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  • Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow, NY

Email: krista.madsen (at) patch.com

Phone: 914-236-0306

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Hometown: Bristol, CT

Birthday: July 10

BIO

Krista has lived in Sleepy Hollow with her two young kids and husband since Patch launched here in 2009, writing up local businesses in the listings. Since then, she's written the Mom Spelled Backwards columns, reviewed Movies Made Here, interviewed store owners for the Shop Talk series and much more. She's honored to now be the local editor of Sleepy Hollow-Tarrytown and Ossining-Croton, forging deeper connections with these rivertown communities she so loves.

Before Patch, Krista wrote a few published novels, taught writing courses at NYU and Gotham, and even owned/operator an arts lounge/wine bar in Brooklyn for five years – the place she used to think she'd live forever, until she found her way to the Tarrytowns.

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Woman Killed in Sleepy Hollow Car Accident

A woman who officials aren't identifying yet was pronounced dead shortly after being found outside of her crashed SUV on Tappan Avenue.

Woman Killed in Sleepy Hollow Car Accident
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Girl Scout Leaders Get the Boot

Several Tarrytown women apparently called the police when their cars were booted in the Tarrytown Centre lot on Thursday night and they felt they were mistreated.

Girl Scout Leaders Get the Boot
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Tarrytown Police Arrest Alleged Tire Thief

Following the October theft of 10 used tires from the back of Tarrytown's Mavis Tire, police now arrested one of two suspects.

Tarrytown Police Arrest Alleged Tire Thief
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Update: 3 Alleged CVS Toiletry Thieves Arrested

Tarrytown Police arrested three young women from Yonkers found with $600 worth of CVS products in their possession; one woman had several active arrest warrants.

Update: 3 Alleged CVS Toiletry Thieves Arrested
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Police Make Heroin Bust in McDonald's Lot

Tarrytown Police and the Greenburgh Task Force apprehended two people in a car with 12 waxed bags of alleged heroin.

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TZ Bridge Rebuild Likely to Start in Spring

The new Tappan Zee Bridge requires some formal permits and approvals and dredging work is tightly constrained by sturgeon rituals.

TZ Bridge Rebuild Likely to Start in Spring
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Police Charge Dobbs Ferry Woman with DWI

Sleepy Hollow Police pulled over a Dobbs Ferry woman on Bedford Road and arrested her on a DWI charge.

Police Charge Dobbs Ferry Woman with DWI
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Police Investigate Vandalism to School Van

Sleepy Hollow Police came upon a school van behind the Sleepy High School on New Year's Day whose door was open and windows broken.

Police Investigate Vandalism to School Van
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Cortlandt Woman Found With Illegal Needle

Sleepy Hollow police arrested a Cortlandt Manor woman, reporting finding her in possession of an illegal hypodermic needle.

Cortlandt Woman Found With Illegal Needle
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Police: Woman Fell Asleep at Wheel, Hit Car

Sleepy Hollow police received a Christmas morning report of a woman trying to leave the scene after hitting a parked car on Beekman, but her car was inoperable.

Police: Woman Fell Asleep at Wheel, Hit Car
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Ossining Police Investigate Death of Baby

Various agencies are investigating the death of a six-month baby on New Year's Day, though Ossining police say the baby apparently died of natural causes.

Ossining Police Investigate Death of Baby
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Sleepy Hollow Police Bust Big Underage Party

Police issued tickets to 25 youths for possession of alcohol after getting a call from Rock of Salvation Church about a party on their adjacent and vacant property.

Sleepy Hollow Police Bust Big Underage Party
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Tarryown Board to Rename Commuter Lots

Wednesday's work session agenda includes discussion of West Main Street parking, election resolutions, sidewalk cafe fees, budget prepartion and naming a parking lot.

Tarryown Board to Rename Commuter Lots
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Josephine Capossela Dies on New Year's Eve

Capossela was a lifelong Sleepy Hollow resident, an accomplished painter, dedicated mother of two, and active senior.

Josephine Capossela Dies on New Year's Eve
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House of the Week: $2.09 Million Gracemere

One of the highest priced house currently on the market in 10591 is a home on Old Albany Post Road, according to AOL Real Estate reports.

House of the Week: $2.09 Million Gracemere