Archive for 'Health'
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 [...]
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Coupons available for veggies and milk
Posted on 16. Aug, 2011 by cunyjschool.
A Department of Health program called New Bucks will provide Mott Haven residents with fresh produce, free milk and cooking demonstrations. Farmer’s Markets are accepting coupons worth $2 each for fresh produce and milk. Two local markets are participating in the city’s Health Bucks program, the Mott Haven Farmer’s Market at 139th St. and St. [...]
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Free financial services available in Mott Haven
Posted on 06. May, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
The organization Start Small, Think Big, Inc., has a range of programs for Mott Haven residents seeking help with taxes, debt, legal and small business issues available at its central office at East Side House Settlement, at 337 Alexander Ave. They are: One-on-One Public Benefits Counseling, M-Th, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. By appointment only. Residents [...]
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South Bronx celebrates Earth Day in the rain
Posted on 05. May, 2011 by Daniel Rosenblum.
Gray skies above couldn’t dampen the spirit of green below. Hundreds streamed into St. Mary’s Park for the fourth annual South Bronx Earth Fest on April 16 for music, dancing and educational events, but one thing was clear: the environment was center stage. Green-themed games abounded, such as a Butterfly Project table, where [...]
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City owes Mott Haven tenants jobs, advocates contend
Posted on 05. May, 2011 by Stuart White.
The New York City Housing Authority has reneged on a decade-old commitment to put job-hungry tenants to work making the buildings they live in cleaner and healthier, according to housing advocates. Advocacy groups in the South Bronx are trying to change that.
