Westchester County Office of Economic Development and Westchester County Association Shine Spotlight on Area’s Life Sciences Ecosystem

The Westchester County Office of Economic Development (OED) and the Westchester County Association (WCA) will host All Access Healthcare: Regional Life Sciences Outlook on February 2, 2023, at the Auditorium […] Read more »

Student Coalition of Human Dignity Hosts Workshops in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Putting yourself in other people’s shoes is one of the best ways to foster understanding and compassion towards those who may be different from you. Recently, in honor of Martin […] Read more »

Briarcliff High School Students Visit Peekskill Clay Studios

Students in Jessica Dubin’s ceramics class at Briarcliff High School recently got a glimpse of what it is like to create items out of clay in the real world. At […] Read more »

Peekskill Artist’s First-Ever Outdoor Installation Showcases Large-Scale Tree Sculptures

Hailed by Sculpture Magazine as Editor’s Choice, The Remains of Winter, a series of sculptures made especially for The Green-Wood Cemetery by Peekskill-based artist Athena LaTocha, has been extended into […] Read more »

Tarrytown Resident Named 2023 Presidential Leadership Scholar

David Baumwoll, a resident of Tarrytown, has been named one of 60 Scholars from around the nation who will form the prestigious Presidential Leadership Scholars’ (PLS) eighth annual class. PLS […] Read more »

Village of Sleepy Hollow Announces 2024 Music Festival

Plans for a Hudson riverside festival celebrating the local music, culture and natural beauty of the Village of Sleepy Hollow are underway. Mayor Ken Wray recently announced the receipt of a […] Read more »

Rivertown Dance Academy Makes Dance Accessible for All 

Rivertown Dance Academy was founded in 2016 by Tarrytown native Jessica Horgan with the purpose of making dance accessible to all. To ensure this, the day the academy opened, Horgan […] Read more »

Pounding the Pavement in Peekskill   

Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone, published in 1995, initiated a debate around the health of civic life in the United States. The debate has not recessed in the decades since, but […] Read more »

Obituary: Gregory N. Jones 1974-2022

[This information is based on obituary at Joseph F. Nardone Funeral Home] On Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022, Gregory N. Jones, loving father, son, uncle, friend, and brother to many, passed […] Read more »

Congratulations to the January 2023 River Journal Pets of the Month

Meet Archie & JoJo!      Archie is a golden retriever and JoJo is half Irish setter and half golden retriever mix.   They are the best of friends yet couldn’t be […] Read more »