Barrett Seaman

By Jeff Wilson— The long-vacant Washington Irving Trust Company, a stately former bank located at 25 North Broadway in Tarrytown, has been reincarnated as Dahlia’s Song, a café/floral shop that has retained the bank’s original, century-old marble walls, high ceilings and large rear windows facing the Hudson River. Amidst its homegrown flowers, the café offers tea, sandwiches and fresh coffee brewed behind a classic brass teller’s window. The spacious facility is also available for workshops and events. The transformation is […]

To the Editor: This letter is written by a former 45 year Irvington resident with some thoughts and concerns about the proposed transfer of the Astor Street DPW Yard up to the Irvington Reservoir. This public letter is written after two communications and one phone call to Beyer Blinder and Belle (BBB) were unanswered. Compliments to Mayor Burgos and the Trustees for working so diligently to address these critically important facility needs. These buildings deserve to be modernized and provide […]

By Barrett Seaman— With three immigrant deaths, as well as repeated disturbances between guards and protesters outside Delaney Hall, the privately-run ICE facility in Newark, there’s no mystery as to why Democratic members of Congress are demanding access to the detention center. Among the recent visitors were New Jersey Representative Richie Torres and George Latimer, representing New York’s 16th District that includes most of the rivertown villages. Neither is a member of the House Oversight Committee that has jurisdiction over […]

By Tom Pedulla– Nick Grados is experiencing mixed emotions as he prepares to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison while leaving his Irvington High School lacrosse career behind. Although the All-Section star was recruited by Division 2 and 3 schools and could have had many options as a student-athlete at those levels, he decided to strictly focus on the classroom. He intends to major either in business or pre-med and knows either will be extremely demanding on his time. […]

As a resident of NY17, Cait Conley is asking for a job representing a district where I pay the taxes and absorb the cost of every decision made in Washington. She has been on cable television all summer bashing our current Congressman, Mike Lawler. When NBC and CNN offered her a chance to say the same things with him in the room, her campaign said no. Lawler put six debates on the table back in June. Four of them are […]

By Barrett Seaman– Autumn comes early in election years. You can tell by the oversized, glossy flyers stuffed into your mailbox and the endless string of 30-second ads that occupy every vacant piece of airtime on television. If you are a resident of NY Congressional District 17, which includes about half of Tarrytown and all of Sleepy Hollow and points north, you are being urged—by both sides in the race for Congress—to “call Mike Lawler” for which you will be […]

By Barrett Seaman– The two-year-old application by the New Jersey-based developer VARMA to build a 53-unit housing complex on the Maxon property at 76 North Broadway in Irvington continues to pinball its way through the village’s approval process. Whether the vote on August 18 by the Zoning Board of Approval (ZBA) to approve four technical variances requested by the applicant will facilitate the deliberations of the Board of Trustees, the Planning Board and the Architectural Review Board (ARB), as well […]

C O M M E M O R A T E We’re excited to announce that Commemorate is eligible for up to $3,000 in matching grant funds from ArtsWestchester—but it’s first come, first served. That means early donations have the greatest impact. Here is the GoFundMe Link Donations help us expand educational programs, develop curriculum materials, preserve research, support public art, and sustain our operations. Help us […]

By Barrett Seaman– Geoffrey Chaucer said it best: time and tide wait for no man. That was certainly true at Sunday’s fifth annual Lighthouse Swim Across the Hudson, where nearly 100 men, women and children from eight states, ranging in age from 15 to 75 struggled against a shifting tide to complete the three miles from Nyack to Sleepy Hollow’s Kingsland Point Park. Calm winds and smooth waters succumbed to a flood tide that pushed the swimmers upriver as the […]

School supply and food drive at Tarrytown Community Opportunity Center helps families survive cost-raising tariffs and historic cuts to food assistance Ahead of the first day of school, Empire State Voices hosted a school supply and food drive event at the Tarrytown Community Opportunity Center to ease the back-to-school financial spike so many Hudson Valley families are feeling. During the event, community leaders and New Yorkers collected and passed out school supplies and food donations. Empire State Voices and partner […]