Paulino Valensuela could get life in prison when sentenced on May 5 in the shooting rampage that left a co-worker dead and his former boss paralyzed.
Archive | April, 2011
Co-op city janitor faces life for ’07 murder rampage
Posted on 19 April 2011.
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South Bronx activist faces deportation
Posted on 18 April 2011.
Victor Toro, an activist from Mott Haven who fled the Pinochet regime in Chile, was denied asylum in March and now faces deportation.
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New schools chancellor assures teachers
Posted on 18 April 2011.
Dennis Walcott, new schools chancellor, addressed teachers on Sunday, a day before officially starting in his new position.
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3 teens injured in crash
Posted on 18 April 2011.
Three teens out for a night of graffiti end up crashing their minivan, leaving one of them critically injured.
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Cops under investigation for getting rid of tickets
Posted on 18 April 2011.
Two dozen officers from the Bronx could face criminal charges and many more could face disciplinary action from an investigation into fixing tickets.
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Palm Sunday at St. Mary’s Orthodox Church
Posted on 17 April 2011.
St. Mary’s Orthodox Church in the Bedford Park neighborhood mainly serves an Indian community of worshippers. It was established in 1972. As time passed, members of the congregation gradually moved to New Jersey, upstate New York, or Pennsylvania. But distance did not cut their ties to the church. On Apr. 17, they gathered again for Palm Sunday. See the slideshow.
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Dive into the Digital Bronx
Posted on 15 April 2011.
Check out our stories in this special report
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DIGITAL BRONX: For many Bronx teens, the world is on their phone
Posted on 15 April 2011.
By Shlomo Sprung Terrel Bailey walked out of a red painted apartment building on E. 163rd St. in Morissania and asked if anyone had a cell phone he could borrow. The 16-year-old student at Harry S. Truman high school was tired of the Samsung Seek phone and decided he wanted a BlackBerry. He planned to […]
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