Rojas’ stabbing is part of a recent surge in violence across the 40th Precinct. Last weekend, there were six shootings.
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Construction worker stabbed to death in Mott Haven
Posted on 16 October 2011.
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Jobless Bronx resident joins the march on Wall Street
Posted on 06 October 2011.
John Rodriguez, recently unemployed, has been camping at the Occupy Wall Street ‘headquarters’ for over a week. Bronx Ink followed him as he joined the movement’s biggest march yet.
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Bronx synagogue welcomes Jewish New Year with a last goodbye
Posted on 03 October 2011.
Lifelong congregants of Temple Emanuel at Parkchester say other synagogues in the Bronx are also experiencing precipitous declines in membership
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Multimedia: Ruben Diaz Jr. knocking doors for peace
Posted on 29 September 2011.
A day after a 16-year-old Bronx teen was gunned down, borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. knocked on doors to promote his gun control initiative.
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Bronx’s oldest residents honored [Slideshow]
Posted on 13 May 2011.
Bronx Borough president Ruben Diaz Jr. called on the borough’s most senior citizens to kick off Bronx Week with a day of dancing, socializing and chowing down on chicken milanese.
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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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Easter in a Black Pentecostal Church
Posted on 24 April 2011.
Pastor Michel White leads the Greater Faith Temple in an energetic Easter Service.
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St. Jerome’s Church celebrates Good Friday on South Bronx Streets
Posted on 23 April 2011.
Members of the Mott Haven community join St. Jerome’s congregation in a bilingual observance of Stations of The Cross. Catholics around the world celebrate this time-worn ritual, during which worshippers follow a procession down local streets in commemoration of Christ’s last hours. St. Jerome’s church was founded by an Irish immigrant in 1869, and now […]
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