New & Noteworthy: Saltbox Sash Focuses on Fair Trade Based Home Décor

In 2024, Briarcliff Manor welcomed a new home décor store to the village. The minute you step through the doors of Saltbox Sash on Pleasantville Road you sense a difference […] Read more »

Briarcliff Manor Resident Expands Passover Matzah Distribution to Over 800 Families

Following the success of last year’s initiative, in which he,  together with his friends, distributed handmade shmura matzah to 770 families for their Passover seder, Menachem Labkowski, 20, is setting […] Read more »

Briarcliff Manor Fire Department to Participate in Statewide “Recruitny” Open House Program on April 27

As part of the annual RecruitNY statewide initiative, the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department (BMFD) will open its doors on Sunday, April 27th from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM so residents can learn […] Read more »

Club Fit Briarcliff Aquatics Center Fully Reopens

Club Fit Briarcliff announced the full reopening of the Aquatics Center at their Briarcliff location, following a recent incident that required extensive restoration. The club said they were incredibly grateful […] Read more »

Scarborough Presbyterian Children’s Center Offers Tradition of Excellence

For 30 years, the Scarborough Presbyterian Children’s Center has been a cornerstone of early childhood education in Briarcliff Manor, providing a nurturing, family-like atmosphere for children aged one through five. […] Read more »

Pace Student Lifeguard Rescues Briarcliff Resident

While some people are born a hero, 21 year-old Highland Mills native Kieran Hagan is in training to become one. The senior finance major at Pace University was working as […] Read more »

Westchester Gilbert and Sullivan Group Welcomes All to Join the Fun of Singing Along

Emily Kingsley’s Briarcliff Manor basement closets are overflowing with toy daggers and pistols, fairy wings, sailor hats, policeman caps, kimonos, wigs, and more. All this can easily be explained once […] Read more »

Briarcliff Theater Students Hold Staged Readings

A college party. The energy crisis. A television show. A parody about the Girl Scouts. Theater students at Briarcliff High School have a lot of say about our society and […] Read more »

Butterflies Leave an Impression

Devoted readers of River Journal may remember an article about the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge, published late last year, which highlighted the steep decline in monarch butterflies specifically, and pollinating insects […] Read more »

From Briarcliff Manor to the Top of the Curling World

Curling is an international sport dominated by teams from Canada and Northern Europe. But against all odds, two local men have swept themselves to national recognition by medaling in the […] Read more »