Who cleans the Bronx Greenway, a new stretch of coastline pathways in Soundview? No one, according to the state department for parks.
Archive | October, 2011
Cleaning up after Irene
Posted on 12 October 2011.
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Rebel Diaz: A musical legacy of activism
Posted on 12 October 2011.
“The drive we have is unstoppable,” Rodstarz said, “because we carry the weight of history on our shoulders.”
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Prepping for the city’s elite high schools
Posted on 12 October 2011.
M.S. 80 set to become the Bronx pilot site for free tutoring to prepare more low-income students for the city’s elite high schools.
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Juan Rios travels the world to return to the Bronx
Posted on 11 October 2011.
Juan Rios runs the Highbridge Life Center’s Healthy Highbridge program where he, among other things, has championed the city’s recent smoking ban in parks and beaches. Rios also created a health curriculum for the students of P.S. 73.
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Aspiring rapper slain near Soundview
Posted on 11 October 2011.
Mott Haven man was killed outside the Sotomayor public housing complex, a block from where a 22-year-old woman was murdered on Sept. 25.
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Feds dole out $68M in NY storm relief funds, NY1
Posted on 11 October 2011.
New Yorkers affected by tropical storms Lee and Irene are getting much needed help from the federal government, NY1 reports. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved $68 million for the state. FEMA says 334 applications have been filed in the Bronx alone.
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Van Cortlandt Parade Grounds reopening delayed a year, NY Daily News
Posted on 11 October 2011.
Van Cortlandt’s eight cricket fields won’t reopen until next fall because the renovated Parade Grounds contain weeds and crab grass, New York Daily News reports. The renovations began in 2009 and the fields were slated to open last spring. But the Parks Department contractor has botched the job twice. The cricket fields will remain closed for […]
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Bronx DA security guard kills self, NY Post
Posted on 11 October 2011.
An armed security guard shot himself to death atop the headquarters of the Bronx District Attorney’s Office early yesterday, New York Post reports. Gilbert Cameron, a “special patrol” officer employed by the DA’s office, was found on a rooftop with a gunshot wound to the left side of his chest, Police sources said. A 911 […]
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