How Parent-Led Foundations Fund School Projects

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 »

Paul Christopher Conticelli – Transforming Pain Into Art 

Paul Christopher Conticelli is an artist and a poet who also has a bachelor’s degree in finance, and a master’s in construction management from Columbia University. Even though those things […] Read more »

Peekskill Sees Review Board as the Ticket to Better Citizen-Police Relations

The City of Peekskill has formed a panel tasked with, in effect, policing the police.  Mayor Vivian McKenzie swore in the five members of the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) during […] Read more »

Fat Baby Bourbon – Turning Pepper’s Spirit Into Fine Spirits

“Unique, bold, and a beacon of joy.” Those are the words that Joshua Mahan, the Fat Baby Bourbon founder and Sleepy Hollow resident, uses to describe his daughter Pepper, and […] Read more »

Non-Profit Partnership Profits Kids and their Families

If it takes a village to provide a well-rounded education for our kids, Peekskill is providing that village. The city’s Youth Bureau has teamed with Arts 10566’s expanded arts education […] Read more »

River Towns and the Underground Railroad

The River Towns and the Hudson River itself are rich in history, including the pivotal role they played in the Revolutionary War – and the Underground Railroad. The Railroad was […] Read more »

Regeneron – Doing Well by Doing Good

Regeneron is a Tarrytown-based biotechnology company that’s been inventing life-transforming medicines for 35 years. In 2020, as Covid-19 was spreading, Regeneron discovered and developed an antibody cocktail in record time […] Read more »

River Towns and The Revolution

The Hudson Valley and especially the river itself played a pivotal role in the Revolutionary War. The British fought to control the river so they could divide the colonies and […] Read more »

Irvington’s Octagon House is One of a Kind 

Arlington, Virginia has the Pentagon, and Irvington has the Octagon. The Armour-Stiner Octagon House is an 8,400-square-foot home containing 20 rooms, including eight bedrooms and six bathrooms. It’s located on […] Read more »

How I Lighten My Mind to Enlighten My Life  

I have suffered from anxiety for most of my life. I’m far from alone. According to a study by Kaiser Family Foundation, one-third of adults surveyed (and half of those […] Read more »