Longtime residents have watched pockets of Morris Heights become riddled with separation and tension, marked with stories of shootings and weeping mothers. Now some are fighting back.
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West Bronx community rallies to rise again
Posted on 13 December 2011.
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Africans immigrants add their own flavor to the South Bronx
Posted on 13 December 2011.
African immigrants overcome a history of discrimination to establish a lively presence in the Bronx.
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The cost of murder in Mott Haven
Posted on 13 November 2011.
Death is an inevitable burden in any community. But in neighborhoods such as Mott Haven, epidemic levels of poverty, illegal immigration and violent crime provide the worst context to human loss.
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Brazen thieves run off with a bag of cash through Melrose streets
Posted on 12 November 2011.
It takes serious guts to rob an armored truck, said auto shop owner David Luciano.
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Bloody week in the Bronx
Posted on 11 November 2011.
Violence in the Bronx has escalated in this week with three shootings in a span of three days, leaving a 4-year-old boy in critical condition and Bronx residents feeling rattled.
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Community mourns suspicious death of Soundview teen
Posted on 10 November 2011.
On Sept 12, 18-year-old Anil Sankar was found dead on the jetty in Concrete Plant Park. The police believe his death was accidental. The family and neighbors believe otherwise.
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Bengali immigrant savagely beaten
Posted on 05 November 2011.
Bengali community on edge after a Kingsbridge resident died from a brutal assault on Nov. 4.
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Mysteries remain in the wake of a college student’s death
Posted on 02 November 2011.
College student Kennedy Brown died by a gunshot wound to the head in September. Police have yet to offer leads or suspects in the case.
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