Butterflies Leave an Impression

Devoted readers of River Journal may remember an article about the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge, published late last year, which highlighted the steep decline in monarch butterflies specifically, and pollinating insects […] Read more »

We Are a Motley Crew

The Route 9 River Journal Heroes have one thing in common – our wish to clean up and keep (as far as possible) trash-free one particular stretch of the highway […] Read more »

Mayors Making Meaningful Moves to Protect Endangered Butterfly

Have you heard about the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge? It’s an initiative launched by the National Wildlife Federation in 2015 to encourage heads of local and tribal government across the U.S., […] Read more »

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Briarcliff Past and Present

Times change, and so does architecture.   This topic fascinated young Michael Feist, an 18-year-old student at Briarcliff High School in 2014, tasked in a school project to intern locally. Michael’s […] Read more »

Our River Runs Through It – What’s New at the Hudson River Museum

When Masha Turchinsky took up the role of director and CEO of the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers in 2017, she inherited plans for an extension to be added to […] Read more »

Peace, Love and Community in Pocantico Hills

It’s been a celebratory year at the Church of the Magdalene in Pocantico Hills, and the festivities are far from over. Marking the 130th anniversary of its founding, the small […] Read more »

Local Authors, Local Books: Bridging the Gap

“I feel like it’s an absolute crisis, that we refuse to see nuance and complexity,” says Daphne Uviller, whose recently-published new novel This Was Not the Plan tackles this topic […] Read more »

NOW and Then: A Life Fighting for Women’s Rights

Not many people publish their first book at age 96, but Muriel Fox has spent a lifetime working against outdated expectations, and she’s not stopping now.  Her book, The Women’s […] Read more »

Children Working to Make Change

One day last summer, 10-year-old Aria Arinella-Rashid came home from camp, “And I was really scared – that the earth was dying, and with it the animals. So I asked […] Read more »

A Market with a Mission: TaSH AT 10

“It’s been such a passionate labor of love,” says Tammy Bordeaux, one of the two current co-presidents of the TaSH Farmers Market in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, looking back on […] Read more »