The Belmont area of the Bronx will celebrate its annual Ferragosto festival to mark the end of the summer season this Sunday.
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Bronx’s Little Italy set for Sunday festival
Posted on 09 September 2012.
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Nearly half of NYC’s failing schools are in the Bronx
Posted on 08 September 2012.
A newly released list issued by the New York State Department of Education states 53 schools in the Bronx are in need of shaping up or risk closure, the Bronx Times reported. A total of 123 schools, ranging from elementary to high school, are on the list. Among the 43 percent of schools in the […]
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Hunts Point baby shooter arrested
Posted on 08 September 2012.
Police arrested a man for gunplay that grazed a 2-month-old boy in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, Friday, according the New York Daily News The gunman, who broke his arm trying to escape, was detained at the Bronx hospital.
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Unarmed Bronx bodega worker shot dead by NYPD in case of mistaken identity
Posted on 07 September 2012.
In an apparent case of mistaken identity, an unarmed Bronx bodega worker was shot dead by the NYPD early Friday morning as he was fleeing a robbery at his uncle’s store, the New York Daily News reported. Police officers were responding to a three-man masked robbery at Aneurys Deli Grocery on Franklin Ave. in Morrisania […]
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Hunts Point Produce Market will stay, for now
Posted on 07 September 2012.
The Hunts Point Produce Market will stay in the community, according to The New York Times. The Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market, which employs over 3,500 people, threatened to move to New Jersey. But with the approval of new funds from the Bloomberg Administration, they are “…committed as ever to keeping the Hunts Point Terminal […]
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Critical reviews from the Bronx on stop and frisk
Posted on 06 September 2012.
According to a New York Times public opinion poll, a significant majority of New Yorkers believe the New York Police Department’s stop and frisk policy disproportionally targets blacks and Hispanics. The policy allows police officers to stop and search people they consider suspicious as part of a larger effort to reduce crime. In the Bronx, […]
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Bronx-born rock and roll performer dies at 72
Posted on 04 January 2012.
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Fordham prevails vs Harvard in Bronx encounter
Posted on 03 January 2012.
The 22-ranked Harvard Crimson left the Bronx with their heads bowed following a defeat against the local boys of Fordham University. According to USA Today, the win was the first for Fordham (7-6) over a ranked team since a 68-67 win over then-No. 24 St. John’s at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 9, 2000. It […]
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