Six Score and One Year Ago … 

When we talk about Abraham Lincoln, we associate him with places like Springfield (Illinois.), Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) and Washington, D.C. Yet none of those can call themselves home to the longest […] Read more »

For Harmon Yard, Billion-Dollar Makeover Is Just the Ticket

Trains have been stopping in Croton-on-Hudson since before the Civil War, when the first station was completed along the river in 1849. In 1903, electric trains started running from Grand […] Read more »

A Glass of Water, Please, and Hold the Fertilizer

The Hudson River is a precious jewel that’s enjoyed by people who fish, kayak, swim, and site-see. According to environmental advocacy organization Riverkeeper, seven communities and more than 100,000 people […] Read more »

Hudson Link: From Incarceration to Graduation

“Hudson Link, and college education, is not just a gift for that student, changing his life. It’s a gift for the people who are going back to their families, back […] Read more »

NTL Non-Toxic Living – Shopping Local, and Sustainable

Briarcliff Manor has a new boutique where you can find things that are good for you – and also good for the environment and the community. NTL Non-Toxic Living at […] Read more »

Mayor’s To-Do List > Reinventing Buchanan 

“It was important for me to be able to finish some of the things that I had started and had been working on,” says newly reelected Village of Buchanan Mayor […] Read more »

‘Honor Flight’ Gives a Lift to Grateful Veterans

“It is truly an honor to be able to do this for our Veterans. Each and every one of them are deserving of our thanks,” says Jennifer DeFrancesco, Executive Director of Hudson Valley Honor […] Read more »

How Parent-Led Foundations Fund School Projects — Part 1

In this two-part series, we feature four foundations, showing how they work with administrators and faculty to benefit students Read more »

In Praise of Ada, Opal, Emily, and History’s Other Hidden Figures

Just in time for Mother’s Day, a Cortlandt woman is celebrating the contributions of women with a new book, and a tour to support it.   Jane Applegate is editor of Remarkable […] Read more »

How Parent-Led Foundations Fund School Projects-Part 2

School budgets are funded by the taxpayers and state and federal grants, but the four districts in River Journal’s circulation footprint also get money from another source – Education Foundations. […] Read more »