Rockland and Westchester counties, has been appointed director of the Briarcliff Manor Public Library.   Naples starts the $105,000-a-year position in July, […] Read more »

Ossining’s Mascot Search Ends with a Roar

The Ossining school district’s yearslong process to adopt a new mascot ended with a roar.   The Board of Education on June 5 greenlit a lion mascot, marking a milestone in […] Read more »

New & Noteworthy: Crank Cycles Gears up for Road and Mountain Riders

Crank Cycles recently opened in Millwood, around the corner from the North County Trailway and in close proximity to popular road and mountain biking destinations.   “You kind of get the […] Read more »

Route 9A Project Gets $20M to Design Briarcliff Upgrade

The roughly one-mile stretch of Route 9A between the Taconic State Parkway and Pleasantville Road in Briarcliff Manor – notorious for its potholes and undersized overpass – is the target […] Read more »

As Amazon’s Hawthorne Facility Ramps Up, Neighbors are Wary

Local officials and reporters recently got a glimpse inside   Amazon’s massive delivery station in Hawthorne, which the e-commerce giant says is operating at full capacity, handling 50,000 packages a day.   […] Read more »

Taylor Swoop? Vote to Name Those Bridge Falcons

Online voting has started to name the four peregrine falcon chicks that recently hatched in a nest box atop the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.   Third- to sixth-graders across Rockland […] Read more »

Bethel Woods Beckons Campers Back to the Garden

The crowd at Woodstock had to contend with rain and mud, but now you can experience the sights and sounds of the 1969 festival from the comfort of your own […] Read more »