The lack of a full-service animal shelter in the Bronx has prompted some residents to develop “cat colonies” in their neighborhoods.
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Lack of shelters prompts growth of “cat colonies”
Posted on 08 December 2011.
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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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Fighting their neighborhood
Posted on 20 November 2011.
A 10-year old jiu jitsu program in East Tremont teaches students how to fight back the negative pressures of their community.
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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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The Bronx’s own project runway
Posted on 14 November 2011.
Youth learn to walk the runway like professionals at the Bronx Community Pride Center.
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The cost of murder in Mott Haven
Posted on 13 November 2011.
Death is an inevitable burden in any community. But in neighborhoods such as Mott Haven, epidemic levels of poverty, illegal immigration and violent crime provide the worst context to human loss.
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Community mourns suspicious death of Soundview teen
Posted on 10 November 2011.
On Sept 12, 18-year-old Anil Sankar was found dead on the jetty in Concrete Plant Park. The police believe his death was accidental. The family and neighbors believe otherwise.
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Turning unemployment into time well spent
Posted on 03 November 2011.
When Nilka Martell lost her job last December, she looked to volunteer work to fill the void. But she could never have imagined how she would transform her street in the Bronx.
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