Among the six “at risk,” predominately minority Catholic schools set to close is St. Pius V Girls High School—the only high school on the list. (New York Times)
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Archdiocese to close 32 NYC schools, several in Bronx
Posted on 10 November 2010.
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Seventy-year-old courthouse mural damaged
Posted on 09 November 2010.
A precious, one-of-a-kind mural was damaged during construction at the Bronx County courthouse. (NY Daily News)
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Bronx parents angry over tutoring cuts
Posted on 09 November 2010.
Moms and dads gathered outside of a Fordham courthouse today to protest cuts in the tutoring of students who failed last year’s tougher state exams. (NY Daily News)
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Superman pleads guilty to assault
Posted on 09 November 2010.
A Bronx resident who punched a cop in Times Square last summer while dressed as superman faces 10 days of community service. (Gothamist)
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Family mourns baby, protests arrest
Posted on 08 November 2010.
In the wake of the death of an eight-week-old baby, family members are questioning the arrest of the infant’s father, who was charged with manslaughter. (New York Times)
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Crime watch: three murders in last 24 hours
Posted on 08 November 2010.
Two weekend shootings—one in Morrisania’s Union Consolidated Houses and the other in the Soundview Houses—have left three victims dead. (Bronx News Network)
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Bronx businessman benefits from phone ban
Posted on 08 November 2010.
One entrepreneur is profiting from two Bronx schools’ ban on cell phones, charging kids pay $1 per day to store their gadgets while class is in session. (NY Daily News)
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Bloomberg breaks ground on Sunshine Bronx Business Incubator
Posted on 04 November 2010.
It is the city’s sixth entrepreneurial business incubator, but the first in the Bronx. (NY Daily News)
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