Program helps students pay for college
A partnership between the state and the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation, that helps high school graduates pay for college, will hold events in the Bronx in January…
Residents push for greener waterfront
Election year presents opportunities to press for policy changes, City Councilwoman Mark-Viverito tells Mott Havenites.
Local heating centers open
The Bronx Borough President’s office has announced the opening of several locations around the Bronx where residents can go to warm up if their home heat is not working properly. …
Archdiocese announces it will close St. Jerome
Students will be transferred to nearby Catholic schools, says the Archdiocese, but parents say it's a hollow promise.
Crowds flock to photos of area’s recent past
Seis del Sur show emphasizes South Bronx’s vibrancy Among the hundreds of people who jammed the Bronx Documentary Center on Jan. 19 for the opening of the exhibit “Seis Del…
Feds bust another Mott Haven gang
Investigation ongoing into murder of gang leader Several members and associates of a gang that the authorities say dealt heroin and crack in Morrisania were arrested on Jan. 17, in…
Morrisania hit man gets life
A hit man hired by a Morrisania gang to rub out a rival gang member in 2002 has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars, agents…
Homicides, assaults drop in 2012, robberies up
Residents urge cops to rein in reckless drivers Mott Haven’s violent crime rate came way down in 2012, a drop police attribute to three major busts of local gangs orchestrated…