About two-thirds of the Bronx is categorized as Zone B, meaning residents can expect a moderate possibility of evacuation.
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Sandy Bears Down on the Battered Bronx
Posted on 29 October 2012.
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Van Nest Library Asked to Do More With Less
Posted on 28 September 2012.
Local Pelham Parkway library branches try to balance their changing roles with changing resources
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Bronx District Attorney Curbs Stop-and-Frisk Abuses
Posted on 28 September 2012.
Bronx prosecutors are the first in the city to require police to justify in person each stop-and-frisk trespassing arrest.
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Bernard Kerik Hovers Over the DiTommaso Perjury Trial
Posted on 27 September 2012.
“These defendants thought that Bernard B. Kerik had juice, power and influence,” the Bronx prosecutor argued in the Sept. 27 perjury trial of two friends of the jailed former police commissioner.
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House arrest: Why Fordham residents are trapped in their homes
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Real estate prices prevent homeowners from leaving Fordham and Kingsbridge despite the rising rate of crime and prostitution.
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The ecstasy and the agony of Ethiopian marathoners
Posted on 12 November 2011.
Kenyans and Ethiopians triumph in the largest NYC Marathon with 47,107 runners. The Bronx’s Fikadu Lemma is already thinking about 2012.
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A holy week in the Bronx
Posted on 25 April 2011.
Every four years, Passover, Orthodox Easter and Easter all happen together. This past week, the reporters of the Bronx Ink fanned out across the borough to report on how the sacred week was celebrated. We visited a variety of churches, covered processions, services and a seder at a senior center in Riverdale. Click here for highlights of our coverage.
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A Bronx Baptist church celebrates Easter
Posted on 25 April 2011.
The 73-year-old pastor, Rev. Leroy Benton, led his congregation in traditional gospel songs such as “Calvary.” His church, True Gospel Tabernacle, is on Tremont Avenue in Morris Heights. The church has been around for over 20 years.
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