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Members of the community get yams and other fresh produce for Thanksgiving outside P.S. 207 Monday. The Riverdale Y and Race-West, a root vegetable distribution business based in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania that has operated out of Riverdale for 12 years, provided the free produce to residents. 

Members of the community get yams and other fresh produce for Thanksgiving outside P.S. 207 Monday. The Riverdale Y and Race-West, a root vegetable distribution business based in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania that has operated out of Riverdale for 12 years, provided the free produce to residents. 

Students from Israel have joined with SAR High School students and faculty in a regular online support group started by L’Achaid since the Israel-Hamas war began last month. L’Achaid was started by Lewis Bernstein, former executive producer for Sesame Street, and Barbara Gochberg.

L'Achaid, led by ex-'Sesame Street' producer, closes gap with Israelis

Throughout this tumultuous time with Israel at war, there is a global desire to seek out ways to support our people and our land. As the former executive producer of “Sesame Street,” …
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Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a legislative package, consisting of four pieces of legislation, intended to ensure tenants’ safety during certain emergencies. Among those four bills packaged together and signed on Nov. 17, was one sponsored by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and state Sen. Shelley Mayer.
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Courtesy of New York Police Department
The New York city Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual depicted in this surveillance camera photo in connection to a robbery that took place Nov. 11 at 3:40 p.m. around West 242nd Street and Broadway. The 24-year-old victim was lured to the spot to sell a jacket. The perp then tried on the jacket and showed a firearm before fleeing, according the 50th Precinct. To place a tip, call 1 (800) 577-8477 or in Spanish 1 (888) 577-4782.

Orlando Roper, a 35-year-old Kingsbridge man, was arrested in connection to an alleged attack of a 77-year-old woman and assault of a police officer on Oct. 22.
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Opinion

Thanksgiving: unity, love and timeless tradition

The turkey’s in the oven, the pumpkin pie is ready to be sliced, and the television in the living room is ready for some football. Thanksgiving is here once again — a time when we can celebrate all that we’ve achieved over the past year, and the importance of family and close friends.

A student from SAR High School with flag marching in solidarity with Israel on Nov. 14.

Rep. Ritchie Torres: Israel is the realization of a dream for 75 more years

An estimated 290,000 people filled up the National Mall in Washington, D.C., last Tuesday, including local electeds and SAR students, in what is being called the largest pro-Israel march in U.S. history. Those there stood in solidarity with Israel in combating antisemitism and demanding the release of more than 200 hostages in Gaza.
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Local electeds maintain it would mean death for Israel

While a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was reached Tuesday night, Democrats in New York City had been  showing a schism in support for such action.
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Manhattan College's McClain, Fordham's Tsimbila 'brothers'

Briggs McClain was preoccupied with starting a new high school career when something unexpected happened. His family had agreed to take in a foreign student who enrolled at his school to play basketball. It was the perfect match, for many reasons.
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Abdou Tsimbila lived with Manhattan guard Briggs McClain and his family for two years while both attended Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown, Maryland. Tsimbila remains close with the McClain family to this day.
Nitzan Amar scored 17 points to help lead Manhattan past Fordham, 58-44, on Nov. 16. The win broke an 11-game losing streak for the lady Jaspers against the Rams.

The Manhattan College women’s basketball team has finally ended the drought. For the first time since 2010, the Jaspers topped  rival Fordham by a score of 58-44 in the Battle of the Bronx.
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