I write to give thanks to members of the Dobbs Ferry Youth Little League and community that came together to support the first-ever night games at Memorial Field. Hundreds of players and fans participated on both Friday, May 12, and Saturday, May 13. Both nights started off with wonderful li…
I have just returned from a long trip to Europe, but the events that occurred at the Farragut Middle School right before I left haunted me because a similar event had happened to my family many years ago in another town. Our approach to what had happened was very successful, so I thought I s…
As you reported last week, three independent candidates running for office in Greenburgh had their petitions invalidated in a legal proceeding brought by the endorsed candidates of the Greenburgh Town Democratic Party, where the court primarily found they were ensnared in the traps of New Yo…
Ardsley Engine Company #1 and the Ardsley American Legion Post 458 have undertaken a joint initiative to share the costs of producing Military Tribute Banners for 12 Ardsley young men who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II. Last August, Ardsley made headlines when 59 Military Tribute…
Thank you for an update on the status of the tax exemption for first responders. I am glad that the online petition got more than 600 signatures. I hope that the Hastings Board of Education will decide in favor of granting this — it seems like a no-brainer. These men and women volunteer thei…
On the afternoon of Friday May 5, a child crossing Warburton Avenue near Division Street with her parent was hit by a southbound car. A few hours later, near Nodine Street, a pickup truck traveling north on Warburton crashed into two parked cars. One of the parked cars was that family’s seco…
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the successful campaign against cannabis dispensaries. The results have been finally certified by Westchester County’s Board of Elections.
The League of Women Voters of the Rivertowns has rescheduled a virtual candidates forum for the school board election for the Hastings-on-Hudson School District, to be co-sponsored by the Hastings PTSA. Also, the League and Dobbs Ferry PTSA are co-sponsoring a candidates forum for the Dobbs …
Governor Hochul's misbegotten housing plan has been defeated, for now. We 10706ers have to thank, among others, Mayor Armacost.
Westchester residents are cordially invited to join the United Nations Association (UNA-USA) of Westchester for its annual meeting at the Greenburgh Public Library (in person) and on Zoom platform on Sunday, May 7, from 3-4:30 p.m. This year's theme is “The Human Right to a Clean, Healthy, a…
On behalf of the 50-plus members of the Rivertown Skate Society, I wanted to say a big thank you to the Enterprise for your coverage of the first Big Air Skate Fair in Hastings on April 15. The event was an even bigger success than we anticipated. Special thanks go to the more than 400 kids,…
You have an extra day to pay your county/town/fire district taxes. Usually, county, town and fire district taxes are due on April 30. But, this year April 30 falls on a Sunday, so you have till Monday night. The Receiver of Taxes Office, according to Receiver Venita Howard, will be open till…
The Dobbs Ferry Beautification Committee would like to thank everyone who turned out to volunteer last Saturday, April 22, for our Second Annual Dobbs Ferry Cleanup Day. We collected over 55 bags of garbage, two shopping carts, scrap metal, an old fire extinguisher, and a bar stool, among ot…
My decision to run for the Dobbs Ferry Board of Education was not an easy one. As a mother with two young kids and a full-time job, my list of responsibilities is already endless. The more I thought about it, however, the more I couldn’t escape the importance of the call at hand and the reco…
Two weeks ago, I attended the American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference, where leading scholars presented a call-to-action to the audience of educators, professors, and researchers asking: “What are we doing with all we know? How are we affecting change in our local communi…
The Hastings Democratic Committee joins the growing chorus of organizations, municipalities, activists, and elected officials opposing Holtec International's proposed discharge of a million gallons of water containing radioactive waste from the Indian Point nuclear power plant into the Hudso…
Birthday good wishes and congratulations to longtime Ardsley resident Bill Rudy, one of our World War II veterans, who flew 35 missions as a navigator on a B-17 bomber over Germany. Bill just celebrated his 99th birthday and is excited to be welcoming the recent birth of his third great-gran…
I would like to express my thanks to Candace Treglia and Ashley Kurien, the co-chairs of the International Fair held at Springhurst School in Dobbs Ferry on April 15. This event was one of the best programs dealing with diversity I have attended during my tenure as town supervisor.
