Young Archeologists in Training

Egyptian mummies, Mayan temples, a Gutenberg printing press. Was this an Indiana Jones adventure? No, it was  Transfiguration School’s Museum Night! On Museum Night the students in grades four through […] Read more »

Celebrating Spring by Learning About Caring for our Planet

Last month Washington Irving Middle School students learned that we need to nurture nature to have a nurturing future. Educators from the Greenburgh Nature Center moderated lively discussions and interactive […] Read more »

Local Concert to Benefit Ukrainian Children and Musicians

Irena Portenko is indefatigable. “I am doing something all the time,” she says, about her efforts to fund-raise for her homeland of Ukraine. “People are always asking: ‘How can I […] Read more »

SHHS Junior to Bring His Passion for Government to Albany at Upcoming Conference 

Sleepy Hollow High School Junior Christian Bravo has been selected to represent the Rivertowns Chapter of the League of Women Voters at the Students Inside Albany (SIA) conference. Hosted by […] Read more »

RiverArts to Present Stravinsky & Rachmaninoff: Bridging an Era

On Saturday, April 22 at 8PM, RiverArts® will present a complete performance of Igor Stravinsky’s allegory of love and redemption L’Histoire du Soldat or A Soldier’s Tale. The concert, at […] Read more »

Tarrytown Project Adds Pedestrian Bridge Over Thruway, Widens Broadway

The Thruway Authority is beginning a $13.9 million project along South Broadway (Route 9) in the Village of Tarrytown to extend the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge side path south […] Read more »

Foundation for the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns to Honor Superintendent Borsari at Spring Fling Benefit

The Foundation for the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns will host its Spring Fling Benefit on Saturday, April 15, 2023, from 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm at the Tarrytown House […] Read more »

Family YMCA at Tarrytown Announces Y Cheer Elite Program Invited to Nationals

The Family YMCA at Tarrytown, under the direction of Cindy Guzman, started its YMCA Elite All Stars Cheer program a few months before the pandemic. On February 4, 2023, the […] Read more »

Much Ado about ADUs  

If you like your town meetings long and contentious, then you would have loved Tarrytown’s 3+ hour session on Wednesday, February 8th debating a revised Tarrytown law that permits “Accessory […] Read more »

Vote for River Journal as a Best of Westchester Local Publication

If you’re a fan of River Journal or River Journal North, we hope you’ll consider voting for us in the Best of Westchester elimination round. Voting closes today, March 3 […] Read more »