The “three sisters”— beans, corn, and squash—grow in a semicircle shaped plot at the far end of Edible Academy’s vegetable garden in the Bronx. Beans grow wrapped around corn stems for support. The roots of beans fortify the soil with nitrogen, important for the growth of corn and squash. Orange, yellow, and green squash have […]
Archive | October, 2022
Food Planting Event in New York Botanical Garden Helps Address Food Insecurity in Bronx
Posted on 05 October 2022.
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Residents of Morris Park voice their outrage at a proposed housing unit for formerly incarcerated
Posted on 04 October 2022.
Several hundred residents of Morris Park and Indian Village gathered at a public hearing Thursday night to express their outrage at Just Home – a proposed affordable housing unit for formerly homeless or incarcerated people with serious or terminal illnesses. Representatives from NYC Health and Hospitals and from the Fortune Society, a non-profit organization who […]
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Pickleball Is On The Rise: One Bronx Resident Requests More Courts
Posted on 04 October 2022.
Alex Rosenblum, 74, grew up as an athlete playing hockey and tennis. Being active was a huge part of his life until he had his first heart attack at 42. Rosenblum’s cardiologist told him to “take it easy.” Taking his doctors advice Rosenblum bought a place down in Florida and spent his winters there — […]
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Disruption and Delay: Ongoing Transit Issues Continue to Cause Problems for River Park Towers Residents
Posted on 04 October 2022.
River Park Towers, a housing complex located in Morris Heights in the West Bronx, is home to more than 1,500 rental units. About 7 miles from Manhattan, the dual building complex is sandwiched between the Harlem River and the Major Deegan Expressway, with little else around it. Residents of the 428ft tall buildings have relative […]
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Bronx School Pilots Mayor Adams’ Gifted and Talented Expansion
Posted on 02 October 2022.
On a warm August morning, a class of third grade students were working on their computers, creating animations using the programming language Scratch. Cartoons of animals moved across backgrounds of mountains, seas, and forests on laptop screens. It was only a pre-term meet and greet but the teacher Jayra Sanchez explained that the eight and […]
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Orchard Beach Migrant Tent Site Raises Concerns
Posted on 02 October 2022.
City Councilmember Shahana Hanif, (D- Brooklyn) Chair of the Immigration Committee, called Friday’s City Council oversight hearing into session with a bang of her mallet. The packed chamber grew silent when Hanif began her opening remarks. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free,” Hanif quoted The New Colossus, a […]
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