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Downtown Tarrtown W@tercooler offers affordable, sustainable shared office space for startups and freelancers. This content is for Westfair Online members only. Visit the site and log in/register to...
View ArticleHotel tax could be ‘tough sell’ in Albany
Several municipalities in Westchester want to enact local hotel-room taxes that might not have support from state lawmakers in Albany. This content is for Westfair Online members only. Visit the site...
View ArticleJudge’s ruling backs Sleepy Hollow development
The village of Tarrytown’s challenge to a riverfront development at a former industrial site in Sleepy Hollow was dismissed by a state judge. This content is for Westfair Online members only. Visit the...
View ArticleJudge’s ruling backs Sleepy Hollow development
Sleepy Hollow officials are waiting for General Motors to name a developer of its riverfront property in the wake of a state judge’s decision that opens the way for GM’s Lighthouse Landing project....
View ArticleFeud continues for Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow
As river dredging begins in an environmental cleanup at the former General Motors plant in Sleepy Hollow, neighboring Tarrytown looks to dredge up its legal fight over Lighthouse Landing, a...
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M&T Bank donates to nursing program at Phelps
M&T BANK recently donated $10,000 to the Nursing Promise Program at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow. The donation will help the program, which provides financial assistance and a...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow redevelopment clears another legal hurdle
A state judge has refused to reopen a court case in which Tarrytown village officials unsuccessfully tried to stop a large-scale redevelopment project by General Motors Corp. in neighboring Sleepy...
View ArticleSix billionaires call Westchester home
Forbes’ annual list of billionaires has been released, and six Westchester residents made the cut. This content is for Westfair Online members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post...
View ArticleSisters acquire family agency
Linda Rey and Laura Rey Iannarelli, principals of Rey Insurance Agency in Sleepy Hollow, announced they have bought out the 35-year-old business from their father, Francisco Rey. The purchase price was...
View ArticlePerfect storm brewing for Sleepy Hollow
The Village of Sleepy Hollow recently received a $65,000 grant that will help advertise its tourism activities around Halloween season. This content is for Westfair Online members only. Visit the site...
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Past present at Pokahoe
The village of Sleepy Hollow is the kind of cozy community where yesterday and today happily coexist. Think Philipsburg Manor, an 18th century mill and farm that was worked by slaves; the Old Dutch...
View ArticleNY State Senate approves hotel tax; bills head to Cuomo
The New York State Senate approved legislation over the weekend authorizing certain municipalities to impose an up to 3 percent hotel/motel occupancy tax on guests. The series of bills, approved in the...
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New York Life to lay off 45 in Sleepy Hollow
New York Life Insurance Co. will lay off 45 workers at its facility near Sleepy Hollow early next year. The jobs are being outsourced, according to a state Department of Labor notice. The jobs are...
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Regeneron pays $50M for New York Life property in Sleepy Hollow
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., New York’s largest biotechnology employer, has made its second major real estate investment in Westchester County in two years with its recent $50 million purchase of...
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Cuomo OKs hotel occupancy tax for Westchester towns, villages
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a series of bills into law on New Year’s Eve that will authorize 14 Westchester municipalities to charge local hotel occupancy taxes. The laws will allow the municipalities to...
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Open Door opens expanded Sleepy Hollow health center
Open Door Family Medical Centers is now accepting patients at its new facility in Sleepy Hollow. The community health center opened the two-story, 12,500-square-foot facility at 300 N. Broadway earlier...
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$1B waterfront development in Sleepy Hollow edges forward
On a recent scorching June afternoon, Diversified Realty Advisors founding partner Jonathan Stein walked to his black SUV and emerged with an item that resembled an oversized, silver briefcase. He...
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DEC announces $1.1 million available for Hudson River projects
A barge is pushed by a tugboat on the Hudson River just north of the Mid-Hudson Bridge. Photo by Bob Rozycki. More than $1.1 million in state grant funding is available to projects that help improve...
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Is Sleepy Hollow on the verge of an awakening?
Mayor Ken Wray Sleepy Hollow Mayor Ken Wray thinks his village is ready for an awakening. “We really have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity right now,” he said. The village of Sleepy Hollow recently...
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Kim Morque: How we can prepare for Sleepy Hollow’s resurgence
While the village of Sleepy Hollow is known for its blue-collar roots, historical landmarks and Washington Irving’s horror stories, the former factory town is currently undergoing a resurgence with new...
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