A Brilliant Crystal of Many Facets [Ed. Note: This is the final article in a three-part series — profiling local luminaries of the past three centuries — that began in March in... Read more »
Spencer Robinson, a groundskeeper working at the Lyndhurst estate in the 1950s and 1960s, lived with his wife Nina in a gingerbread cottage near the Hudson River. His death in October 1965 went unrecorded in the local press. But Spencer... Read more »
I was born and raised on Crest Drive in what was then the northern point of Briarcliff Manor. In the beginning, there were five houses on Crest Drive, two on Pine Court and... Read more »
Over the last eight years, Irvington High School history teacher Chris Barry – whose great-great-grandfather fought with the 65th New York Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War – spent most of his summers and... Read more »
This summer marks the anniversary of a particularly ugly event in the area’s history that certainly won’t be celebrated, but should be remembered nonetheless. Over the course of two weekends in 1949,... Read more »
Session gives educators the opportunity to learn the history and impact of slavery at a historic site Historic Hudson Valley (HHV) announced today the return of a National Endowment for the Humanities... Read more »
Westchester County is unique in all the world. Most of us know this, and we might even be able to cite some reasons it is unique. It’s harder to understand how it... Read more »
The Ossining Historical Cemeteries Conservancy Project Is Open for Walking or Driving The Ossining Historic Cemeteries Conservancy (OHCC) and the Town of Ossining announced the completion of the Dale Cemetery Heritage Trail.... Read more »
African drumming and dancing highlight celebration of oldest African American holiday Drumming, dancing, a reading from celebrated author Michael Twitty, an interactive documentary and movie screenings are just some of the exciting... Read more »
There is no church here, but “the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated” this ground. On 43 Ashford Avenue in Dobbs Ferry, on nearly 3 acres of land,... Read more »