Harckham Honors Two Area Leaders at Black Women’s History Month Celebration

New York State Senator Pete Harckham commemorated Black Women’s History Month this week by honoring two prominent leaders from the 40th Senate District—Peekskill Mayor Vivian McKenzie and Caring for the […] Read more »

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, Northern Westchester Hospital to Host Free Memory Screening Event on May 10

To help Westchester residents be proactive about their brain health, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) and Northern Westchester Hospital, part of Northwell Health, will host a free memory screening […] Read more »

Phelps Hospital Donates Safety Reflector Armbands

As the weather turns warmer more people are exercising and playing outside. And with our roads and towns back to normal traffic conditions following the pandemic, walking and bicycle riding […] Read more »

New York Medical College Professor Assists Ukrainians Through Virtual Mind-Body Trauma Relief Program

Two weeks after Russia launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D., clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and her husband, Richard P. Brown, […] Read more »

Westchester County District Attorney Joins Peekskill Leaders to Host Community Gun Buyback

The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, together with the Peekskill NAACP, the Peekskill Police Department and the City of Peekskill, will host a community gun buyback event to be held […] Read more »

Ain’t it Grand: Ride the Rail from River Towns to JFK Airport  

Take the Train to the Plane!  Area residents of a certain vintage may remember the MTA jingle which ran on local TV stations in the late 1970s and early 1980s. […] Read more »

Tarrytown Duck Derby & Healthy Kids Day Set for April 29

The 16th annual Tarrytown Rotary Rubber Duck Derby and YMCA Healthy Kids Day will be held Saturday, April 29th at Patriots Park from 11 – 3.  Thank you to our […] Read more »

SUNY Westchester Community College Student Honored With Prestigious Vanguard Award

SUNY Westchester Community College (SUNY WCC) student Joseph Goldstein has been awarded the prestigious Vanguard Award recognizing outstanding students pursuing career and technical educational (CTE) programs that are nontraditional for […] Read more »

Garden Club of Peekskill Annual Plant Sale Saturday, May 13 at Riverfront Green

Why buy plants from big box stores and grocery chains when you can get more interesting and hardy plants from seasoned (pun intended) Garden Club members?  The Garden Club of […] Read more »

Putting STEM to Work: Helping Others is the Biggest Reward 

Through the generous support of Regeneron, four times a year River Journal publishes the on-site report of a high school science student from the River Towns who is paired with a […] Read more »