Every day is Earth Day in Tarrytown!
NEXT MEETING: Monday, April 14, 7:30 pm @ Tarrytown Village Hall
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We need you! The Tarrytown Environmental Advisory Council (TEAC) relies on volunteers to keep things moving. We're a fun and engaging group of like-minded folks working to make Tarrytown's air, land, and water healthier and cleaner. Joining is EASY: just come to a meeting or email Tarrytownenviro@gmail.com.

Monthly meetings. Our meetings are open to the public! Join us the second Monday of the month (unless otherwise noted) at 7:30 pm at Village Hall, 1 Depot Plaza, Tarrytown. Or join via Zoom.
  • Monday, May 12
  • Monday, June 9
  • Monday, July 14
EVENTS
TEAC EARTH MONTH EVENTS

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In collaboration with Sustainable Sleepy Hollow, we’ve planned several free, family-friendly events throughout the month to celebrate our earth! Click on the link for more details about each event: 

April 12, 9am-12pm: Compost Giveback Day. Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow residents can take up to two containers of free compost produced by our villages’ Food Scrap Recycling programs; location - Sleepy Hollow High School Admin Building Parking Lot. 

April 12, 10am–11am: First monthly RiverWalk Flash Clean Up and Horan’s Landing water quality testing. Help keep plastics and trash out of the Hudson. Horan’s Landing Park, 57 River Street, Sleepy Hollow. Rain or shine.

April 13, 9-12pm: Community Garden Cleanup. Join a clean-up of the Community Vegetable Garden between the Paulding School and Cobb Lane.

April 19, 10am-2pm: Friends of the Riverwalk Workday. Our mission remains the same: Assisting the Parks Department staff in establishing and maintaining plants, infrastructure and amenities.  Regular Workday activities have evolved to include: removal of  trash and invasives and the pruning of shrubs and small trees with the guidance of Anthony Ross, Parks Superintendent.

April 19, 10:30 am - 5:00 pm, Arts and Crafting Day: Riverkeeper Fish Migration Celebration​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍‌‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍​​‍​​​​​‍​‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‍​​‍‌‍‌‌​​‍​​​​​‍​‍‌​​‌​​‌‍​‌‌‍​‍​‍‌​‌​​​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​​‍‌​‍​​‍​​‍‌‌‍‌​​‍‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‍​​​‌‌‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​‍​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‍​​‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍​​‌‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍‌‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍​​‍​​​​​‍​‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‍​​‍‌‍‌‌​​‍​​​​​‍​‍‌​​‌​​‌‍​‌‌‍​‍​‍‌​‌​​​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​​‍‌​‍​​‍​​‍‌‌‍‌​​‍‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‍​​​‌‌‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​‍​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‍​​‍‌‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌​‌​​‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‍​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​​‍​‍‌‌. Create flags and banners to adorn Riverkeepers’s fish-themed flotilla as it travels up the Hudson River. 

“Use our Power, Speak for Our Planet” Earth Day listening sessions:
April 21, 7pm (Tarrytown) & Tuesday April 22, 7pm (Sleepy Hollow) 
Join a special session of your village’s Board of Trustees meeting and speak briefly about your environmental priorities. 

April 26, 10am-12:00: Neperan Park Earth Month Celebration. Join TEAC and Little Gardens of Tarrytown to celebrate Earth Month and help prepare the Neperan gardens for spring.

April 27, 10am-12pm: Lyndhurst Estate Free Seeding Event and Vine Cutting Demo. Learn about sustainable landscaping work being done in the historic landscape in your backyard. 

April 27, 9am: Morning Bird Walk with Yoni Rabino. Learn about local and migratory birds and how to identify them by sound and sight. Park at the Tarrytown Lakes parking lot, and bring binoculars!

April 27, 9am-5pm Village Free Day (Raindate: Sunday, May 4th). Sleepy Hollow & Tarrytown residents, put usable items you no longer want by the curb, and browse your neighborhood for treasures.

April 27, 10am-12 noon: Earth Month Clean-Up. Join Hackley’s Lake Keepers at their Earth Month clean up. Meet at the Tarrytown Lakes parking lot on Neperan Avenue and Sunnyside Avenue.

April 27,  8-11am: Lakes cleanup by kayak, led by David Gutschmit: meet at park-and-ride parking lot on Neperan. Seeking experienced kayakers with their own boats. Please email tarrytownenenviro@gmail.com to sign up.

May 3, 10am-1pm, Riverkeeper Sweep. Meet at either Tarrytown Losee Park Lot G or Sleepy Hollow Horan’s Landing, and sweep plastic and other waste out of the riverfront!

May 4, 10am-2pm: TarryHollow Repair Cafe. Bring small broken or non-working household items and appliances to the Sleepy Hollow Senior Center, where volunteers will get them back in shape for free!

NEWS
DECICCO AND SONS "LEEDS" THE WAY IN SLEEPY HOLLOW

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By Dean Gallea, Energy and Conservation Committee

The latest and largest food store in the DeCicco chain of family-owned, upscale food stores opened on March 28, just off the Beekman Street entrance to Edge-on-Hudson. As Village residents were led to expect, it’s a full-featured fresh food and upscale grocery emporium, with special emphasis on fresh produce, ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook store-prepared items, cheeses, and one of the best beer and cider selections in the county. The second-floor gallery features a Sleepy Hollow–themed collection of art and movie-worn costumes, a sweeping view of the store aisles below, a pizza shop, food-and-drink bar area, catered event spaces, and an outdoor deck looking southwest toward the bridge.

      


But another second-floor feature of interest to this “energy wonk” is the windowed room housing the machinery that heats and cools the facility and its refrigerated cases. Unlike most other grocery stores, DeCicco designed its heating, cooling, hot water, and refrigeration systems to work together efficiently, using environmentally-friendly, captured CO2 as a refrigerant. Waste heat that would otherwise be vented to the atmosphere is used to preheat water and supply the building with heat. That can reduce up to 37% of the store’s electric usage, especially in cold months, according to a presentation given by DeCicco at one of Sleepy Hollows Climate-Action Plan public meetings last year. Of course, there’s a long-term financial benefit as well.