At 5:07 a.m. on April 24, 1908, 22 drivers set out on the first Briarcliff Road Race, a 256-mile contest that captured the nation’s attention and jump-started the automobile’s popularity. […] Read more »
Croton-on-Hudson is celebrating its 125th birthday this year. Croton Free Library is happy to be part of the year-long festivities. On the weekend of May 20-21, the library will be hosting […] Read more »
For those looking for a unique way to celebrate Juneteenth, a national holiday which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, there will be a special ceremony and meal taking […] Read more »
Ken Wray left office in March after 14 years as Sleepy Hollow’s mayor following his election loss to Martin Rutnya. The following is an “exit interview” with Wray written by […] Read more »
Historic Hudson Valley is pleased to announce that tours of Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate, Philipsburg Manor, Washington Irving’s Sunnyside, and Union Church of Pocantico Hills will begin on Friday, May […] Read more »
The seventh grade journeyed to the city of Philadelphia in April, where they extended their learning within their recent historical fiction and informational text units in ELA classes, and their […] Read more »
The Lincoln Depot Museum is pleased to announce the start of the 2023 season with a special opening event on May 6, 2023. A special Saturday presentation, “The Making of […] Read more »
You can’t put your arms around a memory, Johnny Thunders once said. But you can cast your memories in bronze. That’s what Alain Begun’s doing at the Briarcliff Manor site […] Read more »
The Briarcliff Manor Scarborough Historical Society will host an upcoming presentation titled, “The Old Croton Aqueduct in Art,” by Cornelia Cotton, who has been collecting prints, maps, and ephemera related […] Read more »
In 1996, the village officially changed its name from North Tarrytown, under which it had been incorporated since the late 19th century. Washington Irving, who resided in Tarrytown and is […] Read more »
