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The Future of Gifted Education in the Bronx Bronx acupuncture center for addiction fighting to survive How HIV outreach is tackling an “invisible crisis” in The Bronx Prescriptions lag as Bronx battles opioid epidemic
 

The Future of Gifted Education in the Bronx

A recommendation that Mayor Bill de Blasio phase out all New York City gifted programs has left the fate of gifted education in the Bronx uncertain. If implemented, the programs, which are comprised predominantly of black and Latino students, would come to an end.

Bronx acupuncture center for addiction fighting to survive

The Mott Haven Lincoln Recovery Center was once a popular therapeutic refuge for drug addicts, but where have the patients gone?

How HIV outreach is tackling an “invisible crisis” in The Bronx

While New York celebrates declining HIV rates, healthcare advocates in the Bronx narrow their focus to where services aren’t reaching people.

Prescriptions lag as Bronx battles opioid epidemic

Prescriptions of life-saving buprenorphine lag in the Bronx. A legacy of bureaucracy and stigma are to blame.

Van Nest Library Asked to Do More With Less

28 September 2012

Local Pelham Parkway library branches try to balance their changing roles with changing resources

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Troubled Teen Charged with Killing his Mother

28 September 2012

Neighbors and community members said Darwin Jackson, charged with the murder of his mother Tihesha Savage, was moody and distant.

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Bronx District Attorney Curbs Stop-and-Frisk Abuses

28 September 2012

Bronx prosecutors are the first in the city to require police to justify in person each stop-and-frisk trespassing arrest.

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Bernard Kerik Hovers Over the DiTommaso Perjury Trial

27 September 2012

"These defendants thought that Bernard B. Kerik had juice, power and influence," the Bronx prosecutor argued in the Sept. 27 perjury trial of two friends of the jailed former police commissioner.

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Dance Company Prepares for a Final Curtain Call in the Bronx

27 September 2012

The Kraven Seneca Dance Company will give its last performance on Oct. 20

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Pelham Residents Take Security into Their Own Hands

27 September 2012

Rocked by two unsolved murders, community leaders in the relatively peaceful Pelham Parkway Houses are working to get residents involved in crime prevention.

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Hunts Point Residents March to Raise HIV Awareness

25 September 2012

The community's first AIDS walk attracted about 180 marchers. Walking from Southern Boulevard to the Peninsula they wanted to raise awareness about the high HIV rate in the neighborhood.

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Bronx Court Officers Honored for Stopping Gunfight near Yankee Stadium

22 September 2012

When a water vendor opened fire on a crowded street outside Yankees Stadium killing one in late August, six court officers helped chase him down and secure the area before police and medial aid arrived.

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