Two School Districts Join in Briarcliff Manor’s Business Investment Tax Exemption Program

10-year phased tax payment plan is designed to encourage re-investment in commercial properties As part of an effort to encourage re-investment in five commercially zoned properties and its Central Business […] Read more »

Todd Fifth Grader Aims to Spread Positivity

Sometimes it takes just one person to make a difference. Ryan Russin, a fifth grader in Amanda Schwartz’s class at Todd Elementary, has recently begun a project that is meant […] Read more »

Congregation Gathering Details on Former Pace Campus

The religious congregation that purchased the former Pace campus in Briarcliff Manor has yet to divulge its plans, but has been scoping out the site and recently obtained documents from […] Read more »

A Road Map to Briarcliff Manor’s Stone Lanterns

Driving through Briarcliff Manor, one may notice several large stone lanterns sporadically located within the village. Gifted to the Briarcliff Church and village founder Walter Law by several missionary families […] Read more »

Congratulations to the June 2021 River Journal Pet of the Month

 Meet Sosa. Sosa is a 6-year-old tabby who lives in Briarcliff with his brothers and sisters. He came from a family where he used to only live outside in a […] Read more »

Todd Elementary Students Prepare to Select Musical Instruments for the Fall

It’s beginning to look a lot like…well, normal. Todd third and fourth graders are preparing to begin playing instruments at the school this fall and soon we will hear the […] Read more »

Tri-State Consortium Executive Debrief Praises Briarcliff’s Pandemic Response

The Briarcliff Manor School District’s response to the global pandemic has been a success. The Tri-State Consortium recently acknowledged that the District did an incredible job handling the unprecedented health […] Read more »

An Artful Gift to the Briarcliff Community

More lasting than flowers and more sustaining than candy is a gift of books, and the story behind this gift is no less beautiful. Alice and Stanley Goldstein lived and raised […] Read more »

Briarcliff High School Students Score Big at Programming Contest

Although they have never entered a programming competition before, several students from Briarcliff High School won third place at the Siena College Programming Contest, while the rest of the students […] Read more »

Rock’n’roll Lost & Found: Briarcliff’s Wizard Recording Studios 

A derelict building hidden behind a car repair shop is an unlikely place to discover a remnant of rock’n’roll history.    The nondescript cinderblock structure off North State Road in Briarcliff […] Read more »