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Mott Haven students learn hurricane’s lessons
Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Emily Lavin.
Students travel to New Orleans, reflect on the South Bronx While most of their classmates slept in and hung out during their week-long spring break from Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School, Laurin Ellis, 18, was picking up a drill and installing dry wall. Jessica Colon, 17, was taking her very first canoe ride. Joanelly [...]
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Will city pull plug on help for Port Morris business?
Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Emily Lavin.
Manufacturers worry about budget cuts for industrial zones The city is moving to eliminate funds for a program to help manufacturing businesses in Port Morris, leaving their proprietors worried that in the midst of an economic downturn they are losing an important source of support. The cuts proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg would eliminate the [...]
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Marchers call for end to gun violence
Posted on 17. May, 2010 by Emily Lavin.
Mott Haven residents lead effort to stop the bleeding As she sat on her aunt’s lap, tears streamed down five-year-old Maryliz Romero’s face as she thought of her uncle, whose picture she was wearing on an oversized button. “This is what we go through all the time,” said her aunt, Lesly Romero, 35, looking down [...]
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Educational non-profit helps women succeed
Posted on 15. Apr, 2010 by Emily Lavin.
Mott Haven GED program gets results There is a working elevator at Immaculate Conception School on East 151st Street. But none of the women going up to Grace Outreach are allowed to use it. Instead, to get to the program on the fifth floor that prepares them for the GED test that will earn them [...]
