The Nearly New Shop Closure: The End of an Era

The Nearly New Shop became an integral part of the Tarrytown community when it opened in 1942, as a part of the Junior League of Westchester on Hudson. The Junior […] Read more »

The Supermen and Clark Kents of the River Towns

  We all know how Clark Kent, the mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet, would transform into Superman to fight crime and keep the citizens of Metropolis safe. Although we […] Read more »

$750K in Hudson River Recreation Grants for Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow 

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has earmarked $1.1 million in grants to be used to increase storm resiliency and for recreation projects along the Hudson River, including $750,000 for projects along the Sleepy Hollow […] Read more »

Two Irvington Teens Honor Beloved Residents With ‘The Legacy Project’

Lexi Weintraub recalled the day that her mother took her best friend Sharon Draytsel and her to the Scenic Hudson Park on a beautiful afternoon back in 2017. She described […] Read more »

WIHD Dedicates Therapeutic Garden

Garden is brainchild of 24-year-old staff member with Developmental Disabilities With the help of community partners and the initiative of one of its staff members, Westchester Institute for Human Development […] Read more »

Ossining Second-Grader Appointed Ambassador for Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital’s Largest Fundraiser

Giovanni “Gio” Toribio, 7, was cheered on by his second-grade classmates in an assembly where representatives from  Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital presented him with an official sash designating him as […] Read more »

Op-Ed: Opposition to Family Separation and Indecent Conditions in Children’s Detention Centers

What is happening to children at our borders is unacceptable.  A few months ago the news reported that children were being forcibly torn from their families when they crossed the […] Read more »

Board Announces New Direction for the Family YMCA at Tarrytown

Established in 1903, the Family YMCA at Tarrytown has served the community from 62 Main Street, their central village location since 1912. The building is 107 years old and based […] Read more »

Op-Ed: Hudson Valley Care-Determined to Improve Transitions of Care

As of July 1st a well-known Yonkers drop-in closed its doors for the last time. These resources are invaluable to our communities and should remind us how important transitions of […] Read more »

County Executive George Latimer and ArtsWestchester Announce $883,000 in Arts Grants Benefiting 72 Cultural Organizations & Artists

Westchester County Executive George Latimer and the Westchester County Board of Legislators joined with ArtsWestchester to announce a list of 66 Westchester arts organizations and six artists who are the […] Read more »