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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