Longtime residents have watched pockets of Morris Heights become riddled with separation and tension, marked with stories of shootings and weeping mothers. Now some are fighting back.
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West Bronx community rallies to rise again
Posted on 13 December 2011.
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A new digital divide? Tech volunteers say support, not access, is the problem
Posted on 10 December 2011.
The traditional internet-access digital divide is narrowing because of falling prices of small laptops and smartphones.
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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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Renovation program unable to finish projects as funds dwindle
Posted on 03 November 2011.
A Bronx-based Weatherization Assistance Program’s stimulus funding is nearly gone, so they may not finish construction at River Park Towers.
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Occupy Bronx day two: Yankee Stadium just another bailout
Posted on 27 October 2011.
On its second day, Occupy the Bronx protesters directed their anger at the Yankee organization and local banks
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Dr. Bola has more to do
Posted on 13 October 2011.
The focused 50-year-old has quickly climbed the leadership ranks in Community District 5 and may go higher yet.
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Prepping for the city’s elite high schools
Posted on 12 October 2011.
M.S. 80 set to become the Bronx pilot site for free tutoring to prepare more low-income students for the city’s elite high schools.
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Neighbors rally to fight increased gun violence in Morris Heights
Posted on 06 October 2011.
A shooting less than two weeks ago that left one dead was the impetus to a “Community in Crisis” rally Wednesday night.
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