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Mott Haven co-op preaches gospel of reuse
Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by Vishal Persaud.
ReBuilder’s Source offers new life to building materials and ex-prisoners Sounds of power sanders filled the warehouse of ReBuilder’s Source on Timpson Place on a recent afternoon. They didn’t buzz, they boomed. Six people were at work, two or three times the usual staff at the worker-owned cooperative. ReBuilder’s Source didn’t hire more workers. It [...]
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A Mott Haven bridge to the information highway
Posted on 10. May, 2010 by Vishal Persaud.
Classes connect residents to jobs and family on-line By Vishal Persaud persaud@mottthavenherald.com Hunched over a keyboard in the second row of a computer lab at the Phipps Opportunity Center in Melrose, Ricardo Avillan, 51, chats with his grandsons in Puerto Rico on Facebook. Avillan began making the trek across the 145th Street Bridge from East [...]
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Students keep learning after school
Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by Vishal Persaud.
Shh! don’t tell the kids at PS 18 that as they dance, play games and put on plays, they’re getting an education John Acham, a fourth-grader at PS 18 on Morris Avenue sat in the second row of the school auditorium, in a worn, wooden seat, and stared at the two pieces of paper he [...]
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In Melrose, class learns healthy eating one recipe at a time
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Vishal Persaud.
The South Bronx Food Cooperative hosts the cooking class across the street from its store. Everyone from the mainly low-income community is welcome at the classes to learn how to prepare vegetables available at the co-op using easy, yet creative recipes.
