Dear reader,
This week's Web edition of The Riverdale Press is on the cyber-newsstand at www.riverdalepress.com. Here are some highlights:
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Riding soothes souls of students saddled with hardships
By Nikki Dowling
In everyday life, they walk with leg braces, refuse to utter a word to anybody except their parents or are wracked with such anxiety that mundane tasks become insurmountable problems.
But on May 21, the students in the Flying Manes Therapeutic Riding program, a non-profit that operates out of the Riverdale Equestrian Centre in Van Cortlandt Park, sat upright in the saddle and steered their horses through green plastic cones. Under the early morning sun, they urged their steeds into a light trot, smiling at their parents as they rode past.
Flying Manes, which began in 2009, is open to children, teens and adults with autism, mutism, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, post-traumatic stress syndrome, severe anxiety and other cognitive, behavioral, emotional and physical challenges. Participants learn how to ride horses at various speeds, go through a variety of drills and steer. They also learn about horses' diet and care.
(Click here to read more)
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Del Pozo passes top cop torch at the Five-O
By Graham Kates
Not even four months after his promotion to Deputy Inspector, Brandon del Pozo, commanding officer of the 50th Precinct, is being transferred to the 6th Precinct in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. He is being replaced by Captain Kevin Burke, from Washington Heights' 33rd Precinct.
Deputy Inspector del Pozo was informed of his transfer on May 26and will have officially switched posts by 12:01 Wednesday morning. He said the transfer from the 50th - where he has been commander since October 2009 - was "bittersweet."
"Its a weird time for me, obviously very emotional," he said. (Click here to read more)
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 Portraits of 1,000 Arnie Adler's latest photography project is a mission to create a montage of local faces
By Graham Kates
Arnie Adler believes there's more to composing a good portrait than just placing a person in front of a camera. The photographer, he says, is also reflected in each picture.
"There's the old line that a photograph steals people's souls. My feeling is in a true portrait, the photographer gives as much of his soul as the subject does," Mr. Adler, a professional photographer who is planning to take portraits of 1,000 Riverdalians, said.
Through his project, 1,000 Faces of Riverdale, Mr. Adler hopes to encourage neighborly unity. (Click here to read more)
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