Masquerade 

This is the month kids look forward to, so they can put on masks and costumes to play pretend in public.  I’m a sucker for the playfulness and general weirdness that haunts Halloween. If my […] Read more »

Zoomology

  Zoom meetings. Zoom schooling. Zoom happy hours. Zoom blind dates. Zoom original plays. Zoom job interviews. Zoom religious services. Zoom fitness classes. Zoom funerals. Zoom weddings.   Why not, we thought, a […] Read more »

Lakeland’s Dr. George Stone Calls It a Decade  

At the end of Tuesday, June 30, 2020, George E. Stone, Ed.D. called it a day.   After 10 years as Superintendent of Lakeland Central School District, Dr. Stone felt fulfilled enough in […] Read more »

As the World Turns

There is no room for objectivity in art. The whole point of it is to express the artist’s wholly subjective view of the world, and for the audience to interpret […] Read more »

Croton Coronavirus April 11 Official Update — Helping Others

CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings Read more »

RJ/RJN April Preview > Inside a Cyber Classroom

Students Are Experiencing a New Kind of ‘Home’ Room We’re busy at work assembling the April 2020 edition of the combined River Journal/River Journal North. Not surprisingly, there is ample […] Read more »

Keep Your Social Media Distance

This is the best of times to be on social media. This is the worst of times to be on social media. If that sounds Dickensian, why not? We’re all […] Read more »

Special Offer for Business Owners Doing Good: A Free Video

Chuck Newman is virtually a household name in Peekskill. And for good reasons.  One is that his family has been an integral part of the City’s business-and-social fabric for generations.  […] Read more »

Shelf Awareness Meets Self Awareness

It’s fascinating how, in times of mutual duress, we self-select silos to inhabit. For the sake of simplicity — if over-generalization — let’s look at binary silos.  For example, in […] Read more »

Attention Business Owners: 3:30 p.m. Webinar Today on Disaster Loan Information

Friday, March 20, at 3:30pm Westchester small businesses are facing unprecedented challenges as we work together to address the impacts of COVID-19 on all sectors of our economy. This webinar […] Read more »