Annual Audit of Village of Croton-on-Hudson Finances Confirms 2024 Surplus

An audit of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson’s finances confirmed a budget surplus of $442,673 at the end of fiscal year 2024. The 2024 surplus marks the 3rd consecutive budget surplus […] Read more »

Martin Ginsburg Joins Local Officials for Grand Opening of Haverstraw Commuter Ferry Terminal

Martin Ginsburg, Founder and Principal of Ginsburg Development Companies (GDC), on December 17th joined with Rockland County Executive Ed Day, Haverstraw Village Mayor Mike Kohut and Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi […] Read more »

Irvington Middle School Students Show Strength and Spirit in Bulldog Challenge

Irvington Middle School sixth through eighth grade students engaged in a fun competition that tested their physical and mental strength during their school’s second annual IMS Bulldog Challenge on Dec. […] Read more »

Sing Sing Prison Museum Receives $2.5 Million Grant from Lilly Endowment for a Major Initiative on Religion in Prison

Sing Sing Prison Museum has received a $2.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. The grant will support Religion at Sing Sing Prison: […] Read more »

‘Heaven’ on Hudson: Tarrytown’s Stone Castle Listed for $5.49M  

That dream you’ve had of owning a piece of heaven can finally come true, if you’ve got $5.49 million to spend.  That’s the asking price of a century-old stone castle-like […] Read more »

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Briarcliff Past and Present

Times change, and so does architecture.   This topic fascinated young Michael Feist, an 18-year-old student at Briarcliff High School in 2014, tasked in a school project to intern locally. Michael’s […] Read more »

EF School Teaches Students More than Just English 

Spectators in the auditorium at the EF International Language School on the hill above Tarrytown erupted when a group of seven South Korean students danced and lip-synced to the song […] Read more »

Rehabilitation Through the Arts Congratulates Colman Domingo on Golden Globes Nomination for Best Actor

Nonprofit Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) joins a growing number of professional arts organizations in recognizing the critically-acclaimed performance of Colman Domingo in the feature film Sing Sing. Domingo’s fictionalized portrayal tracks the […] Read more »

Rivertowns Chamber Launches Annual ‘Shop Local’ Initiative with Festive Holiday Trolley on Dec 14

In support of the Rivertowns Chamber of Commerce’s member businesses, the Chamber is returning with its Shop Local initiative and its sixth annual holiday trolley event—a family-friendly shopping tour—on Saturday, […] Read more »

Putting STEM to Work: Gaining Inspiration from a Like-Minded Scientist 

Through the generous support of Regeneron, four times a year River Journal publishes the on-site report of a high school science student from the River Towns who is paired with a Regeneron […] Read more »