Posted on 28 September 2018.
Patricia Lewis, who was forced to flee Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, is teaching a workshop on the impacts of climate change at a Mott Haven highschool. She’ll be helping the students paint a mural depicting their reactions to what they learned.
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Posted in Education, Featured, Southern Bronx
Posted on 23 September 2018.
A Mott Haven pet store joins the crop of new small businesses popping up along Mott Haven’s southern waterfront.
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Community Resources, Featured, Housing, Southern Bronx
Posted on 20 September 2018.
Residents are adjusting to the new ferry in South Bronx, but some fear it may soon become overcrowded.
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Community Resources, Southern Bronx, Transportation
Posted on 20 September 2018.
Moe Stein calls his store a “Local Landmark”, and after 96 years, “Frank’s” has outlasted the tough retail business on East Tremont in the Bronx. Recently, the store has begun facing a new obstacle; its own retailers.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Bronx Tales, Culture, East Bronx, Sports, The Bronx Beat
Posted on 18 September 2018.
Bronx Community Board 7’s website has been offline for almost a month while the city’s Department of Information Technology and Communications performs updates. District Manager Ischia Bravo said it was “in the queue” to go live, but it’s up to the city department to roll out the changes. In the meantime, she said she is using Facebook to communicate with her community.
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Community Resources
Posted on 17 September 2018.
An overpopulation of feral cats have been a long-term headache in the Bronx. Edith Georgia, 65, volunteers to save the lives of more than 25 stray cats in her Morrisania neighborhood.
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Posted in Bronx Life, Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Health, Morrisania, Morrisania
Posted on 17 September 2018.
Family-owned for nearly a century, the legendary Tremont Paint Supply Co. in Kingsbridge may have to close.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods
Posted on 15 September 2018.
Under the program, residents can call, text, or e-mail their neighborhood cop directly with anonymous complaints. Some praise the initiative for empowering residents to voice quality of life concerns, but others worry that the program treats people as informants within their own communities.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods