A simple Google search won’t do to find Ave Castellanos, a 47 year-old Bronx-based psychic. She doesn’t have a Yelp profile, or an Instagram or Facebook account, and yet it’s common to see a line of people waiting for her advice. The only requirement for an accurate reading is to have faith in her.
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Looking for answers from a psychic in The Bronx
Posted on 15 September 2019.
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Putting Little Yemen on The Map
Posted on 15 September 2019.
A concentration of Yemeni residents live in Morris Park and Van Nest, an area now dubbed Little Yemen, even on Google Maps.
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A Boxing Gym Owner Fights to Keep His Culture Alive
Posted on 14 September 2019.
El Maestro is no ordinary boxing gym, but now this vibrant cultural center is under threat.
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Bronx Political Trailblazer and Civil Rights Leader Rev. Wendell Foster Remembered
Posted on 09 September 2019.
Looking back on the legacy of Rev. Wendell Foster, a pioneer in Bronx politics and a community leader.
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Mott Haven Charter Schools Still Fail to Enroll a Fair Share of Students Learning English
Posted on 19 October 2018.
Success Academy 1 has the poorest record by far among Mott Haven’s 21 charters, and it’s getting worse.
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Family-owned Hunts Point bakery up against the city’s anti-organized crime commission
Posted on 18 October 2018.
Il Forno, a family-owned bakery in Hunts Point, is refusing to pay steep registration fees to the Business Integrity Commission, the city’s anti-mafia enforcement agency for public wholesale businesses. “Kind of like a shakedown, was what it felt like,” said Jenny Eduardo, the owner’s daughter.
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Handful of school-based mental health clinics support kids in the Bronx
Posted on 18 October 2018.
One in three kids suffer mental health problems every year, many of them go untreated. Fifteen percent of schools in the Bronx have adopted mental health clinics to address the issue. One in Marble Hill, is run by Mosaic Mental Health.
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Mentors key to getting kids to school in the Bronx
Posted on 17 October 2018.
One in three kids miss too much school in the South Bronx, and the rate climbs to one in two as students reach their senior year — a new mentorship program aims to reduce chronic absenteeism by paring caring adults, who check-in daily, with absent students.
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