A recent report shows that Fordham University in the Bronx is competing with top ranked universities such as Columbia University and NYU in terms of attracting foreign students. Last year the Jesuit school enrolled 1,064 students from abroad. “When a foreign student comes to the Bronx, it enables our students to sit next to someone […]
Archive | November, 2011
Fordham University enrolls over 1,000 foreign students, NY Daily News
Posted on 21 November 2011.
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Bronx mother admits putting innocent men in jail as she fights for her life, NYPost
Posted on 21 November 2011.
Penny Denor Camerono admitted lying under oath in a 1991 trial that gave two innocent men a 25-years prison sentence for murder. The Bronx mother said she decided to come clean as she is fighting against breast cancer and wanted to rest in peace. José Garcia, one of the two men, was released after 14 […]
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Fighting their neighborhood
Posted on 20 November 2011.
A 10-year old jiu jitsu program in East Tremont teaches students how to fight back the negative pressures of their community.
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Mom arrested after young son found wandering through street alone, News 12
Posted on 20 November 2011.
A Bronx mother was arrested Friday after her 4-year-old son was found wandering through the street alone in the middle of night. Leslie Hildago, 20, was arrested outside of her Bronxdale apartment and charged with endangering the welfare of a child. A neighbor found her son outside and took him to a local daycare center. […]
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From Bangladesh to the Bronx
Posted on 20 November 2011.
Bengali cuisine comes to the borough by way of a hole-in-the-wall Parkchester eatery.
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Real Azteca serves up the real deal
Posted on 20 November 2011.
Real Azteca on 163rd offers Michoacán fare like huitlacoche quesadillas and soft goat-meat tacos.
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Man dies after being run over twice. NYPost
Posted on 20 November 2011.
A Bronx man was run over twice and killed Saturday night while attempting to cross the street, police said. Bosey L. Johnson, 53, was crossing Boston Road in Tremont around 11:20 p.m. when a 1995 Infiniti Q45 struck him and knocked him into the oncoming lane of traffic. Another driver,31, in a 2000 Honda Civic […]
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Six women assaulted in six hours in Baychester and Soundview, NYTimes
Posted on 19 November 2011.
Authorities have asked for the public’s help in identifying a man who they said sexually assaulted six women in in the span of six hours in the Bronx Thursday morning, publicly groping them in broad daylight. The string of attacks began at 6:15 a.m. in the Baychester section, when a 51-year-old woman was approached from behind and groped, […]
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