Feds collar seven in Melrose mega-bust
Eight alleged members of a violent Melrose-based gang called the Courtlandt Avenue Crew have been indicted on murder and federal racketeering and drug trafficking charges, that could result in the…
Health center set to expand services
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.…
Samuel J. Gompers HS gets no help from Dept of Ed
Angela Marrero stood outside the entrance of the Samuel Gompers Career and Technical Education High School on Southern Boulevard, looking at the schoolyard through a high chain-link fence.…
From Morrisania to Africa, via “Kuwait”
For West African residents in the South Bronx, Kuwait is not just a Middle Eastern country. “Kuwait” is a Ghanaian immigrant whose Morrisania-based business has become the conduit back to…
Bronx Documentary Center opens
The Bronx Documentary Center, a new space for photography and film on Courtlandt Ave in Mott Haven, is open to the public, with free film screenings. This Thursday, Sept. 1,…
Bronx hurricane shelters open
With Hurricane Irene barreling up the east coast on a slow but seemingly sure collision course with New York City this weekend, some residents in low-lying areas like Coney Island…
Cops, residents seek to thaw icy relations
Advocates and police partner at Night Out Against Crime By Kathy Conkwright [email protected] The first time Angel Irizarry and Danny Barber met one another six years ago, they butted heads.…
Free conflict resolution offered in the Hub
Eloisa Perez was so worried about her daughter Elisa Vallejo showing up late to class and getting bad grades that she turned to the city’s Administration for Children’s Services for…