Teaching Forward
29 November 2010
Lorraine Valentin runs a GED math class at Grace Outreach in the South Bronx
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Edible Garden’s season finale
22 November 2010
Celebrity chefs and gardeners teamed up on Oct. 17 for the season finale of the New York Botanical Garden’s Edible Garden exhibit to show visitors how to take their homegrown vegetables from the ground to their dinner plates – just like the pros. Start small, and start easy, said Sonia Uyterhoeven, the gardener for public […]
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Bronx Hate Crimes: Free but not free
17 November 2010
Two of the four teens cleared of charges in the October anti-gay crime speak out.
Posted in Crime, Hate Crimes, Northwest Bronx, Special Reports1 Comment
Chileans Ponder the Miner Story from Abroad
11 November 2010
Several weeks have passed since the 33 Chilean miners were rescued from the underground mine where they were trapped in for 69 days in the Atacama Desert. The world watched for two days in October as they emerged one by one in steel cages from the bowels of the earth to a cheering crowd. Chile […]
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Honduran king of Italian ices
11 November 2010
Delicioso Coco Helado owner Alfredo Thiebaud has run his Bronx-based Italian ice company for 32 years.
Posted in Bronx Life, Food, Food and Beyond, Special Reports1 Comment
Front of the food line
11 November 2010
Morrisania's Word of Life Food Pantry serves hundreds of hungry people every week.
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For Bronx women, some help on a tough road to college
10 November 2010
A college prep program in Mott Haven is showing Bronx women a path to college.
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