Posted on 23 September 2014. Tags: Bronx, Drugs, Pelham Gardens, stabbing. crime
On Sunday, a 56-year-old man was charged with killing his wife, shocking the low-crime-rate neighborhood in which the couple had lived more than 25 years. The husband is charged with second degree murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime
Posted on 22 September 2014. Tags: community, community outreach, housing, Hunts Point, the laundromat project
Residents gathered at 924 Kelly Street garden on Saturday to celebrate Field Day, organized by the Laundromat Project, partaking in a variety of activities.
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Posted in Featured, Housing, Southern Bronx
Posted on 21 September 2014.
The number of shootings in the Bronx have increased by 19 percent since last January, while overall crime is down 3 percent. Police held buybacks this weekend to try to remove guns from the streets.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured
Posted on 18 September 2014. Tags: BankNote Building, entrepreneurship, Health Care, Hunts Point, startups
Between 2009 and 2013, the health care industry in the Bronx added nearly 5,000 new jobs in private hospitals, clinics, and other agencies. The growth has not benefited entrepreneurs equally.
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Posted in Featured, Health, Southern Bronx
Posted on 16 September 2014. Tags: Bronx, health, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Hunts Point, pictures
A small yet vocal group took to the streets of Hunts Point on the morning of Sept. 13 to speak out against the continuing stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS in the South Bronx
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Life, Featured, Health, Southern Bronx
Posted on 15 September 2014. Tags: Blended Up, Bronx, diabetes, Fresh Take, health, juice shops, Juices for Life, Soundview, Unionport
Juice bars are booming in Soundview even as some medical experts raise concerns about their hidden dangers for diabetics
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Posted in Bronx Life, Bronx Neighborhoods, Culture, East Bronx, Food
Posted on 12 September 2014. Tags: Belmont, Crime, gang, gang shooting
The murder of a 22-year-old man in the Belmont area brings out longstanding concern about gang shootings in the neighborhood.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured
Posted on 08 September 2014.
The new “Know Your Rights” mural in Mott Haven was inspired by the community’s growing frustration with police violence.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured