Manhattan men’s lacrosse secured a share of the 2023 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season championship with a 6-2 win over Wagner in Staten Island on Saturday night in the regular season finale. more

SAR High School and SAR Academy celebrated Yom Ha’atzmaut on April 25. The high school started with a schoolwide tefilla — a prayer — memorable and exciting festivity along with scholarly lessons dedicated to find peaceful solutions in any situation and meaning in Israel’s founding father. In 1948, David Ben-Gurion was the known national founder of the state of Israel. And the first prime minister. more

The annual Riverdale 1-Mile Run/Walk will be held May 21 at the Riverdale Y at 5625 Arlington Ave. more

As part of Manhattan College’s committment to help the environment, the school launched its inaugural Laudato Si Day outside of Squeri Hall on April 21. It was  inspired by Pope Francis’s celebration of Earth Day on April 22. more

Another year, another Bronx high school student can have their artwork shown in the halls of the U.S. Capitol along with other winners nationwide and the district office of Rep. Adriano Espaillat for up to one year. more

Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy prepares for the Jewish Passover holiday recently with a hand-made 18-minute shmurah matzah bake in their matzah factory. The matzah was to be used during the holiday. more

The painted lines at Gaelic Park are made for a range of sports. Everything from soccer to Gaelic football and even softball in one corner. Behind one end sits a construction zone formerly occupied by a rundown bar. And almost on cue, the noise from the subway tracks rattles in the background at this urban play yard, whose only good hideout from the sun is a couple of rows in the middle of the bleachers, underneath the canopy. more

This past weekend nearly 100 athletes took part in New York’s Special Olympics chapter annual two-day basketball competition for the New York City region at Mount Saint Vincent College in North Riverdale. more

Led by state and city elected officials Saturday, nearly 100 residents of nearby Tibbett Towers, the Edwardian and Corlear Gardens voiced their opposition to the charter middle school being constructed at 306 W. 232nd St. more

Ivan Lytovchenko remembers the look on the faces of his common folk. There were no emotions — only austere expressions and almost a sense of numbness to it all by now. more