Ossining Town Historian Keeps a Running Account

Caroline Ranald Curvan, Ossining’s recently appointed town historian, is a writer, adjunct professor, stage manager and blogger whose passion for running dovetails nicely with her interest in uncovering the past.  […] Read more »

Tarrytown Project Adds Pedestrian Bridge Over Thruway, Widens Broadway

The Thruway Authority is beginning a $13.9 million project along South Broadway (Route 9) in the Village of Tarrytown to extend the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge side path south […] Read more »

Things are Booming in Downtown Briarcliff Manor 

These are boom times in downtown Briarcliff Manor, with a pair of vacant buildings slated for demolition in March.  On March 6, the vacant Wells Fargo bank building at 1050 […] Read more »

The $2.7 Million Tax Question: Who’ll Buy GE’s Crotonville Campus?

With GE’s Crotonville corporate retreat on the market, Ossining officials are keeping a close eye on the future of a campus that contributes millions in tax revenue to the town […] Read more »

One Family’s Journey, from Nazi Germany to Sgt. Pepper’s

In 1967, 16-year-old Elsbeth Lindner opened a copy of London’s Daily Express to find an article about The Beatles’ newly released album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, complete with […] Read more »

Tarrytown Responds to Volunteer Ambulance Corps’ Emergency

When the Tarrytown Volunteer Ambulance Corps started in 1967, the corps’ rig was a Cadillac parked at a gas station. Headquarters was the village’s Neighborhood House.  Pagers were years away, […] Read more »

Carmine’s Deli: Come for the Mortadella. Stay for the Music

On Saturday afternoons you’ll find Rob Venuti behind the counter at Carmine’s Italian Deli and Café in Elmsford, stuffing a wedge with prosciutto and provolone.  Come Saturday night, you might […] Read more »

Yeshiva Appeals after Briarcliff Denies Permit for former Pace Campus

Lawyers for a proposed yeshiva are appealing Briarcliff Manor’s denial of a special permit to operate a school for up to 350 college-age men on the former Pace University campus.  […] Read more »

Destiny and a Dream: Bobby Checchi’s Last Trip to Yankee Stadium 

In August 2010, Bobby Checchi was in the hospital fighting a rare form of cancer when his family conspired to make a birthday wish come true for the longtime New […] Read more »

Tarrytown’s Jazz Forum’s Year 5: ‘We’ve Upped Our Game’ 

On a narrow side street hidden from Tarrytown’s main drag is a gem of a jazz club that’s been attracting the top names in the genre for the past half-decade.  […] Read more »