Yeshiva Appeals after Briarcliff Denies Permit for former Pace Campus

Lawyers for a proposed yeshiva are appealing Briarcliff Manor’s denial of a special permit to operate a school for up to 350 college-age men on the former Pace University campus.  […] Read more »

Dignity, Creativity, Humanity: RTA Founder Katherine Vockins

“Not a career, but a calling” is how Katherine Vockins describes her work with Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA), the organization she founded which uses the arts to teach life […] Read more »

Congratulations to the January 2023 River Journal North Pet of the Month  

Meet Nikita! Nikita is thrilled to be chosen as a Pet of the Month. She is six years old. Along with her three siblings and mom, she was found in […] Read more »

Westchester County Office of Economic Development and Westchester County Association Shine Spotlight on Area’s Life Sciences Ecosystem

The Westchester County Office of Economic Development (OED) and the Westchester County Association (WCA) will host All Access Healthcare: Regional Life Sciences Outlook on February 2, 2023, at the Auditorium […] Read more »

Student Coalition of Human Dignity Hosts Workshops in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Putting yourself in other people’s shoes is one of the best ways to foster understanding and compassion towards those who may be different from you. Recently, in honor of Martin […] Read more »

Briarcliff High School Students Visit Peekskill Clay Studios

Students in Jessica Dubin’s ceramics class at Briarcliff High School recently got a glimpse of what it is like to create items out of clay in the real world. At […] Read more »

Peekskill Artist’s First-Ever Outdoor Installation Showcases Large-Scale Tree Sculptures

Hailed by Sculpture Magazine as Editor’s Choice, The Remains of Winter, a series of sculptures made especially for The Green-Wood Cemetery by Peekskill-based artist Athena LaTocha, has been extended into […] Read more »

Rivertown Dance Academy Makes Dance Accessible for All 

Rivertown Dance Academy was founded in 2016 by Tarrytown native Jessica Horgan with the purpose of making dance accessible to all. To ensure this, the day the academy opened, Horgan […] Read more »

Pounding the Pavement in Peekskill   

Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone, published in 1995, initiated a debate around the health of civic life in the United States. The debate has not recessed in the decades since, but […] Read more »

Obituary: Gregory N. Jones 1974-2022

[This information is based on obituary at Joseph F. Nardone Funeral Home] On Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022, Gregory N. Jones, loving father, son, uncle, friend, and brother to many, passed […] Read more »