2015 - The year in pictures
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The 'Oncidium' orchid at the New York Botanical Garden's 'Orchid Evenings,' a night out with drinks and music in the conservatory building on March 21.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
The family of teacher Dorothy Lilly light candles in her memory in the auditorium of Dewitt Clinton High School on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015..
Photo by Adrian Fussell
A train moves past the Marble Hill station on Nov. 6.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Shirel Aria, 4, blows bubbles with her twin sister Maayan, left, at the Lag B'Omer picnic in Seton Park on May 7.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Acrylic paint and tools of the trade for Riverdale artist Matthew Turov in his home studio on Jan. 9.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
David A. Stein Riverdale-Kingsbridge Academy (M.S./H.S. 141) freshman Natalie Aracena drives toward goal during the Lady Tigers' 3-2 defeat in the championship final to Baruch College High School on Nov. 8.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
L to R: Edwin Takyi, 13, holds on to Ben Boadi, 12, and Otis Hill 13, in the foreground, as they use traffic cones to sled down the Jerome Park Resovoir embankment on Feb. 18.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
The scene of a gas explosion at the JFK campus in Marble Hill, a day after the sixth floor was destroyed in a blast that injured three construction workers around 8 p.m. on Aug. 20.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
RKA senior Samantha Rosette, already a leading goalscorer for her team, returns to the field at halftime in a game against South Bronx High School on Sept. 17.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Dancers Jessica Danser and Noele Phillips perform at the Young Dancemakers Company's 20th Anniversary Alumni Concert in the Fieldston School auditorium on July 16.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Girls from Marble Hill have their faces painted during Marble Hill Day, a community festival on August 18.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Manhattan College basketball players lift the MAAC Championship trophy after defeating Iona 79-69, securing a spot in the NCAA tournament in Albany on March 9.
Photo by Kevin Fuhrmann
Knights from the Society for Creative Anachronism spar at the Riverdale Riverfest, held at the College of Mount St. Vincent on June 14.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Alabama Bloomfield, Jordyn Bowden, and Logan Keating, all age 3, eat ice cream next to a playground at the Riverdale Temple on May 21.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Raymond, 10, Jake, 10, and Justin, 9, playing ball in Marble Hill on Aug. 27.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Wrestlers compete at a match between George Washington High School and Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
The John F. Kennedy varsity football team huddles together after a practice on Aug. 17 at the JFK campus.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
John F. Kennedy varsity basketball players are despondent after losing in the championship game to Wings Academy on Feb. 8.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Ernest Robertson rushes the ball during Riverdale’s 24-22 victory over rival Fieldston on Sept. 26 at Riverdale.
Photo by Kevin Fuhrmann
Horace Mann junior Jaylah DeGout goes in for a lay up in the victory over Poly Prep Country Day School on Friday, Jan. 30.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Members of the North and South Riverdale Little Leagues come together to start their season off with the annual parade down Riverdale Avenue on April 11.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Abrar mosque president Shahid Kaiser walks through the empy Church of the Mediator community space after a day of Friday prayers on Feb. 6.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Visiting Shiekh Waleed Al Batrawish is handed the microphone during prayers at a family night dinner, held by the Abrar mosque in the community space of the Church of the Mediator, on jan. 31.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Photo by Adrian Fussell / The Riverdale Press -- Students from West Africa and elsewhere form a dance cirlce at the Marble Hill School's International Day Dinner on Dec. 17.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Jacob Sosa goes for a walk in the Van Cortlandt Park parade ground with his dogs Nicky, Hazel, and Little One on July 27. They are South African mastiffs, and Mr. Sosa added "I call her Little One because she doesn't have a name yet."
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Brian Hernandez, 9, and his sister Gisele, 5, pose for a portrait while playing with super soaker guns in the water fountains on Van Cortlandt Park South on July 27.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Girls ages 4 and 5 practice in a pre-ballet class at the Bronx House School for Performing Arts on Saturday.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Manhattan College announcer Christian Heimall, 25, sits in his room in the children's wing of the Westchester Medical Center on Monday. A cancer patient, he is due to be released on April 7, after four months of treatment.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
Aris Pichardo, 27, points toward the slope he is about to sled in Ewen Park on Jan. 27, as his wife Agnes Pichardo catches up to him.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
A beggar counts his change at the intersection of Broadway and 231st on April 6.
Photo by Adrian Fussell
A sports announcer's fight against lymphoma, the loss of a popular educator, a mosque searches for a permanent home and life on the streets of the Northwest Bronx - relive the year through the Riverdale Press lens.
