Breast cancer kills over 1200 people in New York every year and still 23 percent of women 40 and older have not had a recent mammogram.
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Fighting breast cancer in Morrisania
Posted on 06 October 2011.
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Bronx father gunned down for gold chain
Posted on 05 October 2011.
Police are investigating the death of Christian de la Santos, gunned down outside a local bodega Oct. 5.
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Bronx Alive does the double dip
Posted on 03 October 2011.
The dip in participation at Viva Bronx comes at a time when several fairs have been discontinued across the city.
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Mott Haven garden offers tranquility and community spirit
Posted on 02 October 2011.
Wanacqua Garden, with its rows of beans, yams, pumpkins and papalo, still attracts gardeners and greenhorns.
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Fighting gun crime one flyer at a time
Posted on 26 September 2011.
The Borough President taking his anger at gun crime to the streets
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Jews and Palestinians find a separate peace in Hunts Point
Posted on 24 September 2011.
On one street in Hunts Point, Palestinian and Israeli business owners have some words of advice for the warring diplomats in the United Nations this week.
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Emotional pleas aside, panel votes to close Bronx Academy
Posted on 29 April 2011.
Chancellor Dennis Walcott said the transfer school “has not done the job”
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Highbridge residents wary of homeless shelter
Posted on 05 March 2011.
The un-neighborly conduct of some shelter residents has increased security concerns in Highbridge.
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