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Marianne’s Pizza Café has replaced Nona’s Pizza restaurant at 6100 Riverdale Ave., having opened Aug. 18. Under new ownership, the pizza café is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday. In addition to pizza, the restaurant offers soups, salads, pastas, entrees and sandwiches, heroes, paninis and wraps. more

9/8/23

Kingsbridge Armory vision plan to be officially unveiled Sept. 17

Together for Kingsbridge will officially release its Kingsbridge Armory community vision plan and rally for union jobs and community ownership for the project on Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. at 42 W. Kingsbridge Road. more

STAFF REPORT | 9/8/23

JASA is moving, but no one knows when. However, they do know where and that’s located at 185 W. 231st St. The agency and its clients will be neighbors with the UPS store in Kingsbridge. As for now, JASA will remain at the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center where they have been the past 20 years.

JASA will move out of Van Cortlandt Jewish Center building to renovated W. 231st location

Jewish Association Serving the Aging is leaving its home at the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center where it has served the senior community for more than two decades. more

By STACY DRIKS | 8/20/23

Nick Dembowski, site historian educator at Van Cortlandt House Museum, gives a tour to Community Board 8 board members on Sunday, Jan. 21. On his right is Deb Travis, CB8 chair of the Parks & Recreation Committee. The stewards at the site are searching for a new director at the museum, as Dembowski stepped down from the position.

CB8: Are Van Cortlandt Museum stewards the right fit?

Community Board 8 members questioned last week whether the stewards at Van Cortlandt House Museum were the right fit for the community. The New York Chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames has been critiqued for a “lack of programming” and their membership criteria, which some have argued is exclusionary to people of color. more

By ERIC HARVEY | 2/2/24

When he first arrived, Yishama Orlow shops for groceries at a dollar store where he and Chavez Calderon purchased $79 for snacks and hygiene products. They later packed the items into 40 bags to give to the migrants.

SAR students help migrants on the southern U.S. border

“Where am I?” That is what an asylum seeker asked Adam Burian of New Rochelle, one of five incoming seniors at Salanter Akiba Riverdale High School who took time out of their summer break to volunteer at a temporary shelter for those who are seeking asylum in Phoenix to assimilate to their new country. more

By STACY DRIKS | 9/8/23

Ahmani Croon of Marble Hill shows off a bumble bee and flower pattern fashioned by barber Garfield Myrie.

He gives Marble Hill the kindest cuts of all [Photo gallery]

Everyone calls him Rosey, short for Roosevelt Spivey. He’s been cutting hair at the Marble Hill International Unisex Salon since he bought the place back in 1962. He’s seen a lot of changes since then, but one thing has stayed the same. He loves cutting hair. more

Adam Wisnieski, Photos by Karsten Moran | 8/12/10

North Riverdale Baseball League

Instructional Division Home … more

12/13/01

Community Board 8 cricket stadium meeting set for July 20

At the request of chair Julie Reyes, Community Board 8 is holding a special meeting Thursday, July 20 on the mayor’s proposed cricket stadium plan for Van Cortlandt Park. more

STAFF REPORT | 7/19/23

‘Handel’s Messiah’ set for Dec. 10 at Lehman

You can listen to Handel’s Messiah, Radetzky March, a holiday sing-along and more for free at Lehman College and Community Chorus’ annual winter concert. more

By ERIC HARVEY | 12/1/23

Calvin Lyte will play the lead role in an original musical entitled Common Ground. Lyte is excited to take on his first lead but said he’s prepared for this moment nearly his whole life thanks to dance and vocal lessons as a child.

Calvin Lyte set to take lead in Tada! production

Riverdale resident Calvin Lyte stars in "Common Ground," an original musical at Tada! Youth Theater, portraying a teenage immigrant's journey in America. more

By Izania Gonzalez | 4/22/24

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50 Years on the Job

Building relationships simply by repairing one kitchen at a time

Felix Lam has been the superintendent at 2465 Palisade Ave., in Spuyten Duyvil for 50 years. The 81-year-old has made his home — and career — at the eight-story co-op since he was a young man. And how does that make him feel? “I’m very happy about it,” Lam said.

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