Posted on 24 December 2011. Tags: Bronx, golf course, Trump
Real estate mogul and reality show star Donald Trump is coming to the Bronx. According to the NYDaily News, Trump’s company and the New York City Parks and Recreation Department signed a 20-year license deal to operate the golf course at Ferry Point Park in the Bronx. The Trump Organization will reportedly invest $10 million in […]
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Posted on 23 December 2011. Tags: Bogolub, Marble Hill, Teacher
A history teacher from the Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy in Marble Hill was taken to the hospital Thursday after an outburst, which resulted in a self-inflicted injury, according to the NYDaily News. Peter Bogolub reportedly “expressed anger and distress” following an incident involving a student who misbehaved in class. Bogolub, a father of three, […]
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Posted on 23 December 2011. Tags: Bronx, Pedraza
On Dec. 25, Eugenia Pedraza turns 51. But behind bars, there’s not much to celebrate. The Bronx mother has been in prison for 12 years following a tangled family dispute, which involved kidnapping an an attempted murder, according to NY1. Pedraza, who has a daughter staying at Columbia University, said she is innocent of the […]
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Posted on 23 December 2011.
Radical changes proposed for Rep. Charles Rangel’s 15th Congressional District might affect voters in the Bronx
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Politics
Posted on 22 December 2011. Tags: Bruckner Expressway, crash, Throgs Neck
A Throgs Neck woman driving on the wrong way on Bruckner Expressway was killed early Thursday after crashing her car into a tractor trailer. According to WABC, the 25 year old was driving northbound in the southbound lanes just after 3 a.m. Detectives believe she drove at least a half mile in the wrong direction, with […]
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Posted on 22 December 2011. Tags: Bronx, hate crime, kingsbridge, Noose
A New York City Police investigation is underway following a possible hate crime at the Bronx headquarters of the city’s Parks Department in Kingsbridge. A photo posted on Amsterdam News shows an African American doll hanging from a metal chain shaped like a noose Tuesday morning. The doll was found in the garage by an African American […]
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Posted on 22 December 2011. Tags: bedford park, Homicide, Porras
A native of Dominican Republic who works at a Bedford Park bodega was killed inside his apartment in the early hours of Dec. 21 following an attempted robbery, according to the NYDaily News. Police identified the victim as Anselmo Porras, 51, an employee of Nizao Grocery along Briggs Ave. The robbers reportedly followed Porras home because they […]
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Posted on 20 December 2011.
A new wave of gentrification sweeping through Kingsbridge has begun to breathe fresh life into the neighborhood’s long-declining Jewish community.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods