So Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz wants to make blocking a street an act of terrorism?  more

Hooray! Johnson Diner and Bar is open, endeavoring to fill the empty shoes left when the beloved Blue Bay Diner closed in November 2022. more

1962 Bad hair day Women with their hair pinned up in curlers ran out of a beauty salon on West 235th Street after a fire broke out in the shop's basement on April 5. Firemen rapidly … more

If New York City school bus drivers go on strike before classes start Sept. 7, city officials say they’re ready. more

Rayma Colleen Moore, a New Jersey bookstore owner who retired with her husband to Riverdale, died on Oct. 4, 2023, at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan after complications from surgery. She … more

To the Editor:  When the vitriol of those who lack a moral compass reaches the crescendo that has enveloped some of America’s once-proud university campuses and the leadership of those institutions stand mute or are mealy mouthed, the time for inaction has passed. The message is clear: as a nation, we are in deep trouble; Democracy is again being tested and some of its leaders are AWOL. more

Those of us who live in Riverdale and care deeply about the climate crisis and environmental justice are fortunate to have as our Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz. more

All programs are held on Saturday and Sunday, from 1 to 4 p.m., in the Kerlin Learning Center, at Wave Hill, West 249th Street and Independence Avenue. The program is free with paid admission … more

1963 In mourning Flags were lowered to half-staff in Riverdale and the rest of the country in late November, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Stan Cohen wrote … more