Harry Miller follows Emmy's guiding light to Riverdale
When Harry Miller moved into his RiverWalk apartment at Hebrew Home at Riverdale, his walls virtually looked just like everyone else’s at the Palisade Avenue community. Well, all except for two unusual decorations.
Neighbors unite for a street fight
City's plan to make Kappock Street safer is decried as unsafe
Spuyten Duyvil has a new group seeking to change things in the neighborhood. The Coalition to Save the Neighborhood had its second meeting Nov. 9, discussing the newest project by the city’s transportation department at the intersection of Palisade Avenue and Kappock Street.
Get ready for ranked-choice voting
One change leads to another. Fresh on the heels of the statewide debut of early voting last week, voters in the five boroughs adopted city charter changes that could mean a major shift in the city’s primary races — including the already contentious fight over the District 11 city council seat.
Prepare, study, worry, repeat - dealing with the SHSAT
About 30,000 New York eighth graders and freshmen filed into test centers across the city last month, ready to take the quite important — and controversial — Specialized High School Admissions Test, more commonly known as the SHSAT.
Biaggi’s ‘save bees bill’ brings ecology buzz to Albany
Trace New York City’s iconic food to its most basic ingredients and you’ll find a blossoming plant in a field. You’ll likely also spot a tiny, fuzzy bee booty sticking up among the petals.
FIRST ONLINE
Has Montefiore revived plans to build medical center on Riverdale Avenue?
A battle that divided a community over what to build in an empty lot located smack dab in the middle of businesses stretched along Riverdale Avenue apparently is catching fire once again.
FIRST ONLINE
Overnight closures continue on Henry Hudson Bridge
Construction work continues on the Henry Hudson Bridge, but so do the closures — and the detours that come with them.
Stranger in a strange new land?
Marti Michael comes from a family focused on volunteer work, and helping out wherever needed. As the executive director of The Riverdale Y, Michael lent many a helping hand to community center members during her tenure there, and once she retired in 2014, quickly found herself tiring of her free time.
Ziering archive honors Holocaust's survivors, fighters
Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Herman Ziering was dedicated to memorializing those who died in the Holocaust, and bringing those who were complicit to justice.
SPORTS
Playoff-bound Kennedy rolls past Lehman
Sometimes mental toughness is every bit as essential to a football team as its physical strength. Case in point, the Kennedy Knights.
Lawmakers want to save local news —well, TV local news
Local news is in peril. From rampant job cuts to dwindling budgets, communities across the country are suffering from a dearth of outlets providing crucial coverage creating what’s being called “news deserts.”
Karen Franklin’s work reunites families across generations
Karen Franklin’s genealogy journey began in her family’s basement during her years in college.
BETTER LIVING
Artists, their many lives, and their new exhibit
They say the older one gets, the less they are able to achieve. All one can do is look back on what was managed in youth, and be content with that.
THE TICKET
Survival begins every single day in 'Power Strip'
The Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Sylvia Khoury’s “Power Strip” offers a harrowing tale of survival, and a microcosm of one of the world’s great challenges.
Bronx borough president:
Want to legalize marijuana? It must be fair
New York inches closer and closer to outright legalizing recreational use of marijuana. But if and when that happens, Bronx borough president Ruben Diaz Jr., believes there should be some ground rules established first.
Opinion
Sports
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Bx Science rolls in playoff opener, faces LIC next
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Playoff-bound Kennedy rolls past Lehman
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RKA’s season over after narrow loss to Maspeth
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Science’s stellar season ends in quarterfinal loss
Playoff shocker: RKA’s season over in first round
The Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy gymnasium is a rather intimidating venue for opponents to enter.
Obituaries
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Beloved volunteer Lucia Loher, 87
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Social studies teacher Doris Hoffman, 84
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Edward Cleary, runner who loved Van Cortlandt Park, 92
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Tony Haddad, owner of Perfect Roofing Co.
Interior designer Mary Lynn Parks
Mary Lynn (Schoeninger) Parks died Sept. 26, 2019, from lung cancer.
Letters/Op-Ed
Police Beat
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Grocery store dispute breaks the lotto bank
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Boxes lacking laptops, drivers jacking Jeeps
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Finding creative ways to get inside
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Restaurant thief gets property to go
Mailbox fisher reels in a rent check find
A 30-year-old Van Cortlandt Village resident was likely the victim of a mailbox fishing scam, which lost him more than $6,000.
Political Arena
PRESS POINTS
Richie Stein, Hilary Baum honored at RNH benefit
If it wasn’t for the Riverdale Neighborhood House, there likely would have never been a Riverdale Press. By the same token, the community organization continues to flourish today because of the work of volunteers like former Riverdale Press co-owner Richard Stein and wife Hilary Baum.