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The Allerton Coops Kids celebrate Easter in Zimmerman Park: A Team Effort

The Allerton Coops Kids celebrate Easter in Zimmerman Park: A Team Effort

Here’s an account from Raphael Schweizer, who runs the Bronx Park East Community Assocatiaon, on a festive Easter in Allerton’s Zimmerman Park: Thanks to Bronx Park East Community Association volunteers Johanny Santana, Francine Ruh, Norma Lopez & Cecilia Smoker of […]

by · April 21, 2014 · Local News
Deputy Inspector of 49th Precinct Reassigned

Deputy Inspector of 49th Precinct Reassigned

  49th Precinct Deputy Inspector Lorenzo Johnson, has been reassigned; he will serve as the new Commanding Officer at the 40th Precinct.  Since Johnson took over for DI Kevin Nicholson in June 2012, the 49th has been rated one of […]

by · April 21, 2014 · Local News

12 Yemenis Killed (Including 3 Civilians) In Drone Strike Today

Video c/o CNN A US drone killed at least 12 in Yemen yesterday, with reportedly 9 Al Qaeda members among the dead. As reported in the Huffington Post, “A Yemeni military official said the early Saturday strike struck a vehicle […]

by · April 20, 2014 · Uncategorized, World News

New Clinical Trials For Lung Cancer Treatment

by · April 20, 2014 · Domestic News
Deadline for Universal Pre-K Signup This Week

Deadline for Universal Pre-K Signup This Week

by · April 19, 2014 · Local News

Grand Concourse to Be Planned ‘Slow Zone’ as Part of Vision Zero

http://www.ny1.com/content/news/207193/grand-concourse-to-be-planned–slow-zone–as-part-of-vision-zero A part of the Bronx with a history of car crashes is getting a safety makeover. Officials announced that Grand Concourse will follow Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn as the second of 25 planned slow zones throughout the city. It’s […]

by · April 19, 2014 · Local News

Vacca Statement on Appointment of Cynthia López as Commissioner of Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment

Vacca Statement on Appointment of Cynthia López as Commissioner of Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment “Congratulations to Cynthia López on her appointment as Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. Film and television production in New York […]

by · April 18, 2014 · Local News

Bronx Food & Farm Tours 2014

by · April 18, 2014 · Local News
Creative Space “The Shoppe” Opens Next Week In Port Morris

Creative Space “The Shoppe” Opens Next Week In Port Morris

The Shoppe BX, an artist focused creative space in the South Bronx, officially launches on April 25, 2014.  The start-up, created by Jamie Jones and Edith Harper, seeks to build community in the South Bronx by introducing work by local […]

by · April 18, 2014 · Entertainment, Local News
Democratic Party Networking Event TONIGHT

Democratic Party Networking Event TONIGHT

by · April 17, 2014 · Local News
Kingsbridge Ice Center May Use Special Foreign Investment Program

Kingsbridge Ice Center May Use Special Foreign Investment Program

Crains Business Insider is reporting that the forces behind the Kingsbridge National Ice Center may utilize a special program that enables foreign nationals to receieve visas in return for investing capital in the project. “The developers are eying use of […]

by · April 17, 2014 · Local News

Updates On South Korean Ferry Tragedy

With hundreds of passengers still missing from Thursday’s capsized ferry in South Korea, attention has turned to the captain and figuring out what happened that fateful day. As reported by Al Jazeera, “Witnesses told Korean media on Thursday that the […]

by · April 17, 2014 · World News
Lehman College Performance On Women’s Rights Next Week

Lehman College Performance On Women’s Rights Next Week

  “Price of Silence” presents their 3rd Annual performance,  “Blurred Lines of Justice” “We don’t fear death, we fear remaining silent in the face of injustice.” “Bringing the global struggle for women’s rights to life for audiences to live and […]

by · April 17, 2014 · Local News
Last Night’s BronxTalk With Guest Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda

Last Night’s BronxTalk With Guest Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda

by · April 16, 2014 · Local News
Paid Sick Leave Forum In Wakefield TONIGHT

Paid Sick Leave Forum In Wakefield TONIGHT

by · April 16, 2014 · Local News