Irvington Statue to Honor the Contributions of Westchester’s Enslaved People

Who created our beautiful River Towns, and laid the foundations of our communities?  The answers to these questions can be heavily Euro-centric, but if so they overlook a crucial component […] Read more »

Kacey Is All About Advocacy 

“I really don’t like talking about myself,” says Kacey Morabito-Grean. Despite the fact that she has been the co-host of WHUD’s popular Mike and Kacey in the Morning show for […] Read more »

What are You Reading this Winter? Here’s Your Library’s Top Titles 

The cold and snowy days of winter offer the perfect excuse to stay indoors and dive into a good book. It’s the cheapest, safest form of travel during these stressful […] Read more »

‘And if you should survive to 105′

Look at all you’ll derive Out of being alive’  Margaret Lukavic was born on Jan. 13, 1917, in Perth Amboy, N. J.  to parents born in Budapest, Hungary.   At age […] Read more »

RiverTalk Special Episode: WRNW Interview with Ronnie Spector

On one August afternoon in 1980, Ronnie Spector came to the studio of Briarcliff Manor’s WRNW-FM to promote her first solo album, Siren. The “progressive rock” station had a history of […] Read more »

Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Company Opens Space in Dobbs Ferry

CocoaCompassion, a social impact bean-to-bar chocolate company, is opening its first physical space, ThePod, in Dobbs Ferry, New York this February. ThePod will be both a chocolate marketplace, selling products […] Read more »

United Way to Distribute $1.5 Million in Grants to Westchester Nonprofits 

United Way of Westchester and Putnam announced it would administer $1.5 million in grants to local nonprofits serving Westchester County through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program.  “Housing and food […] Read more »

Big Band of Brothers: A Jazz Celebration of The Allman Brothers Band Coming to the Music Hall

Big Band of Brothers: A Jazz Celebration of The Allman Brothers Band will be performing at Tarrytown Music Hall on February 24 at 8:00pm. The band features Jaimoe, Lamar Williams Jr. and […] Read more »

Race Heats Up to Replace Longtime Assemblywoman Sandy Galef

Longtime state Assemblywoman Sandy Galef’s departure when her term ends Dec. 31 has set in motion a faceoff among Democrats seeking to run for the seat in November.  Galef, a […] Read more »

Croton-on-Hudson Receives NYSERDA Grants to Reduce Firehouse Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Village of Croton-on-Hudson’s Sustainability Committee has announced that the Village recently won several grants, totaling $110,000, under the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) Clean Energy […] Read more »