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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.

Superheroes from the Bronx

20 October 2011

Two artists from the Bronx are trying to revive the borough's comic legacy

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Despite controversy, nun still calls Hunts Point home

20 October 2011

Sister Thomas has been in the area for decades and she has no plans to leave now.

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Yemenis in South Bronx can’t forget the turmoil they left behind

19 October 2011

As violence escalates in the Arabian Peninsula nation, Yemeni Americans worry about their families back home while dealing with the stigma of Yemen as a haven for terrorist organizations.

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Family and neighbors remember life of slain Eastchester teen

18 October 2011

Simmons Jr. led the surrounding crowd in a prayer. “In Jesus name may we all pray that we get to see something beyond,” he said to the crowd. “Because this man was denied the greatest facets of life. Amen.”

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Fire in Soundview building leaves tenants with holes in the walls

18 October 2011

Three workers believed to be hired by the Soundview building's new owner, Gazivoda Realty Inc, may be responsible for the fire.

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Bringing the farm to the Grand Concourse

18 October 2011

A Bronx food-share project has reached its membership limit so now organizers are hoping to spread the healthy eating message in other ways, such as the potluck supper, which was made by members using their recent supply of produce.

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Far from Occupy Wall Street, Bronx parks wait for their own clean-up

18 October 2011

“If Bloomberg is interested in cleaning up parks,’ said resident Richard Garey, an architect, “he can start in the Bronx.”

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Occupy Bronx, Day One

17 October 2011

“I was born and raised in the South Bronx,” said Maribel Vasquez, a Fulbright scholar. "It wasn’t until I left that I realized I was raised in the poorest congressional district of the United States.”

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