In the news, July 12-18
A new initiative hopes to bring the Bronx into the Internet age, providing high speed Internet access to 400,000 households in the borough. The Bronx lags the other boroughs in…
In the news, July 6-11
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…
In the news, June 28-July 4
A baby hawk fell from the family nest on an air conditioner in the Hub. Mott Haven resident Lee Rivera called in Friends of Brook Park, which rescued the bird.…
In the news, June 21-28
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…
In the news, June 13-20
Friends of Brook Park is looking for volunteers to check on the new street trees it has planted in Mott Haven and Port Morris. Hip-hop and Afro-Latin dance are on…
Green jobs, green city: a special report
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…
Mott Haven students learn hurricane’s lessons
Students travel to New Orleans, reflect on the South Bronx While most of their classmates slept in and hung out during their week-long spring break from Mott Haven Village Preparatory…
Will city pull plug on help for Port Morris business?
Manufacturers worry about budget cuts for industrial zones The city is moving to eliminate funds for a program to help manufacturing businesses in Port Morris, leaving their proprietors worried that…