Hudson Valley Wave
Westchester and Rockland, from Yonkers to Peekskill and Piermont to Stony Point. Local news and features for the lower Hudson Valley, the fourth Wave, launched in November 2026.
Hudson Valley, covered the way locals live it
Most coverage of Westchester and Rockland is written from somewhere else, about somewhere else. Hudson Valley Wave was built to close that gap: a local publication that covers the river villages, the Sound Shore and the towns along the Harlem and Hudson lines the way locals actually live them, from the new spot in your village to the project reshaping your commute.
That means the practical things first. Where to eat this week. What is opening and what is closing. Who is building what, and what it means for your town. How to spend a Saturday without crossing the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, or with Rockland on the other side of it as the reason to. The businesses, events and people that make Westchester and Rockland more than a place you sleep.
Hudson Valley Wave is published by Wave Agency, a digital agency with an office in Melville, New York, and it is the sister publication of Long Island Wave. It launched in November 2026 as the fourth Wave, on the same idea: a publication that is fast, free, and genuinely local to the place it covers.
If it would not matter to someone who lives here, it does not run.
Local, and nothing else
- 28 towns with their own page on hudsonvalleywave.com
- Two counties, Westchester and Rockland: our entire beat, and nothing else
- $0 to read since 2026: no paywall, no subscription fee, ever
- One email every Friday, and the Wave Locals app to come
Six things we hold to
Not a mission statement. The working rules that decide what runs on Hudson Valley Wave and what does not.
Local or it does not run
Every story has to matter to someone in Westchester or Rockland. We do not pad the site with national wire copy dressed up as news.
Useful beats loud
We would rather tell you where to eat on Friday than chase a headline. If a reader cannot do something with a story, we ask why we are running it.
Honest about businesses
We cover local businesses because readers care about them, not because anyone paid for coverage. When something is sponsored, it says so, plainly.
Written by locals
Our contributors live here: business owners, event organizers, and people who know their towns first-hand. The door is open at Pitch a story.
The writer's voice survives
We edit for clarity and length, never to make everyone sound the same. If a piece stops sounding like the person who wrote it, we have failed at our job.
Free, and staying free
No paywall, anywhere on the site. Hudson Valley Wave is supported by local advertisers who belong in front of this readership, and readers never pay to read.
The latest from HV Wave
MUJI Opens Its White Plains Store at The Westchester on Saturday
Hudson Valley Wave ·The Japanese household and apparel retailer opens its first White Plains store at The Westchester on Saturday, November 14, with a two-day celebration, gift bags and a taiko performance.
New Rochelle's 62nd Thanksgiving Parade Steps Off November 21 With a Retired Fire Chief Leading It
Hudson Valley Wave ·The 62nd New Rochelle Thanksgiving Parade marches down North Avenue on Saturday, November 21, at 10 a.m., led by retired Fire Chief Andy Sandor, with giant balloons, bands and a $5 pancake breakfast first.
Untermyer Gardens Sets December 11 for the Grand Holiday Illumination, Free Every Night Through January 3
Hudson Valley Wave ·Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers lights its Walled Garden with more than 150,000 lights starting Friday, December 11, free and open nightly from 4:30 to 8 p.m. through January 3, 2027.
Five Shows Carry the Irvington Theater From Come From Away to Holidelic
Hudson Valley Wave ·The village-owned Irvington Theater on Main Street has five productions between November 20 and December 20: Come From Away, a rock Christmas party, a choral concert, a Nutcracker and Everett Bradley's Holidelic.
Lyndhurst Opens Its Holiday Season the Day After Thanksgiving, With 40 Vendors and a Gilded Age Floral Show
Hudson Valley Wave ·Lyndhurst in Tarrytown opens its Holiday Market on November 27, follows with decorated mansion tours through December 27, a Fleurs de Villes floral exhibition December 4 to 13, and Dickens readings before Christmas.
Scarsdale's Library Is Building a 60-Seat Outdoor Pavilion, Paid for Entirely by Donors
Hudson Valley Wave ·Construction is under way on the Scarsdale Public Library's Library in the Park project: a heated, lit outdoor pavilion and plaza with about 60 seats and a rebuilt entrance, funded by more than $2.2 million in private gifts.
28 towns, each with its own page
The stories and the events from the places readers call home. Every town below opens its page on hudsonvalleywave.com.
Southern Westchester
The river villages, the Sound Shore and White Plains
Northern Westchester
The Harlem Line towns and the river from Ossining to Peekskill
Rockland
Across the Hudson, from Piermont to Stony Point
Everything a region should have
The archive
Every story, by category and by town.
EventsToday and this weekend
What is on right now, and Friday to Sunday sorted.
PlacesWhere to go
Eat and drink, things to do, fitness and outdoors, town by town.
AdvertiseReach Hudson Valley
Digital placements on hudsonvalleywave.com, designed for you if you need it.
Events, tips and your own stories
Hudson Valley Wave is written with its readers, not just for them. Everything you send goes to the Hudson Valley newsroom; you can send it to the other Waves at the same time.
- Submit an event, or email events@wavelocals.com
- Send a news tip, or email news@wavelocals.com
- Pitch a story, or email stories@wavelocals.com
- List a business, or email listings@wavelocals.com
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- Published from 200 Broadhollow Rd, Suite 207, Melville, NY 11747
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- New York City Wave for New York City
- Your region, if it is not covered yet
Your Wave, and every other
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