Bear Mountain Ice Rink is Opening for the Season

The Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) todayannounced the opening of the Bear Mountain Ice Rink for the 2026-27 season. Voted Best of the Hudson Valley from2020 to 2024, the rink […] Read more »

Yorktown Inaugurates New Sand Volleyball Courts

Yorktown officials gathered on Monday to cut a ribbon at the Tom Diana Park at Granite Knolls Recreation and Sports Complex, celebrating the completion of two new sand volleyball courts. […] Read more »

Scholar Athletes of the Month: Hackley’s Three-Sport Athletes Excel in Every Season 

River Journal is saluting top high school student-athletes from its coverage area throughout the academic year. The series continues with student athletes from the Hackley School in Tarrytown.  Emma Curran, […] Read more »

CHHOP’s Annual Turkey Trot Returns to Downtown Peekskill

Every November, Peekskill neighbors lace up their sneakers, strap turkeys into strollers and backpacks, and head through the heart of downtown. They aren’t chasing a record time. They’re racing to […] Read more »

Briarcliff & Ossining Rotaries Host Magic Masters Hoops Challenge Fundraiser

The Briarcliff Rotary Club will be sponsoring its annual fundraising event featuring the world-famous Harlem Magic Masters basketball team playing against a local all-star team of residents, teachers and other hoop fanatics who want to upset the seemingly unbeatable team.    […] Read more »

Scholar Athletes of the Month: Two-Sport Stars Excel at Briarcliff High School

Each month throughout the academic year, River Journal will be saluting top high school student-athletes from its coverage area. The series begins with Briarcliff High School.  ANGELINA DONAHUE, SENIOR  Donahue […] Read more »

Tarrytown’s Hackley School Takes on Riverdale for 100th Meeting 

Joe McDermott grasped the importance of Hackley’s football rivalry with Riverdale Country School when he quarterbacked the Hornets from 2011-2014. That was reinforced when he was hired to coach the […] Read more »

Surhoff, Chong, Monk: How Their Legends Were Born

To anyone who’s followed local sports over the years, the names B.J. Surhoff, Art Monk and Saniya Chong are legendary. Surhoff, a Rye native, was a 1985 MLB top draft pick who went on to a standout 18-year career […] Read more »

Run, Walk & Support Ossining Students at the 22nd Annual Ossining MATTERS Run-Walk

The community is invited to lace up for the 22nd Annual Ossining MATTERS Run-Walk for Education on Saturday, September 5 at 8:00 AM at the Joseph G. Caputo Community Center. […] Read more »
A pockmarked stretch of the shared use path on the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge on Aug. 10, 2026. Photo: Robert Brum

Bridge Path’s Humps Create a Bumpy Ride for Cyclists 

Call them bumps, humps or hummocks: You’ve felt them underfoot or under your wheels on the Mario Cuomo Bridge’s popular Shared Use Path.   The annoying blisters dotting the 3.6-mile path that connects Rockland and Westchester counties […] Read more »