It was not predicted, and if you slept late, you might have missed it, but our season’s first snowfall blanketed Roosevelt Island overnight. It was light, but beautiful.

By David Stone

The Roosevelt Island Daily News

Our Season’s First Snowfall

Because temperatures will rise to around 50 today, we won’t have a white Christmas or even patches of snow during lunchtime. But it’s the kind of weather surprise you can appreciate, a reminder that climate change has not turned New York City into a tropical rain forest yet.

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The Women Who Held the Ground

Three women tested the limits of what a meeting designed only to discuss “how” would allow itself to hear.

Eleanor Rivers Jun 26, 2026

The recording arrived before RIOC posted it. On this island, that usually means they’ll release it when they’re confident nobody still cares. ArchRI simply made a copy available, the way people here tend to do once they’ve stopped waiting for institutions to keep their word. It was the first meeting of what is now meant to be a monthly community advisory group (CAG).

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