All programs are held on Saturday and Sunday, from 1 to 4 p.m., in the Kerlin Learning Center, at Wave Hill, West 249th Street and Independence Avenue. The program is free with paid admission … more

1963 In mourning Flags were lowered to half-staff in Riverdale and the rest of the country in late November, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Stan Cohen wrote … more

Throughout the week, there were artists and music doing their thing, including a mariachi band that walked from restaurant to restaurant as part of Riverdale Restaurant Week April 15-22. or the Friendly Fridge BX, DineOut Riverdale made 231 sandwiches, rice and beans meals and donated fresh produce, water bottles and juice. more

The top young running stars around the country descended on Des Moines, Iowa, for the 2023 AAU Junior Olympics July 29-Aug. 5. For 8-year-old June Henry, one of Riverdale’s own, the stars aligned for a sixth-place finish in the 800-meter Under-8 event. more

Greater Riverdale’s Jesenya Olivas, a senior cybersecurity major specializing in information and systems security, graduated from Le Moyne College and made its dean’s list as well. She held a grade point average of 3.5 or above. more

A fully renovated single family home at 3727 Fieldston Road in central Riverdale is available for rent. more

Every Nov. 11 the soldiers who have fought bravely and gave their lives for this country to protect the rights we hold dearly are remembered with parades and solemn ceremonies at military grave sites. more

To the editors: The Bronx may be dying. The numbers of housing violations, eviction filings, large fires, medical emergencies, all-cause deaths per population, premature deaths per population, and drug-deaths per population rose tremendously since 2005, the first year in the Fire Department’s open access database. I began my study of other factors in other NYC governmental open-access databases with year 2005. more

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance,” President James Madison once said. “And a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” more

1964 Pram protest Thirty women with baby strollers blocked traffic along Van Cortlandt Parkway West for 40 minutes in May 1964, to draw attention to a dangerous intersection. The women … more