An artist from Sydney, Mark Bolotin, 32, will present a 12-headed ‘creature’ at the Casita Maria youth center in Longwood on Saturday, designed from videos and sounds of Bronx residents, DNAinfo reports. 30 artists, senior citizens and children contributed to the artist’s new project with the help of Casita Maria. They were filmed and recorded while singing, sharing […]
Archive | September, 2012
Australian Artist Designs ‘Creature Choir’ with Faces, Voices of Bronx Residents
Posted on 14 September 2012.
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Newcomer Trounces Incumbent in Bid for Bronx State Assembly Seat
Posted on 14 September 2012.
Mark Gjonaj defeated incumbent Naomi Rivera, becoming the first Albanian American with a shot at the 80th district state assembly seat.
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Incumbent Arroyo Pummels Both Primary Challengers
Posted on 14 September 2012.
Carmen Arroyo defeated Maximino Rivera and Charles Serrano in the Thursday Democratic primary election to remain Assemblywoman for the 84th district.
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Bronxites Protest Police Violence
Posted on 14 September 2012.
Police officer Richard Haste appeared in court Thursday in his manslaughter case, drawing crowds of protesters demanding an end to police violence in the Bronx.
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Fordham Manor Fire Injures Nine Residents, Two Firefighters
Posted on 13 September 2012.
A fire broke out inside a second-floor apartment building near the rear of University Ave. in Fordham Manor at about 11:30 p.m. The fire caused a total of 11 injuries, nine residents and two firefighters, the New York Daily News reports. According to FDNY Assistant Chief Ronald Spadafora, the smoke filled the six-story building’s upper […]
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New Pelham Parkway South sidewalk narrows service road, residents rally and sue
Posted on 12 September 2012.
The city is being sued by Bronx residents over a new sidewalk that narrows their service road, the New York Daily News reports. The new sidewalk runs along the median that separates Pelham Parkway South from its service road. The sidewalk reduces the service road to 26 feet wide — 12 feet with cars parked on both […]
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State primary election campaign intensifies in South Bronx
Posted on 11 September 2012.
Two days before New York state legislative primaries, the race in the Bronx’s 84th Assembly District is intensifying between incumbent Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo — favored to maintain her seat — and her Democratic opponent Maximino Rivera, the New York Daily News reports. Arroyo, the first Hispanic woman ever elected to the New York State Assembly, […]
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Teen Pleads Not Guilty in Bronx 4-year-old’s Death
Posted on 10 September 2012.
The victim’s family grieved at the 17-year-old suspect’s arraignment. “The community has not woken up,” the victim’s grandmother said.
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