Posted on 29 October 2012.
The New York State Department of Transportation has issued an alert that two lanes of the northbound Hutchinson River Parkway at I-95 are blocked due to a fallen tree. The alert was issued at 9:31 this morning, and delays are expected for the next two hours.
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Posted on 28 October 2012. Tags: Bronx, Evacuation, Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, MTA
As Hurricane Sandy approaches New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered mandatory evacuations of the city’s low-lying Zone A by 7 p.m. today, reports NY1. Zone A includes Throggs Neck and Pelham Bay. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this morning that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s subway and rail service will shut down at 7 p.m. and bus […]
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Posted on 28 October 2012.
Police arrested East Harlem resident Eligidio Lind in connection with the deaths of a 32-year-old Bronx woman and her month-old baby. According to News 12, Lind was the child’s father and the woman’s boyfriend. The mother was found on a flaming mattress and had suffered from stab wounds. The baby was discovered in the bathtub.
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Posted on 27 October 2012. Tags: East Bronx, Environment, Hurricane Irene, Hurricane Sandy
Memories of damages from last year’s Hurricane Irene frame cautious preparation for a powerful storm system barreling towards the northeast. Hurricane Sandy, known in social networking sites as ‘Frankenstorm’, is expected to hit the Eastern Seaboard as early as Sunday evening. Residents in waterfront areas of the East Bronx are preparing for the worst: protecting […]
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Posted on 27 October 2012.
Hunts point is home to the second-largest installation of panels that collect energy from the sun, NY Daily News reports. The panels were installed by the local company OnForce Solar, which was named one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. More solar panels are cropping up around New York City thanks to new subsidies […]
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Posted on 26 October 2012.
A long-neglected Mount Hope community garden has been giving a makeover this summer, DNA Info reports. Volunteers from the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, a neighborhood advocacy group, worked to restore the space and create a vegetable garden.
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Posted on 25 October 2012.
A study from the Annenberg Institute for School Reform showed that 90 percent of students in five South Bronx neighborhoods are not ready for college.
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Posted on 25 October 2012.
One person is dead and a police officer is in a stable condition after an exchange of gunfire Wednesday night at the University Heights section of the Bronx. The NY1 reports that an off-duty police officer who witnessed a robbery was shot in the chest after he approached the suspects and identified himself as an officer. […]
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