Tag Archives: Melrose
Schools panhandle for goods city won’t supply
Posted on 13. Apr, 2011 by Stuart White.
More teachers turn to public to ask for donations When Michelle DeFranco, a teacher at Hostos-Lincoln Academy in Melrose, needs something for her classroom, she takes matters into her own hands. “This is our supply room,” DeFranco said, gesturing at her cramped office, packed with school supplies and equipment. They didn’t come from the city [...]
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Nos Quedamos reopens after shutdown
Posted on 16. Feb, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
Nos Quedamos, Melrose’s leading developer and manager of affordable housing, reopened in late February after a two-week shutdown when a dispute over its leadership forced the organization to close. The organization’s board locked its executive director Yolanda Gonzalez out amid accusations that she used funds improperly while laying off longtime workers. Long time board member [...]
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South Bronx Food Co-op closes its doors
Posted on 14. Dec, 2010 by Daniel Rosenblum.
While the South Bronx Food Co-Op’s store on Third Avenue is closing, some current members are still trying to bring fresh food to the South Bronx.
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In the news, August 15-21
Posted on 17. Aug, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
St.Luke’s School on E. 139th St. near the corner of Cypress Ave will be celebrating its 100th year Anniversary on October 2nd. Alumni from around the country will be attending, to participate in school tours, along with a mass and evening event at Eastwood Manor. Those interested in attending are asked to rsvp by accessing [...]
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As pact with city expires, gardeners worry
Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.
City officials insist community gardens have nothing to fear Eight years ago, the city, the state and the creators of 500 community gardens on city-owned land reached an agreement that ended a long battle that began when the Giuliani administration sought to auction the garden lots to developers. Now, that agreement is set to expire, [...]
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Community gardens brace for new rules
Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.
Mott Haven and Melrose gardeners say they preserve rare green space Mott Haven and Melrose are home to about two-dozen community gardens, lovingly tended green spaces tended by residents, who plant and harvest food and flowers, play music, exercise or simply kick back under stately shade trees. With names like United We Stand, La Finca [...]
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In the news, July 26-August 1
Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
Beginning a string of three homicides in seven days, 18-year-old Troynisha Harris was killed by a man who jumped from a Lincoln Town Car and plunged a knife into her neck on July 24. Harris and a friend were sitting on a stoop on 166th Street at 3:30 a.m. when the attacker struck. When Harris’s [...]
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In the news, July 6-11
Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
The farmer’s market at La Finca del Sur will open this Saturday, July 10, from 10-1. The mid-summer Farm Fest is July 31. Nineteen-year-old Mavon Chapman was gunned down on 149th Street and Morris Avenue and died of his head wound before he could be treated at Lincoln Hospital a block away. A school focused [...]
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In the news, June 21-28
Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
A Book Fair on the sidewalk in front of the Bronx Museum on the Grand Concourse at 165th Street this weekend has been organized to call attention to the absence of bookstores in the Bronx. The fair, on Sunday, June 27, from noon-5 p.m., will feature books, magazines and comics, along with authors and artists. [...]
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Green jobs, green city: a special report
Posted on 06. Jun, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
The economy may be recovering, but you wouldn’t know it in Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris, where, officially, one of every five adults is unemployed, a number that overlooks many undocumented immigrants and ignores those who have given up on looking for work or taken part-time jobs because they can’t find full-time employment. But [...]
