Archive | October, 2011

Bronx church tests First Amendment guarantees before Supreme Court, UPI

“Will a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court succeed in putting God back into the public schools, at least when classes aren’t being held?” the news agency UPI asked. At issue in the case is whether government can ban worship services of a Bronx congregation at a school property, to enforce the constitutional separation of […]

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Feds to investigate housing projects in the Bronx, Brooklyn, NY Daily News

Tthe U.S. Labor Department and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development are probing underpayment and kickbacks at affordable housing projects in the Bronx and Brooklyn, the NY Daily News learned. At the Bronx construction site site – 780 Prospect Ave. – workers are reportedly due $575,000. The Bronx apartment building opened with […]

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Bronx volunteers join citywide effort to plant 20K trees in one day, NY1

As part of an initiative to plant a million trees in the five boroughs by 2017, about 500 volunteers from the Bronx planted trees at the Van Cortland Park on Saturday morning, NY1 reported. Organizers hope to plant 20,000 trees during the one-day event. “We have our crews out in all of our parks to […]

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New York’s wet season sends mushroom hunters in frenzy, NY Times

The year 2011 is New York City’s fourth wettest year ever recorded and it is keeping mushroom hunters busy, the NY Times reported. “It’s that kind of year that people will talk about in the future: ‘Remember 2011, the year the hen took over New York?’ ” said Gary Lincoff, author of “The Complete Mushroom […]

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Bronx school welcomes celebrity visitor, NY Daily News

Students from the Bronx’s High School for Teaching and Professions welcomed former supermodel Tyra Banks, who made a surprise visit to the school to promote her book, the NY Daily News reported. The Bedford Park school has recently beaten 90 other schools so far in a nationwide competition to improve attendance rates, and Banks urged students […]

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Guilty plea in teen death at Rikers, WSJ

Two former officers of the New York City Department of Correction are facing jail time after pleading guilty of their roles in the beating death of a teenage inmate at Rikers Island, according to an AP report published in The Wall Street Journal. Michael McKie and Khalid Nelson were spared lengthy prison sentences in exchange […]

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Struggling to keep Soundview healthy

Nutrition support from Soundview Health Center saved this Bronx grandmother’s life. With the center under threat of closure, others might not be so lucky.

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Internet scam victimizes Bronx homeowner, CBS NY

It’s been home to Robert Brant and his family for eight years, but now the two-bedroom, two-bath in the Bronx is up for sale, and it’s getting attention. The Bronx homeowner, who is trying to sell his property, has fallen victim into an Internet scam posting rental properties online, CBS NY reported. The Better Business Bureau […]

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