RIVERDALE SENIOR Center, at the Century building, 2600 Netherland Ave., features the following activities for adults 60 and older: The center offers a full array...

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THE RIVERDALE Library, at 5540 Mosholu Ave., will host the following programs for young adults this week:

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THE KINGSBRIDGE Library, at 280 W. 231st St., will hold its next Teen Advisory Group meeting on Friday, Nov. 6, at 4 p...

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WAVE HILL, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, will host its next Family Art Project on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7 and Nov...

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THE RIVERDALE Library, at 5540 Mosholu Ave., presents the following upcoming programs for kids:

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THE KINGSBRIDGE Library, at 280 W. 231st St., will host Toddler Story Time, for ages 18 months to 3 years old, on Tuesday...

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THE SPUYTEN Duyvil Library, at 650 W. 235th St., will hold Toddler Story Time, for children between the ages of 18 months and 3...

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THE VAN Cortlandt Library, located at 3874 Sedgwick Ave., will host Reading Aloud, for ages 3 to 6, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 3 p.m. Admission to this program is free and open to the public. For more information, call 718-543-5150.

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WAVE HILL, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, presents “Trees of the Muhheakantuck,” a special garden walk for all ages, which will be...

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Before setting out on their first voyage, aspiring explorers might want to make a quick stop at the Spuyten Duyvil Library, 650 W. 235th St., for the special kids’ program, “Navigation,” which will be held on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 4 p.m.

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Wave Hill, West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, will unveil a new collaborative exhibition by artists John Morton and Jacqueline Shatz, in the Sunroom Project Space, today, Thursday, Nov. 5.

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THE HARRY and Dora Simon Senior Center of the Riverdale YM-YWHA, at 5625 Arlington Ave., offers numerous activities for people 60 and older, including language instruction, cards and games, exercise...

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JASA, VAN Cortlandt Senior Center, at 3880 Sedgwick Ave., features the following activities for seniors: Daily exercise, painting, discussion groups, knitting, line dancing, movies and more. Case assistance services are available. Kosher lunch is served at noon. Call 718-549-4700.

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THE KINGSBRIDGE Heights Community Center, at 3101 Kingsbridge Terrace, is offering free ESL classes (English as a Second Language) as well as preparation courses for the citizenship exam. For further information or to get dates and times, call 718-884-0700 ext. 194.

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...p.m., the first and third Friday of every month, at St. Margaret’s Rectory, 6000 Riverdale Ave., at West 260th Street. The group is open to all seniors and features speakers, trips...

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...Pauline’s Cabaret, a bar frequented by many of the Five-O’s officers at 5757 Broadway. Ms. Nikac, of Irwin Ave. was killed at 6:30 a.m., just blocks from...

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Looking to see a light on Kappock and Independence (Letters to the Editor Section)

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In recent weeks, I have read several central Riverdale residents’ consternation about the intersection at Independence Avenue and West 235th St. For an even scarier Halloween fright, they — along with City Councilman Oliver Koppell — should follow...

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On his return, Mr. Smith taught himself photography and set up a shop at West 258th Street and Riverdale Avenue. He later became a realtor and had a store selling men’s clothing on Johnson Avenue.

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Community Board 8’s Health, Hospitals and Social Services Committee will meet Monday, Nov. 9 at the Riverdale Y, 5625 Arlington Ave., in the multi-purpose room, at 7:30 p.m.

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Community Board 8’s Traffic and Transportation and Economic Development committees will hold a joint session Tuesday, Nov. 17 at the Board Office, 5676 Riverdale Ave., at 7:30 p.m.

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On the second and fourth Friday of the month there will be a stop from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Van Cortlandt Village, 3880 Sedgwick Ave.

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On the first and third Wednesday of the month, there will be stops from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at West 235th Street and Johnson Avenue; from 2 to 3 p.m. at West 231st Street and Broadway; and from noon to 1 p.m. at Skyview Shopping Center, on Riverdale Avenue between West 256th and 259th Street.

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On the first and third Wednesday of the month, there will be stops from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at West 235th Street and Johnson Avenue; from 2 to 3 p.m. at West 231st Street and Broadway; and from noon to 1 p.m. at Skyview Shopping Center, on Riverdale Avenue between West 256th and 259th Street.

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Baby It’s You, located at 3727 Riverdale Ave.. has started collecting bottles and cartons of baby food, canned formula, and baby cereals to be donated to the Kingsbridge-Riverdale- MarbleHill Food and Hunger Project to help needy families with infants and toddlers.

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Wachovia Bank, located at 3709 Riverdale Ave., has been a collection site for the hunger project for several years, and collects canned goods and boxed foods.

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The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, is holding a remembrance of Kristallnacht on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. at the synagogue.

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Anna Kirshblum, a licensed clinical social worker, will lead a workshop at the Riverdale YM-YWHA, located at 5625 Arlington Ave., from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

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Riverdale Neighborhood House, located at 5521 Mosholu Ave., will teach about infant/ child CPR and first aid at 7 p.m.

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Riverdale Senior Services, located at 2600 Netherland Ave., is hosting The Homerun Project, at 1:30 p.m.

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The Spuyten Duyvil Library, located at 650 W. 235th St., will show Panic in the Streets at 1 p.m.

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Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, located at 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, will host a study session beginning at 7 p.m. for parents and children to learn Torah and enjoy some pizza.

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The Church of the Mediator, located at 260 W. 231st St., will host a flea market from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and a health fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, will host a garden walk, at 1 p.m.

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Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, will host a spoken/ written word event, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

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The Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, located at 4450 Fieldston Road, will host a presentation by Bart Wordern entitled “Sustainable Living and Ethical Culture,” at 11 a.m.

