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Children and families enjoyed the 10th annual festival at Kingsbridge Heights Community Center. This year, the community came together to celebrate Pride Month and Juneteenth. It was a day of free activities with grilled burgers and hotdogs. The day came alive with DJ Morsy who brought his highly notable playlist.

It might have been raining like cats and dogs on Friday, June 16 but that did not stop Kingsbridge Heights Community Center from celebrating its 10th annual festival while also celebrating Juneteenth and Pride Month indoors. more

By Stacy Driks | 6/23/23

Lucrecia is joining the Mambo Legends Orchestra and Nelson Gonzalez with the Del Caribe Latin Jazz All-Stars Saturday at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts. The show starts at 7:30 p.m.

Mambo Legends jazz music coming to Lehman Center for Performing Arts

The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts opens its 2023-24 season with The Mambo Legends Orchestra, Lucrecia and Nelson Gonzalez with the Del Caribe Latin Jazz All-Stars Saturday at 7:30 p.m. more

STAFF REPORT | 9/15/23

Kingsbridge Historical Society President Nick Dembowski and the church’s general committee chairperson Carolyn Abernathy in front of the Edgehill Church when the society purchased the church last year.

Kingsbridge Historical Society secures property tax exemption

The Kingsbridge Historical Society was granted a property tax exemption by the New York city finance department with the help of Councilman Eric Dinowitz and his office after previously being issued a hefty tax bill. more

By Eric Harvey | 6/23/23

The fenced off exterior of Visitation Church at 160 Van Cortlandt Park South being reclaimed by nature.

Van Cortlandt church property fetches $29 million

The Archdiocese of New York sold the former site of the Church of the Visitation on Van Cortlandt Park South for $29 million to the New York City School Construction Authority and Tishman Speyer on … more

By ABIGAIL NEHRING | 2/4/24

Laura Levine-Pinedo manages Bronx Burger House and started 4Bronx in 2022. The 4B is in honor of the apartment number she lived in with her grandmother, Meema, who taught her how to give.

4Bronx organization honored for giving back to community

For Laura Levine-Pinedo, giving back to the northwest Bronx is something that has come to her naturally for years. That’s why it wasn’t so difficult for state Sen. Gustavo Rivera to honor her with the Empire Award on June 15. more

By Eric Harvey | 6/23/23

New Lehman Center season kicks off with a salsa concert

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts recently announced its preview lineup for the 2023-24 season, which will feature salsa, mariachi and comedy to name a few. more

STAFF REPORT | 10/6/23

The Kappock Street garden has four sections to it. One of it is along the intersection at Knolls Crescent and Kappock Street, there’s “the stair street,” “the tree pits,” and “the triangle garden.”

Spuyten Duyvil community garden celebrates 14 years despite vandalism

A party was held last Sunday at the plaza on Kappock Street and Knolls Crescent in celebration of a 14-year-old community garden started by Rita Freed. It was a celebration of the volunteers and all the hard work they’ve done to cultivate and clean the garden. more

By ERIC HARVEY | 8/6/23

SAR High School students write letters to Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Monday. Some of the school’s alumni serve their country in Israel.

Synagogues, SAR mourn, pray, mobilize following Hamas attack on Israel

Rabbi Avi Weiss of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale — The Bayit found himself with family members in Israel celebrating his wife Toby’s 80th birthday last weekend. more

By GARY LARKIN | 10/13/23

Imagination: A child's best garden design tool

RACHEL PAPELL-Portuguese, 9, plans out her perfect spring garden on Sunday using Wave Hill's Flower Garden as inspiration. SEVEN-YEARold Rachel Weisinger-Ilardi sees lots of trees in her … more

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Community members and elected officials joined together in prayer on Simchat Torah, one day after the Hamas attack on Israel at the Bell Tower in Riverdale.

Israel-Hamas war reverberates in Riverdale

Simchat Torah should have been a day of joyous celebration, dancing and singing, but it was instead filled with grief, shock and mourning over the hundreds killed in Hamas’ strikes on Israel just a day prior. more

By ERIC HARVEY | 10/13/23

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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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