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By Rick Pezzullo— High school graduation season is upon us, and the first Class of 2026 to receive diplomas was the Hackley School in Tarrytown. On June 6, 96 seniors celebrated their commencement with proud family and friends. The following is a full roster of the Hackley School graduates: Lilian Adamski, Isaac Ahn, Mateo Arencibia, Evelynn Beaton, Wyatt Belleville, Zion Ben...

By Barrett Seaman— The battle to determine which Democrat will take on Republican Mike Lawler for his seat in Congress has grown more heated each day leading up to the June 23rd primary. The most recent development has been a concentration of fire in the direction of Cait Conley, ironically the race’s only combat veteran. At first, Republican PACs supporting Lawler raised the...

Dear Editor: Like so many voters, I feel it is so vital choose the candidate who can beat Mike Lawler. We have a choice between Beth Davidson, a career politician who is running a negative campaign rife with MAGA-like lies and innuendos, and Cait Conley who has consistently been talking to voters about the issues and her plans for a future that will benefit all of District 17...

By Jeff Wilson– June 11th: temperatures reached the low nineties—and stayed in that sweltering range from there. Dobbs Ferry officials couldn’t have chosen a better day for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly-constructed “Spray Pad” in Memorial Park. A configuration of upright pipes spraying fine mists of water mostly below waist level, the facility is designed for smal...

DEATH BED REGRETS: Woulda coulda shoulda By Krista Madsen     Believing in the afterlife leaves too much room for error—in this life; forget the after. Independently of what you may or not find at the Pearly Gates, there’s the problem of how to proceed with the here and now: unpressured by the “this is it” urgency of existence, you might fee...