Briarcliff Eyes Cops & Courts, Commercial Strip on Pleasantville Rd.

The former Wells Fargo property in downtown Briarcliff Manor could become home to a new police and court building, under a proposal that could also include developing retail, offices and […] Read more »

Tourism Guru on Shoring up River Towns’ Future 

Burns Patterson, a tourism and public relations specialist with strong ties to the region, was recently named executive director of Historic Hudson River Towns.  HHRT is a consortium of riverfront […] Read more »

Amazon to Deliver Jobs, Tax Revenue, Traffic to Route 9A Corridor 

Those Amazon vans that have become a daily sight in our neighborhoods are about to become even more ubiquitous on our roadways.  An e-commerce giant’s warehouse is sprouting up on […] Read more »

Pleasantville Music Fest Mixes National Headliners With Westchester Bands

The Pleasantville Music Festival returns this summer after a two-year hiatus, with a packed lineup featuring national headliners and local favorites performing on three outdoor stages at the village’s Parkway […] Read more »

Ossining Tries Again to Find New Owner for Vacant Main St. Landmark

The Village of Ossining is trying once again to find a developer to turn a Main Street landmark into a dining or entertainment destination that will set the table for […] Read more »

Can $3 Million Help Bring Route 9A Into the 21st Century?  

When the Briarcliff Peekskill Parkway opened in the early 1930s, its hilly, winding design was well suited to New York City motorists out for a weekend jaunt.  It’s hard to […] Read more »

Croton Couple Ride National Trend With New E-Bike Shop 

Electric bicycle sales that were already growing before the pandemic have skyrocketed since then, with the trend expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Whether for fitness, transportation, or both, […] Read more »

April is National Poetry Month. Here’s How to Celebrate 

April is the cruelest month, wrote T.S. Eliot in his often-quoted epic poem of disillusionment and loss, The Waste Land.  It’s also National Poetry Month.  River Journal reached out to […] Read more »

Jennifer Fields-Tawil: ‘I Tend to Question Everything’

Ossining’s newly appointed Town Board member Jennifer Fields-Tawil brings a background in politics, government, and investigations to her new position.  Fields-Tawil, a member of the Ossining Town Democratic Committee, currently […] Read more »

Briarcliff OKs Plans to Replace Moonbean Building, Remodel Above The Patio

Moonbean Café to remain open until works starts this fall  Changes in the heart of Briarcliff Manor’s downtown are moving ahead, now that the village has approved plans to replace […] Read more »