The institute is giving $124,375 to Wave Hill — a public garden in the Bronx that overlooks the Hudson — to pay for educational programming centered around the 400-year anniversary of Hudson's journey. The center plans to host a concert series, an art installation, and an exhibition about the American Indians who lived along the river in the early 17th century.

Published by New York Sun on July 23, 2008.

, owns two hotels, the Hyatt Morristown in New Jersey and the Bristol Plaza Hotel in Manhattan; co-op shares in more than two dozen Manhattan buildings; scattered retail space; and five large apartment complexes, including the 600-unit Century in Riverdale; the now notorious 1,700-unit Lenox Terrace in Harlem; the 131-unit 200 East 87th Street; the 162-unit building Le Triomphe on East 58th; and the 1,700-unit Gateway Plaza in Battery Park City.

Published by The New York Observer on July 22, 2008.

Over the years the beloved bookstore sold the copies for $2 and donated the funds to a number of non-profit groups like the Riverdale Mental Health Association, the Riverdale Senior Center and Riverdale Neighborhood House. Fern Jaffe, owner of the bookstore, is encouraging organizations to pick up these copies and sell them to raise funds at their various events.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

Mr. McDonald is a Fieldston School graduate and a member of Clark’s Class of 2010.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

A half-century wait for a second floor for Riverdale Neighborhood House’s pool building should soon come to an end, thanks to capital funding from three elected officials.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

Many Riverdale and Kingsbridge residents are in the dark about what work in their neighborhoods is associated with the Con Ed power line and what isn’t, said Tony Cassino, chairman of Board 8’s traffic and transportation committee. “We’re getting complaints about projects that have nothing to do with you,” Mr. Cassino told Con Ed workers.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

And on Saturday, in North Riverdale, a 2007 Toyota Sienna was reported stolen outside 255 W. 260th St. The 40-year-old female victim was home when the theft occurred, police said.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

Riverdalians can have their local produce — and eat it, too — thanks to a new greenmarket at Riverdale Neighborhood House.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

Tenant advocates are closely watching Pinnacle Group, the real estate management firm that, according to researchers, owns more buildings in the Riverdale-Kingsbridge area than other investor-backed firms.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

The 2004 Riverdale Country School graduate earned his bachelor of arts degree in English and physics.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

Tenant advocates are closely watching Pinnacle Group, the real estate management firm that, according to researchers, owns more buildings in the Riverdale-Kingsbridge area than other investor-backed firms.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

A 34-year-old Riverdale resident reported his 2007 Ford Focus stolen, after it was parked in front of 3875 Waldo Ave., for two days, between July 11 and Sunday.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

The wily coyote led police hunters on a merry chase around the Horace Mann campus before darting away, and then a freelance photographer and a freelance cameraman joined the fray.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

Daniel T. McDonald, a Riverdale resident, has earned second honors on Clark University’s dean’s list, in recognition of his outstanding academic achievement in the spring 2008 semester 2008.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

Many Riverdale and Kingsbridge residents are in the dark about what work in their neighborhoods is associated with the Con Ed power line and what isn’t, said Tony Cassino, chairman of Board 8’s traffic and transportation committee. “We’re getting complaints about projects that have nothing to do with you,” Mr. Cassino told Con Ed workers.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

A Riverdale couple helped 50th Precinct police officers collar two men who were allegedly defacing property late at night at the corner of Greystone Avenue and West 238th Street last week.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

Riverdale resident Karene Schloss is spending two weeks as a Landmark Volunteer at Pathfinder Village in Edmeston, N.Y., a community for children and adults born with Down syndrome.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

In April 2007, William Hallowell, then a Kingsbridge resident, was working parttime as a library assistant at the Riverdale Country School. He began an e-mail exchange with his boss, letting her know that some family trouble was keeping him from coming into work.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

Enter Riverdale resident Sondra Perl, an English professor at Lehman College for more than 30 years and author of On Austrian Soil: Teaching Those I Was Taught to Hate, a memoir of her experiences working with Austrian teachers who were descendants of Nazis.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

Over the years the beloved bookstore sold the copies for $2 and donated the funds to a number of non-profit groups like the Riverdale Mental Health Association, the Riverdale Senior Center and Riverdale Neighborhood House. Fern Jaffe, owner of the bookstore, is encouraging organizations to pick up these copies and sell them to raise funds at their various events.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

Sarena Maron-Kolitch, daughter of Riverdale resident Leslie Maron, was named to the dean’s list at Colby College in Waterville, Maine for the spring semester.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 17, 2008.

Van Cort was nabbed at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the driveway of a home on Post Road in Riverdale. When fully grown, he'll weigh 25 to 45 pounds and stand 16 to 20 inches tall.

Published by New York Post on July 11, 2008.

The newspaper itself is not immune to confusion. Last year The Press published a correction that read: “A real estate transaction listing in the Dec. 6 issue misidentified the neighborhood of an apartment that sold at 6485 Broadway. It is in North Riverdale, not Kingsbridge.”

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

Horace Mann received an unexpected lesson in zoology yesterday morning when a wild coyote wandered onto the preparatory school's Bronx campus, which doubles as a summer camp while its students are on vacation.

Published by New York Sun on July 10, 2008.

Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, presents “Summer Hive Inspection,” a public beekeeping workshop, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

The Bronx Toastmasters Club will meet at 7:30 p.m., at Riverdale Neighborhood House, 5521 Mosholu Ave.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

A Little League write-up in last week’s sports section on the North Riverdale Baseball League’s major division team, the Dodgers, incorrectly stated that Robert Zaroba died at the age of 17. He was 12.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

Paving crews will work on Fieldston Road between West 260th and West 262nd streets on Wednesday, July 9; on West 260th Street between Broadway and Tyndall Avenue on July 10; and on Spencer Avenue between Mosholu Avenue and West 260th Street and on Faraday Avenue between Fieldston Road and Post Road on July 11.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

The Film Club at the Riverdale- Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, at 4450 Fieldston Road, will host a screening of the foreign film, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, on Saturday, July 12, at 7 p.m.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

But plans to excavate manholes on Riverdale Avenue just north of West 256th Street and just south of West 263rd Street have been delayed because contractors have to remove hard rock, said the spokesman.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

According to police, Nicholas Guarriello-McKenna entered the garage, at the corner of West 260th Street and Huxley Avenue, on July 3, at 11 p.m., and took the plates off the car.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

The newspaper itself is not immune to confusion. Last year The Press published a correction that read: “A real estate transaction listing in the Dec. 6 issue misidentified the neighborhood of an apartment that sold at 6485 Broadway. It is in North Riverdale, not Kingsbridge.”

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

The Riverdale YM-YWHA, at 5625 Arlington Ave., presents “Summer Movies Under the Stars,” a series of four familyfriendly film screenings on the Y’s back deck.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, will continue its weekly lunchtime series, “Midday Music,” with a live concert by violinist Krista Bennion Feeney, at 12:30 p.m., in Wave Hill House.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

Eric Nussbaum has been named the new executive director at the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

Paving crews will work on Fieldston Road between West 260th and West 262nd streets on Wednesday, July 9; on West 260th Street between Broadway and Tyndall Avenue on July 10; and on Spencer Avenue between Mosholu Avenue and West 260th Street and on Faraday Avenue between Fieldston Road and Post Road on July 11.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

The Young Dancemakers Company, a summer dance ensemble of 18 talented high school teenagers from across the urban city, will kick off a season of free summer concerts, at 2 p.m., at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, 3901 Fieldston Road.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

Derek King, 34, was arrested on July 3, at 10:25 a.m., outside of 215 Lakeview Place — a narrow street just off of Broadway in North Riverdale — for allegedly swinging a sword at one man on the site. According to Mr. King’s criminal complaint on file in the Bronx District Attorney’s Office, he swung the sword twice, missing the 34-year-old man’s leg and instead striking the ladder he was standing on.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

About 4,600 local parents and 640 teachers responded to the survey in March. More than 90 percent of PS 24 and PS 81 parents say they were satisfied with the education their child received this year. A slightly lower number — 83 percent — of parents said the same for the David A. Stein Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, MS/HS 141.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

Paving crews will work on Fieldston Road between West 260th and West 262nd streets on Wednesday, July 9; on West 260th Street between Broadway and Tyndall Avenue on July 10; and on Spencer Avenue between Mosholu Avenue and West 260th Street and on Faraday Avenue between Fieldston Road and Post Road on July 11.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

Paving crews will work on Fieldston Road between West 260th and West 262nd streets on Wednesday, July 9; on West 260th Street between Broadway and Tyndall Avenue on July 10; and on Spencer Avenue between Mosholu Avenue and West 260th Street and on Faraday Avenue between Fieldston Road and Post Road on July 11.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

Local firefighters were called to 5900 Arlington Ave., on July 4, at 4:15 a.m., to help an elderly woman who was having trouble breathing. According to police, Jason Sarafin, who was visibly intoxicated, walked up to one of the firefighters and demanded, “You need to take your f---ing truck and get the f--- out of here.”

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

No, it wasn’t a dumb question. We all know our neighborhood’s western boundary, the Hudson River, and its northern boundary, the city line. But does Riverdale end where Spuyten Duyvil begins? If so, just where is that? And as you move down the hill, where is the eastern boundary, and the southern?

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

Ms. Brown graduated from the College of Mount Saint Vincent in 1933. She then taught at several parochial schools in New York, including St. Gabriel’s School in Riverdale, until her retirement in 1973.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

The city Department of Education is blaming PS 24 Principal Philip Scharper for the yearlong delay his school has endured as it waits for new computer equipment, but Mr. Scharper says pricing changes forced him to take the time to evaluate the order.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

More than a quarter of MS/HS 141 and MS/HS 368 teachers say the principal does not place the learning needs of children above other interests. The same number of teachers say they don’t trust their principal and believe their boss to be an ineffective manager.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

Twenty-five years ago, Kingsbridge, Riverdale and Marble Hill came together to help save an endangered Sycamore on Corlear Avenue in Kingsbridge, identified then as 125 years old by Bronx historian, Rev. William Tieck. Now, at age 150, the Corlear Sycamore enjoys the privilege of being the “oldest resident” in Kingsbridge.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

Riverdale residents hoping to purchase a money order, ship a large package or buy stamps at the Spuyten Duyvil Post Office on Saturdays will now have to schlep to another post office.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

He said he intends to reevaluate the cut in the coming weeks to see what, if any, negative impact there is. However, he added, the Riverdale and Kingsbridge post offices are more than ready to pick up the slack.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

WAVE HILL, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, presents “Summer Hive Inspection,” a public beekeeping workshop, on Saturday, July 12, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bronx beekeeper Roger Repohl will allow visitors to get a peek inside Wave Hill’s hives and demonstrate the proper management techniques for a colony during the summer nectar flow.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.