A 19-year-old man on a moped traveling in a bike lane was hit by a police cruiser on Saturday, Sept. 2, police reported. Police say they were responding to a 911 call around 4:30 p.m. when the collision occurred near West 254th Street and Broadway.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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9/15/23
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A 44-year-old man died after being stabbed multiple times throughout his body Tuesday evening in front of 130 W. 228th St. in Marble Hill, police have reported.
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By GARY LARKIN
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9/13/23
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Local electeds have once again joined together to voice their opposition to the Adams administration’s proposed construction of a 34,000-seat cricket stadium at Van Cortlandt Park.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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9/8/23
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“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.
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By STACY DRIKS
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9/8/23
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Six decades ago, civil rights lawyer Clarence Jones was on a payphone coming back from the airport when his wife told him not to come home. Why? Martin, Coretta and the King children were staying at their south Riverdale home.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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9/8/23
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It’s fine to see a dusty book on the shelf, but seeing books in the trash is a different story.
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By STACY DRIKS
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9/8/23
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The Friends of Endor Garden and 9/11 Garden will hold the annual ceremony honoring the local first responders and residents who perished during and after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New …
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By GARY LARKIN
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9/8/23
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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.
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9/8/23
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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.
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STAFF REPORT
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9/8/23
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Like the late Betty Campbell-Adams, the namesake of the Community Board 8 annual most valuable merchant award, this year’s honorees have followed with the same work ethic.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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9/8/23
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