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It’s not every day that a poet releases his first book at 78, but that is what Richard Sime, a resident of the venerable Villa Charlotte Brontë in Spuyten Duyvil, will have done when his collection of poems, “The Next Breath,” is published by Finishing Line Press in June.

New York legislators will not pass a state budget for at least another week after legislative leaders agreed to a second deadline extension to April 17.

St. Michael’s College senior utility man Ulysses Luciano, a Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy alumnus, was named the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending Sunday, April 9 along with teammate John Luke Cianciolo Guilford/New Haven, Connecticut.

Kristin Hernandez sent an email plea to St. Margaret of Cortona School principal Hugh Keenan on Dec. 6, 2021, asking him to do something about the bullying of her special needs teenage daughter.

Riverdale Press photo editor Hiram Alejandro Durán secured a first place award for best art photo category at the New York Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest in Albany last weekend.

In these post-Covid times, many greater Riverdale restaurants are still struggling to meet the bottom line. To help those eateries that have survived, the organizers of Riverdale Restaurant Week are back for an encore.

A Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy alumni is leading the Saint Michael’s College baseball team in hits as it begins Northeast-10 Conference play.

With the state budget deadline looming this weekend, state Sen. Gustavo Rivera reiterated his views on the Good Cause Eviction bill, which he wants included in the fiscal year 2024 spending plan.

Two Black alumni have sued Ethical Culture Fieldston School for what they claim is racial discrimination dating back to 2016, according to a pair of lawsuits filed in a Manhattan federal court.

Bronx Community Board 8 is accepting nominations for the annual Irving Ladimer Community Service and Betty Campbell Adams Most Valuable Merchant awards.