Alice Teirstein, choreographer, dance educator and founder of the acclaimed Young Dancemakers Company — a free, intensive summer choreography program for New York City public high school students — passed away on Nov. 25, 2022 at her Upper West Side home. She was 93. more

Organist Sam Westley and vocalist Lisa Williamson will perform a Christmas program at the Church of the Mediator at 260 W. 231st St. this Sunday at 3pm. Proceeds from the concert will support the church, which has faced some financial difficulties. more

Blue Bay Restaurant served their last $12.50 burger deluxe Monday before the curtain dropped on a half century of Riverdale dining at 3533 Johnson Ave. — a neighborhood hub since 1975 when a bacon and egg special with coffee and juice cost just 68 cents. more

With antisemitism on the rise in the United States, U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres returned from a trip to Israel with a new appreciation of the relationship with the Jewish community in the northwest Bronx. more

Riverdale will be represented during this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Navy Snell, a third-grader at P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen School, and her mother, Lavasia Minus, of North Riverdale will be on two separate floats Thursday. more

An 8-year-old girl from Spuyten Duyvil made a foray into her young writing career by having a poem published in a national kids magazine. more

A father helps his ‘superhero’ son ‘fly’ during the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center’s annual harvest festival. more

The sun streamed cheerily on Van Cortlandt Park on a Friday in late October and a lone catbird called across the parade grounds. more

Ask anyone who lived in greater Riverdale over the past 50 or so years, and they will tell you about the Simon sisters, a group of girls who sang on their front lawn to raise money for such efforts as the Riverdale Mental Health Association. more

More than 100 children from area schools and more than 30 merchants participated in the 65th annual Kiwanis Club of Riverdale Halloween window painting contest Saturday. more