It’s hard to imagine, but 107-year-old Bronx resident Louise (Big Momma) Mitchell can remember going to pick cotton in Georgia when she was 5, with “not a penny to show for it.” The New York Daily News honored her latest birthday. Mitchell now lives in Morris Heights with house-call medical care. Instead of completing school […]
Archive | September, 2011
107-year-old Bronx woman remembers hard life, Daily News reports
Posted on 20 September 2011.
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Bronx apartment buildings continue through the wringer with latest sale, reports Crain’s
Posted on 19 September 2011.
A group of Bronx apartment buildings is going through their fourth sale in five years, reports Crain’s business news. Bluestone Group had purchased the buildings for $10 million a little more than a year ago after they’d been foreclosed on, and promised tenants that the buildings would be renovated. Turns out, they were bluffing. The […]
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Four Bronx cops face punishment after July football game with young boy, writes Daily News
Posted on 19 September 2011.
Four cops faced disciplinary action in July after playing football with a 7-year-old boy at a Bronx housing project, reports the New York Daily News. The officers say the oversensitivity of the misconduct charges will impact the relationship officers have with their community. Deputy Chief James McNamara, commanding officer of the Bronx Housing Bureau, apparently […]
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Daily News reports Bronx prosecutor charged with DWI will avoid license suspension
Posted on 19 September 2011.
Bronx assistant district attorney Jennifer Troiano, arrested in August 2010 for driving drunk and causing a three-car crash on Major Deegan Expressway, will get to keep her driver’s license, the New York Daily News reports, even though she refused to take a Breathalyzer test after her arrest. At the time of the arrest, Troiano admitted […]
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The Daily News reports hit-and-run in Soundview
Posted on 18 September 2011.
Earlier this morning a man was fatally injured in a hit-and-run accident, The Daily News reported today. The unidentified man was walking on Story Avenue when a SUV hit him and never stopped to look back. The man died in the street. No arrests have been made but police are looking for a white Lincoln Navigator that […]
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NBC New York reports car stolen, with child inside
Posted on 18 September 2011.
Saturday morning a couple was loading groceries into their SUV in the parking lot of a Bronx supermarket when a carjacker jumped in the driver’s and drove off in their car. NBC New York reported this morning that it didn’t take long for the thief to realize that he also had a child in the […]
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The Wall Street Journal reported Man arrested in the death of 3-year-old child
Posted on 17 September 2011.
Late Friday night, Kenneth Williams, 27, was arrested for the murder of 3-year-old India Durant. Williams was the live-in boyfriend of the child’s mother and was watching her on the morning she died. Williams claims Durant was not feeling well so he placed her in a chair where she later fell off and began to […]
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16-year-old fatally shot in the Bronx, reported by the New York Post
Posted on 17 September 2011.
Thursday night a young Bronx man was walking his girlfriend home when he was fatally shot. The New York Post, on September 16, reported that Jose Webster, age 16, was walking down Teller Avenue when two men approached him and picked a fight. The fight resulted in a shot to Webster’s chest. Webster’s girlfriend, Aniik […]
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