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1990
Over board
Education District 10’s superintendent, Fred Goldberg, stood accused of racism for failing to attend a tenure review hearing for a teacher under his supervision. Board …
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1991
At war
In 1991, the United States was headed into recession and war in Iraq, and Riverdale wasn’t immune to either event.
Soldiers were mobilized and served, while The Press …
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1992
Bronx burning
Perhaps the biggest story of 1992 was the discovery of a plan to build a large medical waste incinerator at Bronx Lebanon Hospital. The hospital did its best to present …
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1993
Troubled schools
There was little, it seemed, to be celebrated in the city or the Riverdale/Kingsbridge area in 1993. Classrooms remained crowded and crime grew. Children brought guns …
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1994
Schools in chaos
Schools remained on top of the Riverdale/Kingsbridge agenda in 1994, with violence and overcrowding matched only by the misbehavior of the school board. Guns were …
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1995
Failing school
Less than 25 percent of JFK Kennedy seniors graduated in June
A controversial proposal to cut School District 10 in two was dropped at the beginning of the year, …
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1996
Aha!
Parking tickets, development and the Hudson River Greenway dominated the front pages of The Riverdale Press in 1996.
A source within the 50th Precinct gave the paper …
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Home field advantage couldn’t help the struggling Lions as Riverdale defeated Horace Mann 49-16 on a sunny Clark Field on Saturday afternoon.
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1997
Reactions
A desire for an additional local high school finally became a proposal to expand MS 141 up to twelfth grade. Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz immediately backed the proposal, but …
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1998
Just rewards
In some ways, 1998 brought a sea change to the Riverdale/ Kingsbridge area. Crime, which had dominated headlines in previous years and made the relative safety and …
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