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St. Margaret of Cortona Church, located at 452 W. 260th St., will hold a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the school gym.

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Riverdale Senior Services, 2600 Netherland Ave., is holding its annual membership meeting at 6 p.m.

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Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale, located at 475 W. 250th St., will host a talk by Hasia R. Diner about her new book, We Remember with Reverence and Love — American Jews and the Myth of Silence After the Holocaust, 1945-1962, at 7:45 p.m.

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The Spuyten Duyvil Library, located at 650 W. 235th St., will host its adult reading club at 11 a.m.

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The Riverdale Chapter of The Brandeis National Committee is hosting a meeting Riverdale Temple, West 246th Street and Independence Avenue, at 12:30 p.m.

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Advance reservations are encouraged and can be made by sending a check for $12, payable to B.N.C., to Cecile Horwich, 5800 Arlington Ave., Apt. 10W, Bronx, N.Y. 10471, by Wednesday, Nov. 11. A subscription at the door will be $15.

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The Riverdale Art Association will meet at the Atria, located at 3718-3726 Henry Hudson Parkway, at 7:30 p.m., where landscape artist Rebecca Allan will discuss her work.

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Congregation Shaarei Shalom will hold its next book club at 8 p.m. in Congregation Shaarei Shalom’s new sanctuary, located at 5919 Riverdale Ave.

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Bronx Toastmasters club invites new members to join its meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Riverdale Neighborhood House, 5521 Mosholu Ave.

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All Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar restaurants, including the one at 76 W. 225th St. in Kingsbridge, will honor U.S. veterans and active duty military with a free meal on Veteran’s Day.

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The Riverdale YM-YMHA, 5625 Arlington Ave., will host “A Bronx Evening of Dance” presented by Bronx Council on the Arts and Performance Space at 8 p.m.

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Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, will host a cooking demonstration of sweet potatoes and yams at 1 p.m.

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The Spuyten Duyvil Library, located at 650 W. 235th St., will host nutritionist Alice Kaufman, at 2 p.m.

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The Riverdale YM-YWHA, located at 5625 Arlington Ave., presents Jenny’s Penny, at 2 and 7 p.m.

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The Metropolitan Klezmer Quintet headlines a pre-holiday “Klezmer-Fest” at The Whitehall Club Ballroom, at 3333 Henry Hudson Parkway, at 2 p.m.

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Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, presents a nature talk, “The Unknown Palisades,” on the grounds in the Wave Hill House, at 1 p.m.

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The Van Cortlandt Jewish Center, located at 3880 Sedgwick Ave., will hold its annual indoor, non-religious bazaar and carnival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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The second in a series of free concerts will be held at Riverdale Presbyterian Church, located at 4765 Henry Hudson Parkway, at 5 p.m.

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Riverdale Temple, located at 4545 Independence Ave., will display Ethiopian crafts available for purchase at the Riverdale Temple Holiday Gift and Craft Sale, from 9 to 3 p.m.

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Elaine E. Drootin’s watercolors and sketches of outdoor scenes, including scenes from Wave Hill, will be on view through Jan. 15 at the Spuyten Duyvil Library, located at 650 W. 235th St.

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Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, will host tours of “Muhheakantuck in Focus,” in which contemporary artists look at “the river...

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The other experiment will get under way when the big parking lot on Broadway near West 231st Street reopens. It was closed so that the not-to-be-built-in-our-lifetimes Broadway Plaza development could take up that space.

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...attackers, three of them armed with guns, were inside the man’s apartment in the 2700 block of Reservoir Avenue when he came home about 2 a.m. on Oct. 28. He tried to run...

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...gun. No one was hit by the bullet. The robbers fled the apartment in the 220 block of Naples Terrace about midnight, making off with the man’s apartment keys and cell phone. No arrests...

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Three masked robbers assaulted a woman as she exited the subway at Broadway and West 225th Street on Nov. 1, punching her in the stomach and stealing the clothes and pills she...

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...a screwdriver to steal a car was arrested as he tried to get away on Broadway and West 239th Street on Oct. 30, police said. The alleged perpetrator, 40, has 13 arrests since 2003 for...

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A woman stole two laptops, a video system and games from her sister on Oct. 30 in the 5800 block of Arlington Avenue, the alleged victim told police. The stolen property was valued at about $3,550. No arrests have been made.

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At a Mental Health Committee meeting on Oct. 28, members of the City Council heard testimony urging them not to appeal a federal court ruling from nearly two months ago calling adult homes such as Riverdale Manor, located at 6355 Broadway, unlawful.

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CHRIST CHURCH Riverdale, located at 5030 Henry Hudson Parkway East, will open its 2009-2010 “Great Music Concert Series,” with a live show on Saturday...

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THE SPUYTEN Duyvil Library, at 650 W. 235th St., will host the next meeting of Book Talk, its adult reading club, on Monday, Nov...

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THE SPUYTEN Duyvil Library, 650 W. 235th Street, will continue its “Movies at the Library” series with a screening of Elia Kazan’s...

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THE RIVERDALE gallery of Elisa Tucci Contemporary Art, located at 5622 Mosholu Ave., presents a new exhibition for the Halloween season, “Out of the Shadows,” which is now...

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THE HEBREW Home at Riverdale, located at 5901 Palisade Ave., presents the new exhibition, ‘Shana: My Muse/Assemblage Works by Alexandra Zizmor,’ which is now...

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THE AARP of Riverdale meets in the afternoon on the third Wednesday of each month, at the Riverdale Presbyterian Church, 4765 Henry Hudson Parkway West. Entertainment and lectures are offered along with business meetings. Call Manfred Segal at 718-549-0088.

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