IRVINGTON, N.Y. -- Irvington residents can still get a feel for the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Town Hall. In 2004, the Board of Trustees restored the reading room at Town Hall, one of the few remaining interiors created by Tiffany.Tiffany’s birthday recently passed. A world-famous artist, decorator and glassmaker, he was born on Feb. 18, 1848, and died on Jan. 17, 1933, at the ...

On a wonderful corner lot in Ardsley, New York sits a beautiful Victorian home at 20 Prospect Avenue. It sits prestigiously on its corner hilltop perch, gazing out at today’s hustle and bustle. Originally built in 1895, few are alive today that recall the history of this building. But if you do your research or ask around you’ll learn that this quiet Victorian on the corner has an ...

IRVINGTON, N.Y. -- Selling a home seems like an easy process. List the house for sale with an agent, spruce it up, have buyers come over, it sells, you move.   There are some dangers to an open house, or even a party, and owners should take precautions to protect themselves. For starters, hire a reputable agent/agency.  Your first line of defense is the public face of your listing. ...

Sunday, April 26, 2015 was a warm day in New Rochelle; slightly windy, but finally warm. It seemed uncommon for this April, as Mother Nature had refused to relinquish her wintery grip on the Westchester region. But on this day hundreds of people from all around the Westchester area rose early and assembled at Glen Island Park in New Rochelle for a good cause. They gathered to raise ...

In the novel 1984, George Orwell predicted that the specter of “Big Brother," with its all seeing eye, would be watching and listening to everything we say and do. Over 20 years have passed since the novel’s title date passed us by and, thankfully, it never came to fruition…or did it? But was George Orwell really that far off base? No matter where you turn, video cameras are ...