The Hudson Independent

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The Hudson Independent is a non-profit web publication that provides daily, updated local news to the communities it serves, includingTarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Pocantico Hills, Scarborough-on-Hudson, Irvington, Ardsley-on-Hudson, and Dobbs Ferry, New York. Founded in February, 2006 as a monthly print newspaper by 75 dedicated, civic-minded local residents, "The Indy" is now a non-profit foundation

that continues to offer objective news and local event coverage. It conveys news in an unbiased framework, so that readers can decide from the straightforward facts what actions, they as citizens, might take to better their own conditions and improve their communities.

Stu­dents at Dows Lane El­e­men­tary School in Irv­ing­ton will re­turn to a thriv­ing gar­den this fall, with new im­pr...
08/28/2026

Stu­dents at Dows Lane El­e­men­tary School in Irv­ing­ton will re­turn to a thriv­ing gar­den this fall, with new im­prove­ments cre­at­ing even more op­por­tu­ni­ties for hands-on learn­ing and com­mu­nity en­gage­ment.
The dis­trict re­in­stalled the gar­den’s ir­ri­ga­tion sys­tem, restor­ing its au­to­matic sprin­klers and pro­vid­ing ad­di­tional sup­port for the plants and pro­duce stu­dents helped cul­ti­vate through­out the year.
Dis­trict of­fi­cials also re­cently learned Dows Lane was se­lected from among 800 schools that ap­plied for a Whole Kids Foun­da­tion Gar­den Grant and is ex­pected to re­ceive ap­prox­i­mately $3,500.

Just when it seemed as if Sleepy Hol­low might never again ex­cel in foot­ball, the Horse­men rose up and pro­duced a ma...
08/27/2026

Just when it seemed as if Sleepy Hol­low might never again ex­cel in foot­ball, the Horse­men rose up and pro­duced a mag­i­cal sea­son last year.
Sleepy Hol­low not only showed it could win – it won big. The Horse­men, rid­ing the broad shoul­ders of record-break­ing run­ning back Bray­den Richard­son, not only pro­duced their first Sec­tion 1 cham­pi­onship in 47 years but rolled all the way to the state Class B cham­pi­onship game in Syra­cuse.
Now, the huge ques­tion. What can Sleepy Hol­low do for an en­core?

Au­tumn comes early in elec­tion years. You can tell by the over­sized, glossy fly­ers stuffed into your mail­box and th...
08/20/2026

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 of­fered the phone num­ber of ei­ther Lawler’s of­fice in Wash­ing­ton or his dis­trict of­fice in Pearl River.
The pro-Lawler ads want you to thank Mike for low­er­ing your taxes and fix­ing “our bro­ken hos­pi­tal sys­tem.” The pro-Cait Con­ley ads want you to com­plain about his votes for Trump’s tax pol­icy and to chas­tise him for vot­ing for cuts in Med­ic­aid.
By Bar­rett Sea­man

https://thehudsonindependent.com/the-lawler-conley-election-battle-takes-to-the-air/

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“Every per­son de­serves to feel safe in their home. A mother and daugh­ter en­dured a ter­ri­fy­ing at­tack in which th...
08/18/2026

“Every per­son de­serves to feel safe in their home. A mother and daugh­ter en­dured a ter­ri­fy­ing at­tack in which they were forced to fight for their safety and for one an­other in the face of unimag­in­able vi­o­lence,” Ca­cace stated.
“I com­mend the moth­er’s ex­tra­or­di­nary courage in in­ter­ven­ing to pro­tect her daugh­ter, and the daugh­ter’s de­ter­mi­na­tion to pro­tect her mother dur­ing this hor­rific or­deal,” she added.
By Rick Pez­zullo

https://thehudsonindependent.com/man-charged-in-greenburgh-home-invasion/

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Nick Gra­dos is ex­pe­ri­enc­ing mixed emo­tions as he pre­pares to at­tend the Uni­ver­sity of Wis­con­sin-Madi­son whi...
08/13/2026

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.
By Tom Pedulla

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08/10/2026

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.
By Jeff Wil­son

https://thehudsonindependent.com/a-new-cafe-with-coffee-brewed-behind-a-tellers-window/

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A Dobbs Ferry res­i­dent and six-year pan­cre­atic can­cer sur­vivor took cen­ter stage re­cently at a walk to raise fun...
08/06/2026

A Dobbs Ferry res­i­dent and six-year pan­cre­atic can­cer sur­vivor took cen­ter stage re­cently at a walk to raise funds to help find a cure for the dis­ease.
Sharon Bond, 77, who lost a sis­ter and close friend to the same dis­ease she was fight­ing with treat­ment at North­well’s Phelps Hos­pi­tal in Sleepy Hol­low, cut the rib­bon to kick­off the Lust­garten Foun­da­tion’s 17th Westch­ester Walk for Pan­cre­atic Can­cer Re­search at Westch­ester Com­mu­nity Col­lege in June.
The event, which drew about 300 sup­port­ers, raised more than $129,000. Since its in­cep­tion, the walk has raised more than $5.1 mil­lion—all of which goes di­rectly to re­search.

https://thehudsonindependent.com/local-pancreatic-cancer-survivor-cuts-ribbon-at-fundraising-walk/

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Two men pled guilty Mon­day to in­ten­tion­ally set­ting a fire at the his­toric Tar­ry­town Light­house last year that ...
08/05/2026

Two men pled guilty Mon­day to in­ten­tion­ally set­ting a fire at the his­toric Tar­ry­town Light­house last year that caused more than $100,000 in dam­ages.
Ac­cord­ing to Westch­ester County Dis­trict At­tor­ney Su­san Ca­cace, Elvin Ayavaca, 19, of White Plains, and Richard Joseph Bar­rero, 20, of Har­ri­son, pled guilty to Ar­son in the Third De­gree, a Class C felony, and Crim­i­nal Mis­chief in the Fourth De­gree, a Class A mis­de­meanor.
By Rick Pez­zullo

https://thehudsonindependent.com/two-plead-guilty-to-setting-fire-at-historic-lighthouse/

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About a dozen res­i­dents raised alarms about the en­vi­ron­men­tal im­pli­ca­tionns of a 214-acre golf course com­mu­ni...
07/29/2026

About a dozen res­i­dents raised alarms about the en­vi­ron­men­tal im­pli­ca­tionns of a 214-acre golf course com­mu­nity planned near the in­ter­sec­tion of Routes 117 and 9 in Bri­ar­cliff this week at a town of Mount Pleasant planned board meeting.
By Carol Vin­zant

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07/27/2026

We are deeply honored by Congressman George Latimer’s recent tribute to The Hudson Independent on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. For nearly two decades, covering the local news of the Rivertowns has been our passion, and we are truly grateful for this meaningful recognition of our work and commitment to the community.

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