Rescued Holocaust Torah Scroll Finds New Home 

A rare, Rescued Holocaust Torah from the Yorktown Jewish Center has been donated to the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC), a nonprofit organization that offers education programs in partnership with local schools to enhance the […] Read more »

Remembering Armando ‘Chick’ Galella

Sleepy Hollow’s protagonist is not, in fact, a lanky schoolmaster who retreated in the face of fear, but rather, a genuine hero who endured the unimaginable almost 80 years ago and spent his lifetime honoring his fallen brethren. THE Legend of Sleepy Hollow is Armando “Chick” Galella. And […] Read more »

Friends and Neighbors Remember ‘Chick’

Compiled by Gina Carey   “Chick had an incredibly magnetic personality and he spoke with such energy and passion. The students listened intently…. so much so that you could hear […] Read more »

Friends and Neighbors Remember ‘Chick’

Compiled by Gina Carey   “Chick had an incredibly magnetic personality and he spoke with such energy and passion. The students listened intently…. so much so that you could hear […] Read more »

Lincoln Depot Museum to Host Vietnam Veteran and Author John Fratangelo

Author to Discuss his book “The Last Goodbye” – A Personal Memoir of Life and Service in the Vietnam War The Lincoln Depot Book and Lecture Series continues on Saturday, […] Read more »

‘Croton Corners’ Corners the Market on Nostalgia 

Croton-on-Hudson has welcomed a new, charmingly old-fashioned addition to the Village: Croton Corners.   The Soda Shop/General Store/Arcade is a family business in the best and purest sense. It is created for families by a family.    The Tokkes, who own Croton Corners, are no stranger […] Read more »

A Local Establishment That’s More than Just a Restaurant 

When Horsefeathers owner Julia McCue was in college, she started working at the restaurant as a hostess. That wasn’t by chance. Horesefeathers, Tarrytown’s oldest restaurant, was opened by her uncle Russ Rogers in 1981 and by the […] Read more »

Halloween Season Events Return to Sleepy Hollow

Broadway shows have returned, Yankee Stadium and Citi Field are full of fans, but nothing says fall is back in swing in the region quite like the return of Halloween […] Read more »

Lost History of African American Regiment in Revolutionary War Topic of Talk at Van Cortlandtville Historical Society

The program on The Lost History of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment in the Battle of Pines Bridge in Yorktown, originally scheduled in early 2020 before the Covid-19 restrictions, will […] Read more »

Local Heroes Remembered and Revered

The City of Peekskill Fire Department will hold its annual 9/11 Ceremony – observing the fateful day’s 20th anniversary – at 6:30 p.m. at the Sam Oitice Heroes Remembered Memorial […] Read more »