Hunts Point’s P.S. 48 saved its music program from the budget axe by winning one of three national Glee Give a Note grand prizes.
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P.S. 48 wins $50,000 from national “Glee” contest
Posted on 15 December 2011.
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Violent crime in Mott Haven, Melrose at five-year high
Posted on 14 December 2011.
South Bronx residents are demanding more jobs to curb violence, which has climbed steadily since 2008.
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Africans immigrants add their own flavor to the South Bronx
Posted on 13 December 2011.
African immigrants overcome a history of discrimination to establish a lively presence in the Bronx.
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Taking Advil to schools
Posted on 30 November 2011.
As schools nationwide watch budgets dwindle, for-profit companies have stepped in. However, critics see gifts from these companies not as goodwill, but as a way of marketing to children.
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Running for president of the Dominican Republic–from the South Bronx
Posted on 22 November 2011.
A Bishop and real estate manager running for president of the Dominican Republic, from a Bronx salsa club.
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Razing a graffiti shrine to make room for billion-dollar housing
Posted on 21 November 2011.
Local residents fear the new housing development may price them out of the neighborhood they helped to revive.
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Real Azteca serves up the real deal
Posted on 20 November 2011.
Real Azteca on 163rd offers Michoacán fare like huitlacoche quesadillas and soft goat-meat tacos.
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Images of the Libyan conflict find a South Bronx audience
Posted on 15 November 2011.
Bronx Documentary Center in Mott Haven features never before seen photographs by the late director of the award winning documentary film, “Restrepo,” about a U.S. platoon in Afghanistan.
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