Hunts Point Hustle to celebrate Greenway
Party in the park will follow 5-k road race This year’s Hunts Point Hustle won’t be just a road race. It will be a party, too. The annual event sponsored…
Group digs in against FreshDirect
Mott Haven residents suing FreshDIrect to ensure pollution concerns are addressed, will urge more residents to join in their fight for stricter environmental measures.
Community activist Joe Perez, remembered
After a long battle with cancer, community activist Joe Perez died in May. He was commemorated with a mural at Bronx Community and Cultural Garden on Aug. 12.
Group discusses future of waterfront
Mott Haven residents and activists met in July to consider ways to revive the local waterfront in ways that would echo initiatives already realized along the banks of the Bronx…
Company punished for illegal dumping
Some day, the city hopes, a site near the 145th Street Bridge will become a waterfront park, an extension of Mill Pond Park to the north. Now a guilty plea…
Group wants city to toughen waterfront plan
An environmental advocacy group is asking community boards in Mott Haven and other low-income, waterfront neighborhoods across the city to press officials to get tougher on polluters, and to consider…
Incinerators will foul the air, activists warn
Advocates and residents say the South Bronx continues to take a disproportionate amount of the city's garbage, because the mayor has not yet followed through on proposals to build waste…
Environmentalists honor Herald editor
The Bronx Council for Environmental Quality honored the Mott Haven Herald’s editor with its annual Helen C. Reel ”Keeping it Reel” award for an outstanding educator on June 13. The…