The April 14 article in the Enterprise regarding the proposed plan to pave over 6,000 square feet of Burke Estate land managed by the Board of Education for a skateboard park raises the following: Is this how we should steward our precious green open land? Is there really a need for a skatep…
A letter published in last week’s Enterprise included the information that the corporation managing the “decommissioning” of the Indian Point nuclear plant intended to begin dumping 1 million gallons of radioactive water into the Hudson River as soon as May 4. This plan has now been postpone…
I want our community to know about a great program called GridRewards, which allows people to earn cash for reducing energy usage and pollution. I've been participating since 2021 and it's really easy to do so. Just download the GridRewards app, input your ConEd account number, reduce your u…
The team here at Feeding Westchester would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Irvington Presbyterian Church for their efforts to bring attention to hunger here in Westchester through the Rivertowns CROP Hunger Walk. As a hunger-relief organization, we recognize that this is a growing cr…
As the Enterprisereported last month, the company “decommissioning” the Indian Point power plant plans to dispose of the radioactive water now on-site by dumping it into the Hudson River. The water, used to cool radioactive nuclear fuel rods, is contaminated with many cancer-causing particle…
Con Ed is seeking permission from the NYS Public Service Commission to raise electric rates over a three-year period by an average of 20% for electric rates and 31% for gas rates. They are seeking to upgrade their electric delivery system and upgrade its gas system.
Ever wonder what happens when your recycling is picked up by our DPW crew? Where does it go? Does it really get recycled? This one’s simple… Yes! In fact, in Westchester County 94 percent of everything we send off to be recycled is sold to recyclables brokers. And, despite what may be true i…
Thank you for devoting front-page space to the important issue of the proposed dumping of one million gallons of radioactive water into the Hudson River this summer by Holtec International, the company decommissioning the Indian Point nuclear power plant. Thank you also to the Hastings Board…
Recently Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner and other local candidates for Town Council and Town Clerk have been asked to leave when attempting to collect signatures at local supermarkets such as DeCicco's in Ardsley — a tradition that has gone on for more than 40 years. The property man…
I applaud Katelin Penner (Letters to the Editor, March 17) for the information and views she expressed on the problem with “affordable housing” in the Rivertowns. However, I offer here my own perspective that there is too much in the way of automatic (wrong) assumptions and simplistic thinki…
Since 1876, the Hastings-on-Hudson Fire Department has been made up of those who volunteer their time to respond to emergency calls in our village. Today, approximately 130 individuals who are your friends and neighbors have answered the call to serve their community in this life-saving way.
The residents who opposed opting in to have a cannabis dispensary in Dobbs Ferry have won. While I share their view that cannabis — or pot, as it is commonly called — is a bad thing, most especially for teenagers who are still in the maturation process, I have a simple message for these residents.
Governor Hochul’s proposed Housing Compact constitutes an existential threat to the Rivertowns. While her goal of more affordable housing is laudable, the Housing Compact is critically flawed. Its implementation over the next 10 years will be disastrous.
The New York State Legislature should reject Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposal that would enable the State to override local zoning if a locality does not comply with state quotas to build affordable housing and to address New York's severe housing shortage. Instead, the State should provide fina…
I would like to thank all of the Dobbs Ferry residents who took the time to consider and sign the petition to get a permissive referendum on cannabis dispensaries. In case you have not heard, we collected enough signatures to activate a villagewide special election on permitting cannabis dis…
I urge the Hastings Board of Trustees to reject Electric Owl Studios proposal to convert the southern part of the Graham Windham property into an industrial complex. Because of the ostensible financial and public relations benefits to the village, the trustees appear to be leaning in favor o…
We are writing to express our vigorous and urgent opposition to the height increase that Zero Nodine LLC seeks from the Hastings Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) for their luxury townhomes abutting the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park (OCA), just south of Quarry Park. The height increase…
We write not only to remind those in favor of dispensaries to vote “yes” in the election on March 21, but to comment on the unsavory, seemingly malicious behavior displayed by members of our community who oppose dispensaries.
