Like the late Betty Campbell-Adams, the namesake of the Community Board 8 annual most valuable merchant award, this year’s honorees have followed with the same work ethic. more

It’s fine to see a dusty book on the shelf, but seeing books in the trash is a different story. more

Community Board 8 members questioned last week whether the stewards at Van Cortlandt House Museum were the right fit for the community. The New York Chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames has been critiqued for a “lack of programming” and their membership criteria, which some have argued is exclusionary to people of color. more

Taking a drive through Riverdale without seeing a sidewalk shed is a lot like taking a walk this time of year and not seeing a spotted lantern fly. In New York City there are almost 9,000 such sheds, with the total linear feet being more than 2 million. That’s the distance to get from Riverdale to Montréal, Canada. more

Six decades ago, civil rights lawyer Clarence Jones was on a payphone coming back from the airport when his wife told him not to come home. Why? Martin, Coretta and the King children were staying at their south Riverdale home. more

Marble Hill Houses is among 23 NYCHA apartment buildings that are part of $24.1 million in safety and security upgrades, the New York City Housing Authority announced Monday. more

The Riverdale Neighborhood House will be location for a unique town hall Saturday, Dec. 3, that will focus on the intersection of the legal system and mental health. more

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

Republicans took back the U.S. House majority in the 2022 midterm elections including six seats in New York, but now that control could be threatened. The New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court ordered July 13 new congressional districts to be redrawn following a lawsuit from several New York voters. This move could potentially help Democrats. more

The future of Manhattan College’s former Overlook Manor may be as an asylum seeker migrant housing facility based on a letter provided to The Riverdale Press and a building permit posted on the city buildings department website. more