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 »

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 »