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A bag containing Narcan remains in a bathroom sink at Divino Nino after emergency medical services technicians tried to revive the four babies who were poisoned by fentanyl. One-year-old Nicholas Feliz Dominici could not be saved.

Nicholas Dominici's father: ‘Open doors at your child’s day care’

The father of 22-month-old Nicholas Dominici of Kingsbridge Heights, the toddler who died of fentanyl poisoning while in the care of a Jerome Park day care center, has six words for parents of young children: “Don’t trust your day care center.” more

By GARY LARKIN | 10/13/23

A proposed cannabis dispensary, Erudito Herbals LLC, would be on 6677 Broadway, adjacent to Westhab Inc.’s proposed homeless shelter at 6661 Broadway. If not for a legal injunction preventing applicants from opening cannabis stores, the dispensary potentially would have acted as a temporary delivery location for a year.

First cannabis dispensary in Greater Riverdale halted for now

If it weren’t for a temporary court injunction, greater Riverdale would have already had its first legal cannabis dispensary on Broadway next to a proposed men’s homeless shelter. more

By ERIC HARVEY | 10/13/23

Drug Enforcement Administration officers discovered a trap door that contained packets of fentanyl and others labeled "Red Dawn."

Fentanyl-riddled day care got clean bill of health before infant's death

Just more than a week before an infant died and three other children were hospitalized for drug poisoning at a Kingsbridge Heights day center, a New York City agency gave the center a clean bill of health. more

By ERIC HARVEY & GARY LARKIN | 10/6/23

The community believes more outreach than moms' word of mouth needs to be made in order to have more kids come in. However, owners say they spend much of their outreach on social media.

Price of riding horses is fair at Vannie

In a quiet corner tucked away in Van Cortlandt Park, you may hear the sound of a neigh. That is probably May, Benny, Rouge or Pumpkin. more

By STACY DRIKS | 10/6/23

Union members and community organizations who represent Together for Kingsbridge Community Vision Plan for the redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory paraded on West Kingsbridge Road last month. This month, they finally the RFP they were looking for.

Kingsbridge Armory is yet another step closer with RFP

Together for Kingsbridge Working Group may have finally gotten the long-awaited RFP it has hoped for regarding the redevelopment of the historic Kingsbridge Armory, but one community group is not so happy. more

By GARY LARKIN | 10/6/23

Juan Martinez, 44, was fatally stabbed in front of his mom and 5-year-old niece on Sept. 12. His sister Jalisa Laboy described him as very intelligent, with a big heart and a dream to get his family out of the projects. His family has created a Go Fund Me to fulfill Martinez's dream.

Arrest made in fatal Marble Hill stabbing

Officers of the 50th Precinct have arrested a man they say is responsible for the fatal stabbing of a Marble Hill man earlier this month. more

By ERIC HARVEY | 10/6/23

Nick Dembowski, president of the Kingsbridge Historical Society and director of Van Cortlandt House Museum, Saturday emphasized the importance of preservation and restoration while at the society

'To lose our history is to lose our destiny'

If you heard the bell ringing at Edgehill Church of Spuyten Duyvil last Sunday, it was because the Kingsbridge Historical Society was holding its very first meeting at its new headquarters. more

By ERIC HARVEY | 10/6/23

The barbecue section of one of the picnic areas at Van Cortlandt Park is quite flooded following Sept. 29.

Taking on water

The barbecue section of one of the picnic areas at Van Cortlandt Park is quite flooded following last Friday’s torrential rain. The city’s third largest park was just one of the areas in the five boroughs that suffered from massive flooding that day. more

10/6/23

Felix Herrera Garcia is shown on surveillance camera behind the Divino Nino Day Care center on Morris Avenue Sept. 15 carrying out bags of drugs and paraphernalia. He was charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death on Sept. 28. An infant died and three others were hospitalized from fentanyl poisoning.

Fourth person captured near Mexican border in connection to Kingsbridge Heights infant’s fatal poisoning

A fourth person was charged Thursday with federal crimes in connection to the Sept. 15 death of a 1-year-old from the effect of fentanyl at a Kingsbridge Heights day care center. more

By GARY LARKIN | 9/29/23

Civil rights lawyer and speechwriter Clarence Jones, who hailed from Riverdale, speaking outside of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College on Wednesday, Aug. 30. U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres presented Jones with an official statement placed in the Congressional Record.

MLK speechwriter Clarence Jones is never done fighting hate

More than six years ago civil rights attorney Clarence Jones turned on the television and what he saw on the news troubled him. A group of young white men in Charlottesville, Virginia, were carrying torches in the street and chanting, “the Jews will not replace us.” more

By ERIC HARVEY | 9/29/23

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50 Years on the Job

Building relationships simply by repairing one kitchen at a time

Felix Lam has been the superintendent at 2465 Palisade Ave., in Spuyten Duyvil for 50 years. The 81-year-old has made his home — and career — at the eight-story co-op since he was a young man. And how does that make him feel? “I’m very happy about it,” Lam said.

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