Dedicated activists rallied outside a Citizens Bank branch on West 235th Street, urging the financial institution to divest from for-profit prison operators that run dozens of U.S. Immigration and … ...

Leslie Goldfischer, a Riverdale resident for almost 40 years, died on Saturday, June 28 at age 64, after a prolonged and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Ms. Goldfischer was born at … ...

As knife-related incidents among young people rise in New York City, outreach workers and violence prevention groups are expanding mediation and school programs aimed at stopping conflicts before they ...

Riverdale residents gathered March 7 for the neighborhood’s seventh annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, a grassroots tradition started during the pandemic that has grown from 20 neighbors into a lively ...

Manhattan University Women’s Soccer got off to a rough start to their 2025 season both on and off the field ...

With her eccentric style filled with mystical glamour, La India -- The Princess of Salsa – returns to Lehman Center for her third annual Mother’s Day concert. With a career spanning … ...

Riverdale resident Alan J. Levine died in his home on the morning of Jan. 28, 2026, at 89 years old. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 15, 1937 to Sylvia and Jacques Levine, who provided him with ...

The Department of Education is poised to appoint Melodie Mashel, principal of Robert J. Christen, PS 81, as the new District 10 Community Education Council superintendent.

By Kate McNeil Erica Jesselson, a renowned Jewish philanthropist and founding member of Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy, died on March 12, in her Riverdale home. She was 86. Ms. … ...

By Tommy Hallissey A New York Police Department officer shot and killed his 19-yearold girlfriend and then turned the gun on himself in his Henry Hudson Parkway apartment Sunday, police … ...

1950 – The Riverdale Press is founded and shortly after, editor David A. Stein begins to editorialize for the building of local schools. 1952 – The Press calls the reservation of land for … ...

A Bronx walking tour spotlighted lesser-known Art Deco gems beyond the Grand Concourse, highlighting the borough’s overlooked architectural legacy.