The mother of Bronx native and University of Arizona basketball forward Kevin Parrom has died, ESPN reports. The announcement came just a few weeks after the 6-foot-6 junior Wildcat returned was injured following a Sept. 24 shooting in the Bronx. During that incident Parrom was shot in the leg. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Kevin […]
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Mom of college basketball star from the Bronx dies, ESPN
Posted on 18 October 2011.
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Latinos in the Bronx piece together their own history, NY Daily News
Posted on 18 October 2011.
As part of a year-long effort to collect the Bronx’s Latino history, the Bronx County Historical Society has installed a new exhibit featuring vintage photos, vinyl records of Latino music and old newspapers, the NY Daily News reports. “We want to open up a dialogue about this,” Angel Hernandez told the newspaper. “We want to give […]
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New details of tampering in standardized tests out, NYTimes
Posted on 18 October 2011.
A report published in NYTimes revealed there have been 1,250 accusations of test tampering or grade changing across city schools since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took control of the public schools system. Of that number, 14 cases had been substantiated including one against a teacher at Middle School 219 in the Bronx. The teacher received a […]
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Three Bronx men face drug charges in Pennsylvania, BCTV
Posted on 18 October 2011.
Three Bronx men are facing drug charges in a Pennsylvania town following an arrest that netted thousands of packs of heroin, according to the community website Berks County TV in Reading, Pa. The suspects who are in their early 20s allegedly distributed large volumes of heroin in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Police said large amounts of heroin […]
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South Bronx man is casting director for detectives, NY Times
Posted on 17 October 2011.
Robert Weston of the South Bronx makes a living providing “fillers” or taking part in police lineups and for each lineup he fills, he earns $10. Weston said he has never failed to produce lineups when asked, no matter what time of night. But these days, the work has slowed down. “There’s not enough crime […]
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Bronx runner wins Atlantic City Marathon, Press of Atlantic City
Posted on 17 October 2011.
A 22-year-old man, Ahiyut Endhie, from the Bronx has won Sunday’s 53rd Atlantic City Marathon, according to the Press of Atlantic City. Endhie clocked two hours, 26 minutes, 28 seconds to finish the 26.2-mile race ahead of 900 other full marathon runners. Nearly 3,500 people entered four races including 3.1, 6.2, 13.1 miles and the full […]
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Feds seek to solve impasse over Bronx bridge, NY Daily News
Posted on 17 October 2011.
A Bronx bridge project, which has languished for years due to a legal fight between Amtrak and New York State’s Department of Transportation, could finally become a reality, thanks to the intervention of the federal government. According to the NY Daily News, the bridge over an Amtrak rail line will eventually connect two new waterfront […]
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Former math teacher gets things done in Bronx schools, NY Times
Posted on 17 October 2011.
With his 40 years of experience in education – starting as a math teacher in 1971 — Bob Cohen, 59, of the New York Department of Education is transforming some of the most troubled schools in the Bronx, according to NY Times. Cohen has risen to the most important job of his life, as leader […]
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