A Healthy Thanksgiving Side Dish

Here’s my contribution to the frenzied recipe searching souls out there looking for something more or less on the healthy side of eating for this year’s Thanksgiving feast. I myself […] Read more »
Horseradish

Just ONE of the 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth

  You ever forget exactly what you have lying around on your bookshelves? I got all sorts of photos, candles, postcards and books that slowly have become just a part […] Read more »
Tarrytown Village Hall

Dealing with Debt, Tarrytown Rationalizes $40,000,000

In May, the River Journal published an article on the financial status of three villages, revealing that the Village of Tarrytown is considerably more indebted than the Villages of Irvington […] Read more »

Irvington School District’s Financial Challenges

The Irvington school district faces three major financial challenges:  pending tax certs, retiree medical costs, and future “cash calls” from Albany to fund employee pension plans. Our problems are grave, […] Read more »
Until, A Poem by Al Ruscio

Until

UntilA Poem by Al Ruscio A book is just a book, until you read it –And advice is not so good, until you heed it – Praise is nothing much, […] Read more »
Worcester Reed Warner

They Gave Us the Warner Library

Every summer in the early 50’s the Warner Library held a reading contest for the most books read and reported on by the young children of Tarrytown and North Tarrytown.  […] Read more »
River Dad, chores

Child Labor

I have endeavored thus far to give my children a carefree, fun-filled life. Now that they’re seven and five years old however, it’s time to bring the hammer down and […] Read more »

Covering Healthcare for Retirees

Recently our newspapers carried stories about the $200 billion New Yorkers owe to cover healthcare for public sector retirees over the upcoming decades. Here is the situation in the Irvington […] Read more »

Irvington Cannot Sustain Double Digit Tax Increases

To maintain the excellence of our school district we need to at least keep our budget on a same level. The budget does not even include the health care cost […] Read more »

Irvington is the “Best Place to Live” in Westchester

The Village of Irvington wants to capitalize on its October 2010 designation by “Westchester Magazine” as the best place to live in Westchester County. Mr. Marty Ketels from Westchester Magazine […] Read more »