Archive | October, 2012

Hunts Point Solar Display Second-Largest in New York City

Hunts point is home to the second-largest installation of panels that collect energy from the sun, NY Daily News reports. The panels were installed by the local company OnForce Solar, which was named one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. More solar panels are cropping up around New York City thanks to new subsidies […]

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West African Patients Lost in Translation

Before the Diaspora Clinic opened, health workers at the Martin Luther King Hospital found that many patients who speak minority languages ended up in emergency rooms.

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Arsenio Rodriguez recording a song in a studio. (JOSE RAFAEL MENDEZ JR./The Bronx Ink)

Honoring a Legendary Salsa Musician in the Bronx

Fans of the late Arsenio Rodriguez keep his music alive on the streets of Longwood

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Why are So Many Highbridge Students Unprepared for College?

Only 13 percent of the neighborhood’s high school students are ready to go to college when they graduate.

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Community Garden Blooms in Mount Hope

A long-neglected Mount Hope community garden has been giving a makeover this summer, DNA Info reports. Volunteers from the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, a neighborhood advocacy group, worked to restore the space and create a vegetable garden.

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State Pulls Funding from Highbridge’s only Mental Health Clinic for Children

Astor at Highbridge, a mental health clinic for children and adolescents in the Highbridge section of the Bronx, will lose three-quarters of its funding from New York State by next year.

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Bronx Muslim Leaders Aim to End “Destructive Talk”

In a borough where Islam is the fastest-growing religion, Muslims in the Bronx want a more nuanced view on their faith.

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From Weeds to a Healthy Harvest at Fordham

A student transformed abandoned land at Fordham University into an on-campus farm, offering fresh organic vegetables to both Fordham students and residents in the Bronx.

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