March Tonics, and Toast 

In our bid to share great local artisanal food and drink makers, here are three more passionate local suppliers offering diverse deliciousness.   If your body is in need of health-giving herbal pick-me-ups […] Read more »

Cortlandt’s Bucci Coffee Has Fresh Approach to Cold-Brewed Java 

Need a pick-me-up? Then head over to Cortlandt Manor-based coffee producer Bucci Coffee, which specializes in fair trade, single origin beans, cold brewed. Owner Nik Bucci’s interest in the beverage was inspired by time […] Read more »

Are You Sitting Comfortably? 

This is the Covid era, when we stay at home to do our jobs or learn our lessons. Those of us who didn’t already have a home office have had to adapt, working at kitchen […] Read more »

‘It’s Not about the Honey, it’s about the Bees’ 

It all started at Hackley School, Tarrytown, Class of ’97, with the friendship between James Pratt and Carlo Esannason. James made a career as a construction manager in New York City, and Carlo went into finance, but the two remained fast friends.   Then, in 2016, something changed.  “I started feeling unhappy […] Read more »

The Honorable Nita Lowey, Positively Classic 

“Some people see a problem and walk on; some people say, ‘I’ve got to do something about it.’”   Nita Lowey belongs firmly in the second of those two camps. Congressional […] Read more »

Local Makers: First in a Series – Libations for All Occasions

Local, sustainable, flavorful, and fresh.   These are the adjectives most often used by the numerous outstanding artisanal food and drink producers in our area. But there’s one more common factor: passion.   As River Journal embarks on […] Read more »

‘Unity, Understanding, Respect’ Are Bywords of New Tarrytown Mayor Tom Butler 

Tom Butler has lived in the same home in Tarrytown for 34 years. He describes the 1909-built house as having “good bones – but we had to gut-renovate it. It took a year and I remember […] Read more »

A Passion for the Past: Joyce Sharrock Cole, Ossining Village Historian

History is personal for Joyce Sharrock Cole, the new Ossining Village Historian. Cole grew up without any sense of her own family’s past. Some of her grandparents had died young, […] Read more »

Serving Meals with a Side of Good Feels 

Grateful for the heroism of health care-givers, first responders, ambulance workers and police during the COVID-19 crisis, many people have found themselves wanting to give back.    At the same time, those suddenly rendered food insecure […] Read more »

Mentored by Chamber, Women Owners Tough It Out 

“I am going to bounce back. I will be there. That’s the kind of person I am, that’s the kind of drive I have.”   Kiara Picucci, owner of Bella Maiya […] Read more »