To the Editor: I am 91 years old and have lived in Riverdale since 1957, in the same house. I would like to share this story with your readers: more

To the Editor: Our values come from our environment. Parents are designed to provide our primary environment and extended family provides further environmental influence. more

To the editor: We recently announced our plan to take down unsightly sidewalk sheds and reclaim our streets. Sidewalk sheds — which many New Yorkers also known as scaffolding — are the ugly green and metal boxes that cover our sidewalks. They block the sunlight, keep pedestrians away from businesses, and are a magnet for illegal activity. more

(Re: “Pro-Palestine supporters: ‘Torres supports genocide,’” Oct. 26.) To the Editor: Many thanks to Rep. Ritchie Torres for his courageous support of Israel in the aftermath of horrific terror attacks as well as ongoing threats.  I regret that he has to endure absurd vilification by pro-terror Jew-haters such as those who picketed his office on Oct. 24.   more

To the editor: (re: “Why can’t we all just be nicer to each other?” July 20) My letter to The Riverdale Press is a response to a single point in Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz’s recent Point of View. more

To the Editor: Medicare Advantage, the private insurance plan alternative to traditional Medicare, reduces coverage costs by including Medicare Part A, Part B and typically Part D benefits for no additional premium, as well as offering various vision, hearing and dental benefits. If this sounds too good to be true, it is! more

I would like to take issue with Peter Wolf’s Point of View. Seldom have I read so many ideas in one essay that need to be challenged. more

To the editor: (re: “Take bigotry far away from here,” July 13) Responding to Adam Stoler’s sick diatribe and “chutzbah” using the Riverdale Press, a paper I respected for years. Sounds like I have no right to speak my voice on this platform. Last I looked, I still have my Constitutional right to speak my mind, but that right seems to be fading in America. more

To the Editor: I would like acknowledge and thank Nick and Joelle Lynch, proprietors of The Tree Army. For a number of years they have lit the Chanukah menorah sponsored by Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale, which is located at the monument at 239th Street. more

To the editor: If one drives or takes the (detoured) Bx10 bus past Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, one sees large, colorful and tastefully designed banners with nicely rendered tigers’ heads and slogans like “Home of the Tigers,” “Tiger Pride,” “Tigers Together, Tigers Forever,” “Once a Tiger, Always a Tiger,” etc. more