Led by former New York city mayoral candidate, radio talk show host and head of the Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa, members of the Waldo Gardens board of directors will hold a rally outside Overlook Manor Sunday. more

The 2023 recipient of the Betty Campbell-Adams most valuable merchant award is the veteran-owned-and-veteran-operated Tree Army and their principals Nicholas and Joelle Lynch. more

With grand larceny autos up about 19 percent this year, Mayor Eric Adams last week announced a plan to combat such thefts. Most of that spike is partially credited to the social media “Tik-Tok Auto Theft Challenge.” more

The 2024 Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup will not take place at Van Cortlandt Park after all. Instead it is now destined to be at another park in New York state: Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, Long Island. more

People talked about several things last Thursday. The first heat wave of September hit, Hurricane Lee intensified to Category 5 in the Atlantic, Donald Trump’s indictments, Jimmy Fallon’s toxic workspace and it was the first day of school. more

The community can now stop worrying about the development of a homeless shelter by Stagg Group at 435 W. 238th St. near Waldo Avenue. Now, it might become permanent housing for migrant families. more

Members of the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality and the Harlem River Working Group are learning about the politics of what it will take to get the Tibbetts Brook daylighting/Putnam greenway extension completed. more

Usually when you’re at a Starbucks, a visit from a furry creature with a bushy tail and black fur around its eyes is not on the menu, but for customers at a Riverdale Starbucks it apparently was. This one was a raccoon. more

“Somebody once said the rain represents the tears,” Riverdale resident and accomplished poet and author Beth SK Morris told a crowd of soaked people Monday at the Endor Community Garden and 9/11 Memorial. The more than 30 people who showed up in the thunder storm at 5 p.m. for the annual Sept. 11 memorial services led by Laura and Rob Spalter certainly could attest to the fact there were many tears shed Monday. They honored the lives of the 24 people from greater Riverdale, including first responders, who died on 9/11 with Laura Spalter reading off their names followed by a moment of silence. more

Following the failure of Signature Bank last March, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has announced has begun the process of selling its $33 billion commercial real estate loan portfolio. more