Ahead of the implementation of new federal student loan limits, New York leaders in higher education and professional associations joined U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres for a roundtable on Feb. 18, warning … more

The men’s homeless shelter at 6661 Broadway will open this summer, signaling an end to five years of pushback from the community. more

As negotiations move forward to fill the former Rite Aid space at 21B Knolls Crescent, elected officials have increased pressure on the shopping plaza’s landlords to lower rents and fill vacant … more

The Riverdale rapid response team, a group of residents who monitor Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence in the neighborhood, took to Broadway Plaza to speak directly with community members. more

On the evening of Feb. 18, chants of “no justice, no peace” rang through a busy strip of Kingsbridge, just steps away from where 16-year-old Christopher Redding, known as CJ, was killed days … more

Gail Dray, born May 10, 1953 in Riverdale, passed away surrounded by the love of her family. A lifelong resident, she was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and mother-in-law whose warmth and … more

Edwin Lemanski died peacefully in his sleep on Feb. 4 at home in Riverdale. He was 98 years old. He was born in Bridgeport, Conn. where he attended Catholic grade school and high school. He was … more

On a brisk February afternoon, the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance invited visitors to tour Van Cortlandt Park’s Enslaved African Burial Ground, drawing renewed attention to a wooded site marked only … more

In the Bronx, where school boards debate curriculum priorities and districts navigate tight budgets, one subject can no longer be treated as optional: media literacy. While scrolling through … more

To the editor, I read with great interest and compassion the recent letter from a neighbor, Emily Shapiro, who submitted “Is it too late to know thy neighbor?” in the Riverdale Press’s … more