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Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. A Legendary Commemoration: Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown Celebrate America's 250th (riverjournalonline.com) — Tarrytown and neighboring Sleepy Hollow are teaming up on Sunday, Nov. 1 for a free, daylong Revolutionary War–themed celebration that ends with music, crafts, food trucks, and a community sing-along in Pierson Park. Expect living-history performances, student reenactors, quilt dedications, and a reconciliation ceremony that highlights how today's villages are choosing unity while commemorating America's 250th birthday.
2. Sleepy Hollow, NY Is Real: Things to Do & Why to Go (2026) (5reasonstovisit.com) — Sleepy Hollow, once known as North Tarrytown, is spotlighted as a real-life Halloween-season destination just beside Tarrytown, with tours, cemetery walks, and Headless Horseman lore drawing crowds in October. The guide also highlights year-round attractions locals can enjoy, from Rockefeller State Park trails and the Cuomo Bridge path to Tarrytown's Main Street dining, TaSH farmers market, and nearby historic sites.
3. Halloween, autumn spur boom to Westchester's fall economy. What's on tap (lohud.com) — Tarrytown's booming Halloween season, anchored by its Oct. 24 parade and Sleepy Hollow attractions, is now crucial to keeping many downtown businesses afloat through slower months. The article tracks how fall festivals, social media buzz, and traffic-control plans are reshaping the local economy, bringing big visitor crowds, hotel tax revenue, and some parking headaches for residents.
4. Trick or treat with food writer Jeanne Muchnick (lohud.com) — Tarrytown's bars, restaurants, and sweet shops are already leaning into Halloween, with spots like The Tapp, Horsefeathers, J.P. Doyle's, and Hollywood North Pizza decking out early for spooky season. A new ice cream shop and candy store in nearby Sleepy Hollow, plus an array of pumpkin beers and themed cocktails, give locals plenty of festive ways to eat and drink close to home.
5. Man Slashes Ex's Face, Body With Box Cutter In Tarrytown Attack, DA Says (dailyvoice.com) — A July domestic assault in Tarrytown left a woman with permanent facial scarring and serious injuries after prosecutors say her ex-boyfriend attacked her with a box cutter. The Yonkers man has been indicted on multiple assault charges, is being held on bail, and is due back in Westchester County Court on Dec. 17.
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