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Police charge man with murder after Kingsbridge Heights stabbing

Police said Terence Dinkins, a 53-year-old man, was arrested and charged with murder around 5:30 p.m. Oct. 27 after a man from Harlem was fatally stabbed the same day in Kingsbridge Heights.  …
Christ Church Riverdale was created in 1864 by a group of Riverdale residents, and established in 1866.

Christ Church Riverdale celebrates 160 years of worship and community service

Christ Church Riverdale celebrated its 160th anniversary, reflecting on its historic ties to Lou Gehrig and Fiorello LaGuardia while highlighting its food pantry, social justice work and evolving community mission.
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Roosevelt “Rosey” Spivey, originally from North Carolina, bought his Marble Hill barbershop in 1962.

Rosey Spivey’s decades of service to Marble Hill celebrated with street naming

Marble Hill honored longtime barber Rosey Spivey with a street co-naming ceremony, celebrating nearly 65 years of service and the barbershop’s role as a neighborhood gathering place.
Siblings Macy Murray, 7, and Mason Murray, 4, join family members in painting a colorful solar system during the Kiwanis Club of Riverdale’s 69th annual Halloween Window Painting Contest on Oct. 17. Inspired by Mason’s love of planets, the family chose a space-themed design, with the youngest artist helping paint the stars.

Riverdale gets a spooky splash of color during Kiwanis window painting

Young artists decorated Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil storefronts for the Kiwanis Club of Riverdale’s 69th annual Halloween Window Painting Contest, continuing a neighborhood tradition dating to 1957.
UMSV’s Chris Ronca received the 2026 Student Nurse Practitioner of the Year Award Oct. 3.

From sports journalism to patient care: Chris Ronca earns statewide nursing honor

Chris Ronca, an NYU Langone assistant nurse manager pursuing a family nurse practitioner degree at Mount Saint Vincent, has been named New York’s 2026 student nurse practitioner of the year.
Politics

5 things voters need to know this election season

With early voting starting Oct. 24 and Election Day set for Nov. 3, this guide outlines candidates, registration and mail-ballot deadlines, local polling sites and what voters need to know.

Development

What’s happening with the closed Burger King on Broadway?

The Burger King at 6007 Broadway shuttered Sept. 27 at 11 p.m., and residents are wondering what will be built in its place. Public records indicate it could become an Atmosphere Academy …

Opinion

Political intimidation, violence unacceptable

Th e Nov. 3 General Election is taking place at a time of heightened political polarization and anxiety. Unfortunately, it is also taking place in an age of rising political violence and …

Opposition to cannabis shop on Riverdale Avenue

To the editor,   I was shocked to learn that a cannabis shop has been proposed for 5694 Riverdale Ave. in the Bronx, one block away from St. Margaret’s-St. Gabriel’s school which …

Poll: What mode of transportation do you use the most?

What keeps Riverdale moving? That’s the question we sought to answer in this week’s opinion poll. Participants from throughout Riverdale and surrounding neighborhoods were invited to share …

We need to talk about rape. Again.

What was she wearing?” “What did she take?” “Why did she take so long to come forward?” “What did she agree to?” “Why was she there?” These are just a few …