Volunteers gathered at Soundview Park on Sunday to plant daffodils and clear weeds during the NYC Park’s event “It’s My Park Day.”
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A revitalized Bronx park shows off at “It’s My Park Day”
Posted on 15 October 2014.
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Activists raise concerns over the future of the Bronx River
Posted on 14 October 2014.
Environmental activists say the city’s approach to limiting the flow of contaminants into the Bronx River is fraught with problems.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Southern Bronx1 Comment
The Bronx is Branding
Posted on 13 October 2014.
The Bronx has an image problem. Local artists and entrepreneurs are building businesses and organizing events to make sure the world knows that it is, in fact, no longer burning.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured, Money0 Comments
BID works to keep shoppers in Fordham amid mall opening
Posted on 10 October 2014.
In the face of competition from the Mall at Bay Plaza that opened nearby in August, the business community on Fordham Road is working to keep their customer base.
Posted in Bronx Life, Bronx Neighborhoods, Culture0 Comments
Bronx charter students and parents rally in Manhattan against failing public schools
Posted on 03 October 2014.
Bronx charter school parents, teachers and students joined Manhattan pro-charter rally Oct. 2 calling for “Great Schools.” Public school parents greeted protesters with accusations that the rally’s funders were hedge fund tycoons.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Education, Featured, Politics0 Comments
Teen sentenced to five months in jail for killing a Bronx father with a single punch
Posted on 02 October 2014.
Lawmakers joined A Bronx family mourning their father’s death from a single punch to the face, calling for criminal penalties to be enacted.
Posted in Crime, Featured, Southern Bronx2 Comments
Grassroots Groups Rally for Open Discovery
Posted on 02 October 2014.
More than 50 people rallied outside the Bronx Supreme Court on Monday morning, demanding changes to New York state law that, they claim, would make the judicial process more just and efficient.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured, Politics, Slideshows1 Comment
Fight at Bronx house party leaves one teen dead, three injured
Posted on 29 September 2014.
Police identified a suspect in the killing of a 14-year-old boy after a fight broke out at a party in the Bronx on Sunday. The suspect is also wanted in the related stabbing of three teens, all of whom survived.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime1 Comment