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Helping Love Gospel Assembly

Elected officials and more than 150 community members gathered at Lehman College Saturday afternoon to rally for Operation Restoration, a fundraiser to help rebuild the Love Gospel Assembly and restore the services it provided.

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Roaring Blaze Empties Sheridan Avenue Apartment Building

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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“Doing This by Yourself:” A Teenage Father, Now a Single Dad

At 19, Travis Antonio Luciano is raising his two-year-old son as a single dad.

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INTERACTIVE – Clam Diggers and Mussel Suckers

Hear what City Islanders have to say about the coastal community that they call home.

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City Island: A Coastal Community in the Bronx

Take a look at the people and places that make up the Bronx’s unique nautical community.

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Moshe Piller: How a New York Landlord Works the System

After 18 months of rehabilitation for a broken hip, all that Eta Eckstein wanted was to go back home to her Brooklyn apartment. The 92-year-old Holocaust survivor had lived at 8750 Bay Parkway for 40 years, but when her son visited her apartment while she was still at the Shore View Rehabilitation Center, he found a red eviction notice on the door.

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Characters of softball, the real Bronx pastime

In the 1980s, Bronx softball games could attracted crowds of hundreds and $10,000 worth of bets. One team was particularly adept at taking that cash: a crew known as The Bandits. Last year, they reunited.

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A Challenger Emerges for Bronx Senate Seat

Soundview native (pictured left) is confident the voters will not hold his past life against him.

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Bronx Week to Offer Glimpse of a Greener Future

New Yorkers can tour five “green roofs” overlooking the borough during Bronx week.

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Burek: From the Balkans to the Bronx

This Albanian mom-and-pop joint in the Bronx makes burek like no other.

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Bronx Walk in Search of Fame (hint: look up)

It may not be Hollywood Boulevard, but the Grand Concourse wants to honor its local stars all the same.

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Video – Just Missing One Thing

Felix Castro, 17 is a blind student at The Institute for Special Education in the Bronx. He loves playing Goalball, a paralympic game for the blind. The ball has bells in it that make dependency on hearing crucial to win.

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Video-A Sunday in the life of a storefront church

Every weekend, Hallelujahs flow onto White Plains Road from the 50 places of worship along its blocks. Spend a Sunday inside one of them.

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Families in mourning for slain teenagers

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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Water Rates Increase has Bronxites Irate

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection heard from angry Bronxites last night who reject a proposed 12.9 percent increase in their water bill.

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Naming the Bronx Cub Trio

The Bronx zoo is asking the public to suggest names for the lion cub trio.

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For Some, Teaching Cuts Are Bad News – but No Surprise

Mayor Bloomberg announced today new budget cuts slated to affect some 6,700 public school jobs.

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Bill Aims to Help Small Businesses Survive

The Small Business Survival Bill would change how small business owners and landlords negotiate lease terms.

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Put Some Cork in it!

The world according to Ken Bollella, cork manufacturer.

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Bronx’s Main Street Goes to Wall Street

Bronxites joined other New Yorkers in a march to Wall Street to express anger over bank bailouts.

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    In the 1980s, Bronx softball games could attracted crowds of hundreds and $10,000 worth of bets. One team was
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    Bronx Week to Offer Glimpse of a Greener Future

    New Yorkers can tour five "green roofs" overlooking the borough during Bronx week.
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