Posted on 15 October 2019. Tags: Department of Education, Education, education policy, gifted and talented
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.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, East Bronx, Education, Education, Featured, Front Page
Posted on 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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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Bronx Tales, Culture, East Bronx, Sports, The Bronx Beat
Posted on 27 October 2016.
According to Census data, for every two male teenagers in Williamsbridge, there is only one man in his late thirties. Some residents believe men caught between gang activity and aggressive policing are facing particular pressures to move out of the area.
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Posted in East Bronx
Posted on 16 October 2016.
Westchester Square in the East Bronx is slated to get a gleaming, glass-walled 12,000 square-foot library and an outdoor performance shell for plays and concerts. If all goes as planned, a deal between the New York Public Library and the private Huntington Free Library is allowing both to expand their services in the area. The […]
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Posted in Community Resources, East Bronx
Posted on 02 September 2016.
Flashback to the 1970’s and the glory days of independent movie theatres in the Bronx. Film projectionist Bob Endres takes us back to the Globe Theatre in Pelham Parkway and remembers the theatre’s lurid lost legacy.
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Posted in Culture, East Bronx, Featured, Front Page, Multimedia
Posted on 20 October 2014. Tags: Bronx, Bronx schools, Castle Hill, Education, Khan's Tutorial, Parkchester, SHSAT, Soundview, specialized high schools
Parkchester middle school children prep for the upcoming specialized high school exam at the private Khan’s Tutorial, even as the test’s future is up in the air.
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Posted in Bronx Life, East Bronx, Education, Featured, Southern Bronx
Posted on 15 September 2014. Tags: Blended Up, Bronx, diabetes, Fresh Take, health, juice shops, Juices for Life, Soundview, Unionport
Juice bars are booming in Soundview even as some medical experts raise concerns about their hidden dangers for diabetics
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Posted in Bronx Life, Bronx Neighborhoods, Culture, East Bronx, Food
Posted on 06 November 2012. Tags: East Bronx, Election 2012, Northwest Bronx
Flooded basements and last-minute polling site changes did not seem to deter Bronx voters from going to the polls.
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Posted in East Bronx, Featured, Northwest Bronx, Politics