It was a typical Wednesday earlier last month as Manhattan College freshman Patrick Fox was going through his routine and taking a jog on the Empire State Trail in Van Cortlandt Park. more

While protesters staged outside of U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres’ Fordham office the afternoon of Oct. 24 accusing him of supporting “Israel’s genocide,” a much larger group of rally-goers, made up of the SAR community and local electeds gathered at Seton Park to say they disagreed. more

Last week at a private New York City college, Jewish students in a library stood behind locked doors as a group of pro-Palestine and pro-Hamas protesters banged with their fists, shouting “Free Palestine.” Librarians apparently told Jewish students to “hide in the attic if they wanted to,” words that instantly drew haunting parallels to Anne Frank during the Holocaust. more

Or Gat was celebrating a couple’s engagement while his family was sleeping in the early morning of Oct. 7 in the Be’eri Kibbutz in Israel. more

The Friends of Endor Garden and 9/11 Garden will hold the annual ceremony honoring the local first responders and residents who perished during and after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New … more

On an early October day in 1964 with the Yankees and Cardinals tied 1-1 midway through Game 3 of the World Series my mom sent me to Peter Reeves on 231st Street to get a jar of mayonnaise so she could make me a tuna fish sandwich.  more

Marianne’s Pizza Café has replaced Nona’s Pizza restaurant at 6100 Riverdale Ave., having opened Aug. 18. Under new ownership, the pizza café is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday. In addition to pizza, the restaurant offers soups, salads, pastas, entrees and sandwiches, heroes, paninis and wraps. more

During a recent Community Board 8 Parks & Recreation Committee meeting new 50th Precinct Commanding Officer Ryan Pierce provided a window into how the precinct is tackling recent robbery patterns at Van Cortlandt Park. more

Together for Kingsbridge will officially release its Kingsbridge Armory community vision plan and rally for union jobs and community ownership for the project on Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. at 42 W. Kingsbridge Road. 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