A History Lesson on Peekskill Public Education

Peekskill High School’s Class of 2024 has the distinction of being the school’s 100th graduating class.    Through the 1800s, two distinct school districts straddled MacGregory Brook.  After 80 years of […] Read more »

Ossining Historian to Sail the South Seas to Follow 19th Century Voyage of Ossining Artist Alfred Agate

This summer, Caroline Ranald Curvan, Ossining’s Town Historian, will take a research trip to the South Pacific to learn more about Ossining artist Alfred Agate and his life as an […] Read more »

HHREC Commemorates Planting of Sapling From Anne Frank’s Tree at Garden of Remembrance

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC)  held a dedication for the Anne Frank Sapling at the Garden of Remembrance in White Plains on June 11. Close to 100 […] Read more »

Allan Block Insurance Celebrates 65 Years Serving the River Towns

The story of Allan Block Insurance began in 1959 when Allan Block began his career selling insurance door to door in Tarrytown. Allan walked with a limp that resulted from […] Read more »

Westchester County 9/11 First Responders Memorial Committee Commemorates Conclusion of Recovery Operations at Ground Zero

Westchester County officials and the Westchester County 9/11 First Responders Memorial Committee gathered to commemorate the conclusion of recovery operations at Ground Zero, by paying their respects at Westchester’s 9/11 […] Read more »

Historic Hudson Valley Unveils Groundbreaking Interactive Graphic Novel: ‘Kofi’s Fire’

The Sleepy Hollow-based education non-profit Historic Hudson Valley is launching Kofi’s Fire, an interactive graphic novel based on the true story of the “New York Conspiracy of 1741” and Kofi, […] Read more »

Village of Ossining Launches Veteran Banner Program

Saturday, May 18th, marked the inaugural launch of the Village of Ossining‘s military banner installation on Croton Avenue. The banners honor the community’s Veterans, active duty, Reserve, and National Guard […] Read more »

Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins Honors Sleepy Hollow’s 150th Anniversary  with Senate Resolution

New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Village of Sleepy Hollow with a Senate Resolution on Monday. Sleepy Hollow Mayor Martin Rutyna, Deputy […] Read more »

Lighthouse In Sleepy Hollow Reopens After Major Restoration

To commemorate the completion of the $3.4 million capital project, Westchester County Executive George Latimer held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 23 at the Tarrytown Lighthouse in Sleepy Hollow, unveiling […] Read more »

Part 2 of ‘Peekskill Riots’ Film at Field Library June 8

The five-episode docu-series by Jon Bennett explores events leading up to the 1949 Peekskill Riots Read more »