Shimsky Shakes Off Abinanti in Primary; Cacace Rolls in DA Race
State Assemblywoman MaryJane Shimsky defeated her predecessor Tom Abinanti in a bitterly contested Democratic primary Tuesday. According to unofficial results from the Westchester County Board of...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow Trustees Divided On Flying The PRIDE Flag
By Solace Church– Sleepy Hollow, a village that generally prides itself on its ethnic and cultural diversity, found itself divided over a proposal to fly the PRIDE flag, symbol of the LGBTQ+ community,...
View ArticleTax Tumult: Reassessing 30,000 Greenburgh Properties in a Riotous Real Estate...
By Sue Treiman– Greenburgh Township wrapped up the initial phase of its tax reassessment process last week with an average 10 percent increase in property value, more than 1,000 petitions for rate...
View ArticleHammered At The Polls By AOC, Irvington’s Marty Dolan Calls His Maiden Voyage...
By Barrett Seaman– Marty Dolan, Irvington native and retired Wall Street and London banker, with no prior political experience, took on Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (a.k.a. AOC), leader of Congress’s...
View ArticleFinal Primary Tally Shows Latimer Won Ten Of Twelve Westchester Districts
By Barrett Seaman— Though the election night tally gave County Executive George Latimer a decisive 17-point primary win over incumbent 16th District Congressman Jamaal Bowman, the final tabulated...
View ArticleTarrytown Seeks Help to Control Crowds at Halloween Parade
By Rick Pezzullo— The Sleepy Hollow/Tarrytown area has long been known as Halloween country, and it seems more people than ever have been visiting in recent years to see what all the scary fuss is...
View ArticleMt. Pleasant Pays $300,000+ To Law Firm To Cover Four Months’ Work On Sleepy...
By Barrett Seaman– It was only last January when the Town of Mt. Pleasant announced that it had retained Baker Hostetler, a national law firm with a thousand lawyers in 17 offices–and expertise in the...
View ArticleMike Lawler Pays A Visit To Tarrytown
By Solace Church– Blending the traditional constituent services session used by most elected officials with his re-election effort, 17th District Congressman Mike Lawler, the Republican incumbent, came...
View ArticleStand Down
STAND DOWN: The art of the graceful exit By Krista Madsen– What a week of dignity and delight. What a moment on Sunday when the news spread in a great wave of donor money and reverence (and glee!) that...
View ArticleChanges Sought to Make Parkway Exit to Irvington Safer
By Rick Pezzullo— Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner is spearheading a petition calling for safety improvements on an exit off the Saw Mill River Parkway that leads to Irvington. In a recent letter to...
View ArticleDobbs Ferry Awarded $1M Grant for Drainage Work
By Rick Pezzullo— The Village of Dobbs Ferry was one of several municipalities to recently be awarded funding as part of New York State’s Climate Smart Communities grant program. Gov. Kathy Hochul...
View ArticleMondaire’s Battle Plan Against Mike Lawler: “Just Look At His Record”
By Solace Church— At a press conference in Croton-on-Hudson Monday, former Rep. Mondaire Jones denounced incumbent Congressman Mike Lawler’s recent vote on a budget bill that included cuts in funding...
View ArticleWaterfront Inn Sought Near Boat Club in Tarrytown
By Rick Pezzullo— In an effort to economically revitalize the Tarrytown Marina and ensure longevity for the Tarrytown Boat & Yacht Club, the owners of the marina are seeking permission from the...
View ArticleDobbs Ferry Rejects Moratorium Request for The Knoll
By Rick Pezzullo— Dobbs Ferry officials have concluded a moratorium on development in the neighborhood known as The Knoll isn’t possible. In a July 31 posting on the village’s website, the Board of...
View ArticleWeird Tales
WEIRD TALES: The semantics when fair is foul and foul fair By Krista Madsen– In my household, we hold these two truths to be self-evident: 1. There’s no such thing as boredom. If you’re bored, you’re...
View ArticleTrustees Throw Cold Water on Waterfront Inn Proposal
By Rick Pezzullo— The Tarrytown Board of Trustees is not receptive to a proposal to build an inn near the Tarrytown Marina—at least not yet. During its Aug. 19 meeting, the board opted not to formally...
View ArticleMondaire Vs. Mike: Who’s The Radical In This Race?
By Barrett Seaman— Ask Mondaire Jones and he’ll tell you that Mike Lawler is a MAGA Republican who “never stood up to Donald Trump a day in his life,” someone who would gut the Affordable Care Act,...
View ArticleDemocratic Challenger to Feiner Emerges in Greenburgh
By Rick Pezzullo— A 23-year-old graduate of Edgemont High School has stepped forward to mount a challenge against longtime Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner. Cornel Fisher, the son of Jamaican...
View ArticleAn Invitation to Tarrytown Voters to Participate in an Election Year Focus Group
The Hudson Independent is planning to convene a focus group of registered Tarrytown voters who could meet at a mutually convenient date and time in late September or early October. Our purpose in...
View Article9/11 Remembered at Ceremony in Patriots Park
By Rick Pezzullo Hung jointly by fire engines from Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, a large American flag flew prominently and proudly over Patriots Park Sunday morning during the 23rd annual remembrance...
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