Archive for 'Health'
A green-themed party for Earth at St. Mary’s Park
Posted on 25. Apr, 2012 by By Anika Anand; Video by Kenneth Christensen .
Residents learn about recycling, conservation at annual festival For the fifth straight year, Bronxites gathered at St. Mary’s Park to celebrate Earth Fest, sharing ideas for innovative ways to green the planet. Representatives from businesses, community organizations, and city agencies combined on April 21st to promote environmental initiatives, through information kiosks, activities for kids and [...]
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Protesters oppose incinerator plans
Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 by Joe Hirsch.
Advocates say trash would be burned in poor neighborhoods Bronx community groups took to the streets of Manhattan on April 9th to protest Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plans to test new garbage disposal technology they fear will end up hurting the South Bronx. Representatives from The Point CDC, Nos Quedamos, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice [...]
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FreshDirect protesters take their beef to Manhattan
Posted on 22. Mar, 2012 by By Alex Robinson.
Opponents of company’s move to Mott Haven seek broad support for boycott Over a dozen South Bronx activists took their protest against FreshDirect to the Upper West Side on March 21st, urging Manhattanites to join them in a citywide boycott of the online grocer.
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Teen pregnancy rates remain high
Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by By Claudia Bracholdt.
As the city has started to introduce a new sex education program for middle and high schools, Mott Haven has emerged as the neighborhood with the highest teen pregnancy rate in the five boroughs.
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Gourmet supermarket planned for Melrose
Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 by By Evan Buxbaum.
Owner says shoppers will pay more, but will eat healthier An entrepreneur is set to bring a gourmet market to Melrose, hoping to take a bite out of fast food culture with healthier alternatives. Developer DeVon Prioleau says the Fresca Gourmet Market he is planning to open in the new Boricua Village complex on E. [...]
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Magic in Mott Haven
Posted on 07. Jan, 2012 by Joe Hirsch.
A modern-day Houdini showed his magic to sick children at Lincoln Hospital.
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Farm Share offers winter produce
Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
For the first time, the Corbin Hill Farm Share will deliver fruit and vegetables from upstate New York farms to Mott Haven and Melrose in winter. From December through April, those who subscribe to the farm share program will get monthly deliveries, making Corbin Hill the first year-round supplier of local produce with a specific [...]
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Homeowners fight proposed housing facility
Posted on 03. Nov, 2011 by By Gwen McClure.
A group of Mott Haven residents has organized to protest a proposed housing development for the mentally ill, saying the neighborhood already has far more than its fair share of social service agencies. The group, called Voices of the People, is frustrated with the influx of social service programs, and adds they were given no [...]
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Something’s bubbling at Mott Haven school
Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by By Elizabeth Chen .
Focus is on food in Haven Academy wellness program Sayda Arriola was stunned when her son Adam, a Mott Haven 3rd grader, told her that a visitor named “Chef James” baked rhubarb pie for his class. “I remembered thinking, ‘Rhubarb pie? What in the name of Jesus is that?’” she said. Arriola wanted to know [...]
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Health center set to expand services
Posted on 21. Sep, 2011 by By Gwen McClure.
A Mott Haven health-care agency has embarked on a major expansion which will bring a full array of services to the neighborhood’s population of homeless and at-risk drug users. CitiWide Harm Reduction, a 16-year-old program housed near a bodega and a diner on 144th Street, will begin construction on the new $400,000 Wellness Center [...]
