Attending the Prom?……Read On!

Prom season is upon us.  Because I work with so many 12th graders I get to hear all about dress shopping, date drama, after-prom plans, and the like.  It makes […] Read more »

The Truth About Tanning: 10 Facts About Sun Protection & Preventing Skin Cancer

With summer fast approaching and May being Skin Cancer Awareness Month, it’s never been more important to know the facts about sun protection, especially in light of recent medical findings. […] Read more »

Legal Steps In Buying or Selling a Home and the Inherent Risks

In an effort to provide our readers with interesting legal information River Journal offers a new column entitled Legal Eagle. Over the coming months we will address a variety of […] Read more »
Hoopoe the Mime with a visitor. Bryan Haeffele image.

Animals & Acrobats in Croton Memorial Day Weekend

In America’s early days, fire jugglers, tumbling acrobats, rope walkers, magicians — indeed, clever characters of all sorts — used to travel the countryside as a ragged band of entertainers, […] Read more »
Fitness goals

3 Tips for Getting Your Fitness On-Track

We all have good intentions when it comes to working out but I’ll be the first to admit that if I see an excuse rising over the horizon that can […] Read more »

M is for Mothers

Opinions about motherhood have changed over the years, but maybe never as much as they did in the mid to late 1980s as far as the message that women and […] Read more »

3rd Annual Birdhouse Building Competition

The 3rd annual birdhouse building competition is underway once again. Sponsored by the Tarrytown Beautification Foundation, this year’s theme is recycle – reuse, but is not mandatory. Read more »

Calling All Tarrytowners With a Green Thumb

Have you noticed the wooden barrels on Broadway and Main Street in Tarrytown?  Read more »

PUBLIC NOTICE ABOUT REAL ESTATE TAXES

Town of Greenburgh Real Estate taxes are due by April 30, 2010. If you are responsible for paying your own taxes and have not received a bill, please contact the […] Read more »

Tending Your Garden – “Smart Landscaping in Today’s Economy”

News of sluggish home sales and reduced property values in our area is hard to avoid these days, so it can be a challenge to figure out where and how […] Read more »