A three-alarm fire tore through the top three floors of a six-story apartment building in the southeast Bronx on Friday afternoon.
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Roaring blaze empties Sheridan Avenue apartment building
Posted on 20 August 2010.
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“Doing This by Yourself:” A Teenage Father, Now a Single Dad
Posted on 19 June 2010.
At 19, Travis Antonio Luciano is raising his two-year-old son as a single dad.
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Families in mourning for slain teenagers
Posted on 10 May 2010.
Quanisha Wright, 16 and Marvin Wiggins, 15 were killed at a birthday party over the weekend.
(Dunia Kamal/ The Bronx Ink)
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46-year-old woman from Parkchester disappears in Lower Manhattan
Posted on 07 May 2010.
Maria Toro has been missing for a week, police say.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Southern Bronx1 Comment
Graffiti, girls, and bragging rights
Posted on 21 April 2010.
A kid from a rival crew is accused of stabbing 17 year-old Juandy Paredes to death in the South Bronx.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Southern Bronx5 Comments
Tenants Speak Out on Canceled Section 8 Vouchers
Posted on 15 April 2010.
South Bronx resident Lachonnz Morton fears losing her home of 33 years, after the city cancels Section 8 housing vouchers.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Housing, Money, Politics, Southern Bronx4 Comments
VIDEO–Yankee Fans Bring in the Season
Posted on 13 April 2010.
Fans gather outside Yankee Stadium for opening day.
Posted in Multimedia, Southern Bronx, Sports3 Comments
Major Heroin Bust in Bronx Called a Sign of a Growing Problem
Posted on 09 April 2010.
On Thursday, four men were arrested and approximately $1 million worth of heroin was seized after a raid on an apartment in Parkchester. Sources with knowledge of the case said the bust was indicative of an increasing number of wholesale heroin operations in the Bronx.
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