Artist Janet Lippman’s earliest memory is of “lying in a baby carriage looking up at the sky, watching clouds forming different patterns.” With an innate attraction to color and shape, and a love of painting […] Read more »
You don’t have to have been a nurse to run a successful hospital, but it can help. That’s certainly true of Beata Mastalerz, president at Northwell’s Phelps Hospital, whose focus on those receiving care is fundamental and who is now being presented with […] Read more »
Last month’s article (accessible at riverjournalonline.com/trees) on the vines throttling our trees generally and those bordering the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in particular – which are planes, apparently, not sycamores – rang bells with a number of our readers. Clearly Joyce […] Read more »
For many years, “up the river” was the slang term for being sent to Sing Sing prison in Ossining for incarceration, up the Hudson River from New York City. But as of early November, the phrase has taken on a fresh meaning. Up the River is the name […] Read more »
Joyce Lannert is surely not the only River Towns dweller concerned about invasive vines smothering and strangling the trees in our area, but she is one of few to have taken action on the subject. […] Read more »
A commemorative garden and healing center has recently opened in Ossining, to honor the short but impactful life of Dream Ioni Shepherd, who died in August 2021 at the age of 16. […] Read more »
There’s a sense of change in Ossining these days, with appealing new businesses opening, bringing a fresh vibe to the town. And among the latest of these, on Spring Street, close to the Sing Sing Kill Brewery, is the bright new consignment […] Read more »
Founded in 1986, the Logrea Dance Academy, an esteemed dance school in Ossining, is celebrating its 40th anniversary next year and celebrations will begin this month. Founded by Beth Fritz-Logrea […] Read more »
Mark your calendars for June 11. That’s the date of Westchester Ballet Company’s Spring Gala, a milestone event that will not only celebrate the organization’s 75th anniversary year but also […] Read more »
For one night only – on May 22 – fierce Spanish energy and percussive rhythms will fill the stage at Irvington Theater, as A Palo Seco Flamenco Company arrives with […] Read more »
