Community Board 8 has found a new community coordinator and he is a former colleague of District Manager Farrah Rubin. more

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz was happy to finally able to make good on his promise to deliver a toll rebate for Bronx drivers using the Henry Hudson Bridge. more

Not many can say they made it to 100 and even fewer could say they made it 110. But the oldest living resident at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale Adlin Boyd Douglas can. more

Manhattan College on Tuesday dedicated the building that houses Smith Auditorium and the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers to Stephen J. Squeri, the American Express chair and chief executive. The building will don the name Squeri Hall. more

Several elected officials and environmental groups have a message for so-called Big Oil. They want those petroleum-producing companies to pay for the costs related to climate change in New York state. more

When Riverdale resident Thelma Liverpool saw firsthand how difficult it was to take care of somebody who was bedridden, she came up with an idea that would help caregivers and patients alike. That idea is a device to help collect body waste of non-ambulatory patients. more

Eva Bental, 99, may have died in her Israeli home on Nov. 20, 2023, but her family in both the United States and their homeland don’t want her Holocaust experiences to die with her. more

Members of longtime Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club leader Bruce Feld celebrated his life last week. Feld, who was serving as a vice president of the club at the time of his death, was remembered as a “great political mind” and “irreplaceable.” He was 84 when he died on Nov. 5. more

In the same week her twin 8-year-old daughters decided to run for student government at P.S. 81, Abigail Martin announced the relaunch of her campaign for district leader in the 81st Assembly District. more

Through its Bronx Rise Leadership initiative, the Oyate Group has helped out impoverished people throughout New York City, including greater Riverdale. This Thanksgiving they distributed more than 2,000 frozen turkeys to combat food insecurity. more