My family and I are relatively new to Hastings, but knew this was the place we wanted to settle down the moment we were introduced to it by our sister-in-law, who is a former art teacher at the school. My wife and I both work in media — she in casting and I in marketing. We were pleasantly s…
We are gratified that the Dobbs Ferry community is engaging meaningfully on the question of opting in to cannabis dispensaries. As noted in the Feb. 24. Enterprise, this question will be put directly to Dobbs Ferry’s voters on Tuesday, March 21 through a special election run by the County Bo…
I wish to thank the Hastings Police Department and the Volunteer Ambulance Corps for their quick response on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 7 to my home. I was in excruciating pain. I received a hip replacement on Jan. 11. Without the quick response of the police and ambulance corps I shudder…
Ardsley’s veterans, a small and ever-shrinking number, have much to be proud about living in a community that shows deep appreciation for and honors their service. It’s a sentiment that was best expressed last summer by Sharon Colabello, the lead organizer of the very successful Ardsley Mili…
I need to correct and clarify some information in my letter of last week about the Hastings paving blocks. I have just learned that, in fact, the blocks in the new Hastings downtown sidewalks were made on special order by Hanover Architectural Products. Unfortunately, Hastings Pavement Co. n…
Governor Hochul’s proposed state budget contains a sweeping new set of laws (the New York Housing Compact) that will overwhelm the small villages along the Hudson Valley. The plan is a one-size-fits-all solution to a nuanced problem that will obliterate home rule and make short shrift of loc…
F.I.S.H. (Friends in Service Helping) is a group of Hastings volunteers who drive Hastings residents with no other means of transportation to medical and dental appointments in Westchester County. It is a treasured service in the Hastings community. Drivers enjoy getting to know, and help, a…
I am writing in response to your recent report “Proposed height increase incites objections” (Feb. 17). The developers of luxury townhouses at 0 Nodine in Hastings, which abut the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail, have requested a height variance.
As a longtime resident of 1 David Lane, I have considered Hastings-on-Hudson my beloved village for decades. It’s natural beauty, tranquility, sense of community, and arts and cultural focus make it unique and should be sustained. While the need to explore ways to increase tax revenue is und…
I found the Feb. 17 issue of the Enterprise both informative and distressing. Both the letters and editorial were very passionate about the efforts of Steve Pucillo and the volunteer community. I am not sure if any bureaucratic birdbrain was behind the efforts to remove the birdhouses. Did t…
In a Feb. 10 article, Tom Gambardella brought to our attention the disappointing news that the Westchester County Parks Department removed hundreds of birdhouses along the South County Trailway. I, along with many others, enjoyed seeing the colorful and eclectic birdhouses and felt they prov…
Our family is humbled by the attribution you gave my father, Steve Pucillo, in your recent article ("Removal of Birdhouses Ruffles Feathers" Feb. 10,). We are big believers in the power of volunteerism and also big believers in the power of effective local government. So you can imagine our …
First, I would like to thank Steve Pucillo. Second, thank you to the Enterprise for prominently featuring the issue of the birdhouses and raising awareness. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to the powers that be for reconsidering their removal.
Praise for Steve Pucillo! And while elated, I feel anger creeping in. A path nobody seemed to care about gets cleaned up, beautified. He does it for free, on his time, with his materials, his drive, to make the path enjoyable. And a person or group of people suddenly make themselves feel imp…
I met David Imamura when, as a college student at Dartmouth, he joined me as we went door-to-door in the campaign to get the then aspiring county legislator, MaryJane Shimsky, elected in 2011. Even as he attended law school at Columbia, he remained involved in local Greenburgh politics.
