From the editor: Some Bronx hero
Next month, the Bronx Borough President will roll out the red carpet for a Bronx native who has grown successful as a rapper with songs that deman women. Is this…
Desperate applicants hope for housing
Nearly 200 wait for hours for a shot at a place to live Police from the 41st Precinct were called to the main office of a housing complex on East…
Protesters oppose incinerator plans
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…
From the editor: Art for all
Now that the Bloomberg administration has converted New York’s public schools to sweatshops for the manufacture of standardized test scores, students have to look elsewhere to learn about and be…
Fifth South Bronx Earth Fest is coming up
For the fifth year, South Bronx residents will mark Earth Day with a festival in St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven on Saturday, April 21, from 12 noon to 4…
SoBRO offers free financial literacy workshop
A free workshop will be held at SoBRO on Wednesday, April 11, between 6 and 7 p.m. to provide financial planning tips and strategies. SoBRO’s financial education coordinator Stephane Hyacinthe…
New exhibition celebrates the Bronx
Works by 32 artists show borough’s many sides at Freedman House Once known as the “home for poor millionaires,” an elegant mansion on the Grand Concourse has burst to glittering…
Participatory budgeting votes are in
Millbrook Houses in Mott Haven will get long-awaited improvements to its playground on St. Ann's Avenue, and public housing projects across the neighborhood will receive new tamper-proof security cameras as…