02 October 2018
The Bronx's soon-to-come Universal Hip-Hop Museum is set to open in 2022, but the effort to curate the world's largest collection of hip-hop memorabilia is well underway.
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28 September 2018
Patricia Lewis, who was forced to flee Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, is teaching a workshop on the impacts of climate change at a Mott Haven highschool. She'll be helping the students paint a mural depicting their reactions to what they learned.
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23 September 2018
A Mott Haven pet store joins the crop of new small businesses popping up along Mott Haven's southern waterfront.
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20 September 2018
Residents are adjusting to the new ferry in South Bronx, but some fear it may soon become overcrowded.
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20 September 2018
Moe Stein calls his store a "Local Landmark", and after 96 years, "Frank's" has outlasted the tough retail business on East Tremont in the Bronx. Recently, the store has begun facing a new obstacle; its own retailers.
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20 September 2018
Bronx-born photojournalist Randy Goodman brings her photos of Iranian women taken over a three-decade span to Bronx Museum of Arts, challenging perceptions of Muslim women at home and abroad.
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18 September 2018
Bronx Community Board 7's website has been offline for almost a month while the city's Department of Information Technology and Communications performs updates. District Manager Ischia Bravo said it was "in the queue" to go live, but it's up to the city department to roll out the changes. In the meantime, she said she is using Facebook to communicate with her community.
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17 September 2018
An overpopulation of feral cats have been a long-term headache in the Bronx. Edith Georgia, 65, volunteers to save the lives of more than 25 stray cats in her Morrisania neighborhood.
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