Throughout the week, there were artists and music doing their thing, including a mariachi band that walked from restaurant to restaurant as part of Riverdale Restaurant Week April 15-22. or the Friendly Fridge BX, DineOut Riverdale made 231 sandwiches, rice and beans meals and donated fresh produce, water bottles and juice. more

SAR High School and SAR Academy celebrated Yom Ha’atzmaut on April 25. The high school started with a schoolwide tefilla — a prayer — memorable and exciting festivity along with scholarly lessons dedicated to find peaceful solutions in any situation and meaning in Israel’s founding father. In 1948, David Ben-Gurion was the known national founder of the state of Israel. And the first prime minister. more

After a multi-year search, the Riverdale Presbyterian Church has announced the installation of a new pastor. more

A climate change bill that aims to require all transit agencies across the state to purchase only zero emission buses starting in 2029 has advanced to the state Senate transportation committee. It is sponsored by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz of greater Riverdale and state Sen. Timothy Kennedy of Buffalo. more

More rain fell in just a couple hours on Sept. 1 in the Bronx than we would get in an entire month thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Ida.  more

The Press has received many responses to the Dec. 8 article and editorial about towing.  more

Bronxites turned out in force to honor victims of the recent attack in Orlando, Florida. more

Call it love at first bark. As Beth Marchand approached a mobile pet adoption van parked outside a Petco on Sunday, Muenster the 1-year-old shih tzu mix affectionately leapt onto her. more

Scaffolding for repair work outside the Ft. Independence Houses has made the area so dark, one visually impaired resident said she waits outside at night until someone can help her enter the … more

Jamira Rogers is a no-nonsense senior at Advanced Math & Science, one of the New Visions Charter High Schools on the JFK campus. Marc Reyes is a soft-spoken junior at the David A. Stein … more