Restorations started on Monday in Soundview Park known as the “Gateway to the Bronx River”. The bulk of the work will consist in bringing back parts of the 205 acres of wetlands, lagoon and forest to life. At least 5,000 trees will be planted to recreate the forest. According to the WSJ, the wetlands will not only […]
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Restorations start at Soundview Park, The Epoch Times
Posted on 22 November 2011.
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Mentor Program helps schools tackle absenteeism, Norwood News
Posted on 22 November 2011.
A city mentorship program helped many schools cutting down absenteeism such as the High School for Teaching and the Professions in Kingsbridge Heights. “Success Mentors” program and “Every Student, Every Day” will be expanded next year to include 4,000 students, up from 1,4000 in 2010-2011. The program will also start taking care of students who missed […]
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Bronx native Sanford Garelik dies at 93, NYTimes
Posted on 21 November 2011.
Sanford Garelik, a City Council president and former candidate to the Mayor’s office, died on Saturday. In the 1970s, Garelik became NYPD’s first Jewish chief inspector, the highest uniformed rank at the time. As the economy was worsening, Garelik expressed his concerns about the cost of renovating the Yankee Stadium. Instead he thought the Yankees could […]
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Fordham University enrolls over 1,000 foreign students, NY Daily News
Posted on 21 November 2011.
A recent report shows that Fordham University in the Bronx is competing with top ranked universities such as Columbia University and NYU in terms of attracting foreign students. Last year the Jesuit school enrolled 1,064 students from abroad. “When a foreign student comes to the Bronx, it enables our students to sit next to someone […]
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Bronx mother admits putting innocent men in jail as she fights for her life, NYPost
Posted on 21 November 2011.
Penny Denor Camerono admitted lying under oath in a 1991 trial that gave two innocent men a 25-years prison sentence for murder. The Bronx mother said she decided to come clean as she is fighting against breast cancer and wanted to rest in peace. José Garcia, one of the two men, was released after 14 […]
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Mom arrested after young son found wandering through street alone, News 12
Posted on 20 November 2011.
A Bronx mother was arrested Friday after her 4-year-old son was found wandering through the street alone in the middle of night. Leslie Hildago, 20, was arrested outside of her Bronxdale apartment and charged with endangering the welfare of a child. A neighbor found her son outside and took him to a local daycare center. […]
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Man dies after being run over twice. NYPost
Posted on 20 November 2011.
A Bronx man was run over twice and killed Saturday night while attempting to cross the street, police said. Bosey L. Johnson, 53, was crossing Boston Road in Tremont around 11:20 p.m. when a 1995 Infiniti Q45 struck him and knocked him into the oncoming lane of traffic. Another driver,31, in a 2000 Honda Civic […]
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Six women assaulted in six hours in Baychester and Soundview, NYTimes
Posted on 19 November 2011.
Authorities have asked for the public’s help in identifying a man who they said sexually assaulted six women in in the span of six hours in the Bronx Thursday morning, publicly groping them in broad daylight. The string of attacks began at 6:15 a.m. in the Baychester section, when a 51-year-old woman was approached from behind and groped, […]
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