Class Acts: Student Effort Warms Hearts – and Feet – of Homeless 

A politics class at Walter Panas High School held a Warm for Winter charity drive to help alleviate the current scarcity of socks among the homeless. The collection of new […] Read more »

How to Keep Your Kids Safe Online

You’ve probably seen a lot of scaremongering about how to keep your children safe on the internet. You may rest easy knowing that your kid is surfing the internet safely […] Read more »

Harckham Delivers $200K State Grant for Pedestrian Safety in Sleepy Hollow

New York State Senator Pete Harckham announced today that he has secured $200,000 in state grant funding for the Village of Sleepy Hollow to improve pedestrian safety along a heavily […] Read more »

Free Covid Test Kit Distribution in Ossining on January 15

Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick has a limited number of at-home Covid test kits for free distribution to the public, and his office is partnering with local governments and schools to organize […] Read more »

Historic Hudson Valley Receives $399k Federal Grant for Digital Project

The National Endowment for the Humanities grant will further HHV’s efforts to tell the story of slavery in the Colonial north Historic Hudson Valley (HHV) was awarded a $399K Digital […] Read more »

An Electrifying Movement to Upgrade School Buses

For most of us, seeing children getting on a little yellow school bus is about as adorable as it gets. Until recently, few parents paid much attention tothe climate-warming emissions […] Read more »

Orchestra 914 Dials in to Westchester

After a pandemic hiatus that played out for a year, the former Chappaqua Orchestra has a new leader, a new home base, and a new identity.    After public performances were […] Read more »

Harckham Delivers Protective KN95 Masks to Food Pantries, Community Organizations

New York State Senator Pete Harckham delivered a thousand protective KN95 respirator masks this week to several food pantries and community organizations that serve low-income areas in the 40th Senate […] Read more »

Red Cross: National Blood Crisis May Put Patients At Risk

Dire situation facing blood supply, those in need of blood transfusions. Donors have the chance to help save lives, win trip to Super Bowl LVI The American Red Cross is […] Read more »

Putting STEM to Work: Improving Peoples’ Lives Through Biomedical Science

Through the generous support of local biotechnology company Regeneron, four times a year, River Journal and River Journal North publish the on-site report of a River Towns high school science student who is paired with a Regeneron scientist […] Read more »