A volunteer committee have been busy prepping the streets of Morris Park for Columbus Day, the Bronx Times reports. The parade, which is expected to be the second biggest in New York City, sets off at noon from Morris Park Avenue and White Plains Road and marches to Williamsbridge Road on Sunday, October 9. “The […]
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Morris Park Preps Street For Columbus Day Parade, Bronx Times
Posted on 08 October 2011.
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Bronx Athlete Sets Her Sights On Marathon Win, Daily News
Posted on 08 October 2011.
An Ethoiopian athlete who lives on West 195th Street in the Bronx has set her sights on winning the New York Marathon, the Daily News reports. Buzunesh Deba, 24, moved to New York from Asela in Ethiopia’s Rift Valley after falling in love with the city during a visit six years ago. She has run […]
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Sally Dunford: a passionate advocate for Norwood
Posted on 08 October 2011.
In a tiny, first-floor office at the northern tip of the Bronx, Sally Dunford sat among two cluttered desks squeezed in by several more filing cabinets, fielding phone calls that came in every few minutes or so.“Can I talk to you in five?” she said to one caller. “I’m not sure if you’re in my […]
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Why is Heritage Field still closed?
Posted on 08 October 2011.
Heritage Field, the 11-acre complex of ball fields and playgrounds on the site where the old Yankees Stadium once stood, has been ready for months to host its first pickup baseball softball games. Almost a year later than scheduled, the park is still closed.
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Advocates to Obama: Keep your promise
Posted on 08 October 2011.
Bronx leaders take Obama to task for failing to protect immigrant families.
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A Tough Harvest In Mott Haven, New York Times
Posted on 08 October 2011.
Thieves broke into a farm in La Finca del Sur, reports David Gonzales for The New York Times. The unusual farm, ran by Puerto Rican women, is in a shipping container tucked between a highway ramp and the Metro-North tracks on 138th Street and the Grand Concourse. “It’s not the loss of material things,” said […]
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Mott Haven neighbors gather around a campfire for all the kids in jail
Posted on 07 October 2011.
The South Bronx continues to have one of the highest levels of juvenile detention rates in New York City.
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Bronx Firefighter Arrested For Choking His Wife, Metro
Posted on 07 October 2011.
A Bronx firefighter was arrested on Tuesday after his wife called the police during a domestic dispute, Metro reports. Rolando Romero, 29, was arrested in the 45th precinct and charged with menacing and unlawful imprisonment and possessing a weapon, among other charges. His wife raised the alarm after he tried to choke her with a […]
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