Tea and sympathy go a long way for wounded vets

Riverdale resident Deborah Bonelli has come up with a simple - albeit unusual - way to honor soldiers who have been injured overseas: she serves...

College Directions' goal is hundreds of diplomas

By Kate McNeil

According to Janice Rodriguez, nothing is better for Bronx teens than to hear this from the horse's mouth - college matters. A lot.

If...

Politicians join rally to support striking nursing home workers

By N. Clark Judd

The chanting was faint at first.

It echoed past the Kingsbridge Heights Rehabilitation Center around noon on Saturday, bouncing off the houses on...

Parking rules Sanitation review

By N. Clark Judd

Community Board 8 members are idling at a stop light in their drive to reduce the number of alternate-side parking days in...

Councilman calls for canning commissioner

By N. Clark Judd

City Councilman Oliver Koppell isn't taking the city Department of Transportation's recent refusal to install a turn signal on Riverdale Avenue and...

After snafu, gifted kids get some extra time

By Kate Mcneil

The city Department of Education has extended the deadline students have to apply for a gifted and talented seat by five days after...

Fashion forward

Fourteen Bronx Theatre High School students, donning highfashion duds, strutted their stuff on the runway in the name of charity on May 2.

Striking their best...

The pope's helpers

RIVERDALE MEMBERS of the Knights of Columbus' Pro Patria Council No. 751 acted as greeters and guides at the Youth and Seminarians' Rally during Pope...

Public meetings

• Community Board 8 will meet on Tuesday, May 13, at 7:30 p.m., at the Conservative synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale, 475 W. 250th st. Community...

Corrections and clarifications

It is the policy of The Riverdale Press to correct errors of substance and clarify misleading articles promptly and prominently. To bring errors to the...