Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has appointed Dennis M. Walcott to the position of school chancellor following the resignation of Cathleen Black, according to a release.
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Name unveiled for celebrity cobra
Posted on 07 April 2011.
59,535 votes later, the Bronx Zoo’s now-famous Egyptian cobra has a name – Mia.
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Ice rink proposals sought
Posted on 06 April 2011.
Proposals for a new ice skating rink in Van Cortlandt Park must be in by May 16, according to city officials.
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Fatal shooting at rec center
Posted on 06 April 2011.
Police are searching for the suspect who shot a man inside the West Bronx Rec Center Monday afternoon.
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Father and son plead not guilty
Posted on 06 April 2011.
Pedro G. Espada joined his father, former state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. in Brooklyn Federal Court Tuesday where the two plead not guilty to a new indictment of tax evasion.
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Director returns after 30 years
Posted on 06 April 2011.
The New York African Film Festival rolls into town today, bringing it it Director Charlie Ahearn, who is returning to the borough for the first time in 30 years.
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School falls victim to custodian scheme
Posted on 06 April 2011.
Harry S. Truman High School in Co-Op City had been doling out payments to custodians who did not work in the building, according to the special schools investigator.
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Bronx cobra tweeter offered a PR job
Posted on 04 April 2011.
Jerry Schwartz, chief of a public relations agency offered the anonymous tweeter who became the voice of the Bronx cobra a job with his firm.
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