The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) has announced that Joel Jenson, a member of Archbishop Stepinac High School’s History Department, has been selected by its Board of Directors as the […] Read more »
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Committee and The Village of Hastings-on-Hudson Recreation Department hosted the 14th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast on Monday, […] Read more »
Hastings-on-Hudson’s Hillside School students and staff came together to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through the school’s annual MLK Peace March, a longstanding tradition centered on […] Read more »
On Oct. 3, 1951, despite trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the ninth inning, New York Giants’ Bobby Thomson’s three-run, walk-off home run against the Brooklyn Dodgers won the National League pennant in a […] Read more »
The River Journal joins this year’s celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the founding of America with a series of articles throughout 2026 highlighting people, places, or things in the River Towns that […] Read more »
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site is pleased to present another edition of our “Historian and Movie” film series. This month we will discuss The Crossing (2000) which tells the […] Read more »
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site and the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall are pleased to present a talk by Penn State historian Friederike Baer entitled “Fort Knyphausen and Other Mishmash: […] Read more »
When the Croton Aqueduct first brought clean water to New York City, it gushed forth from a number of celebratory fountains. In their Sunday, Jan. 11, presentation at the Hastings-on-Hudson […] Read more »
Taverns were at the heart of social and political life during the 18th century—community hubs for locals and travelers to enjoy refreshment, news, debate and revolutionary ideas. In this spirit […] Read more »
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center in White Plains has announced a new resource for teachers to assist them in teaching about the Holocaust and related topics including human rights, antisemitism, discrimination, racism and genocide. The Kaidanow […] Read more »
