A bakery destroyed by fires two years ago makes its return to Norwood.
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Back in baked goods
Posted on 31 October 2011.
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After midnight with the fishmongers
Posted on 25 October 2011.
The world’s second largest seafood market still thriving after all these years and a move to the Bronx.
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Tour de Bronx 2011
Posted on 24 October 2011.
Some 6,000 cyclists biked the Bronx on Oct. 23. Bike enthusiasts young and old took over the streets from Bronx County Courthouse to the Sheridan Expressway and Pelham Bay Park.
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Struggling to keep Soundview healthy
Posted on 21 October 2011.
Nutrition support from Soundview Health Center saved this Bronx grandmother’s life. With the center under threat of closure, others might not be so lucky.
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Bringing the farm to the Grand Concourse
Posted on 18 October 2011.
A Bronx food-share project has reached its membership limit so now organizers are hoping to spread the healthy eating message in other ways, such as the potluck supper, which was made by members using their recent supply of produce.
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Advocates stomping out South Bronx cigarette ads
Posted on 13 October 2011.
Smokers in the South Bronx are still lighting up as much as ever since 2007. Are cigarette ads to blame?
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Why is Heritage Field still closed?
Posted on 08 October 2011.
Heritage Field, the 11-acre complex of ball fields and playgrounds on the site where the old Yankees Stadium once stood, has been ready for months to host its first pickup baseball softball games. Almost a year later than scheduled, the park is still closed.
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Fighting breast cancer in Morrisania
Posted on 06 October 2011.
Breast cancer kills over 1200 people in New York every year and still 23 percent of women 40 and older have not had a recent mammogram.
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