Ice hockey team faces challenges on and off the ice
11 February 2011
Despite a rough season, one group of boys won’t give up their passion.
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Benchmarks of the Bronx
11 February 2011
Angry youth fed up with a persistent lack of jobs and scarce educational opportunities spurred the revolution in Egypt. The events in the Middle East made us curious about how the Bronx fares in education, employment and other measurements.
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A decade of high unemployment
11 February 2011
Residents of the Bronx are more likely to be out of work than people living in Queens, Brooklyn or Manhattan. In December 2010 the Bronx’s unemployment rate -12 percent- was almost twice as high as Manhattan’s. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
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If a restaurant didn’t make the grade, would you eat there?
11 February 2011
It's restaurant week and the Bronx Ink trekked out to find out if Bronxites are swayed by the new grading system on local eateries.
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A different take on what it means to be a man
11 February 2011
When you stand in the middle of the Project Room at the Longwood Art Gallery in Hostos Community College in the Bronx, a thread of masculinity can be seen almost everywhere.
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The Bronx school shuffle: Who’s out, who’s in
11 February 2011
Bronx Ink put together a map of the Bronx schools slated to close, and those that will open their doors.
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An interview with hoops impresario Randy Cruz
11 February 2011
Hoops enthusiasts know that they can catch the best summer basketball action in the Bronx at Orchard Beach. Since it first started in 2000, the Hoops in the Sun (HITS) summer league has grown to 10 men’s teams and 26 youth teams and has become one of the premier summer leagues in the city. Randy Cruz, the man behind the league who hosts a weekly online radio show discussing the local and national hoops scene, discussed his hopes and vision for the future this week with Bronx Ink’s Shlomo Sprung.
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Missing girl returns home, police say
08 February 2011
Nia Jeanty, 14, had not been seen since Friday morning, according to her mother.
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