From the editor: Say no to an incinerator
Twelve years ago, a huge crane pried the stacks off the South Bronx Medical Waste Incinerator on the eastern end of 138th Street where it meets the East River. Hundreds…
Courts: City must monitor schools for environmental hazards
Parents and community leaders have won a victory in a long-running debate over environmental hazards in the Mott Haven school campus at Concourse Village near E. 153 Street. The court…
Advocates say: Put the brook back in Brook Park
Restoring a stream would bring environmental benefits Brook Park takes its name from Mill Brook, whose waters once burbled through today’s Webster and Brook Avenues. Now the environmental organization that…
South Bronx celebrates Earth Day in the rain
Hundreds streamed into St. Mary’s Park for the fourth annual South Bronx Earth Fest on April 16 for music, dancing and educational events, but one thing was clear: the environment…
City owes Mott Haven tenants jobs, advocates contend
The New York City Housing Authority has reneged on a decade-old commitment to put job-hungry tenants to work making the buildings they live in cleaner and healthier, according to housing…
Science discussions held at SweetWater’s
Scientists from city universities will continue to lead informal get-togethers and discussions about wide-ranging topics at SweetWaters Restaurant in Mott Haven on the last Mondays of the month. The Bronx…
Cooking grease stirs debate in Port Morris
A proposal that clean air advocates say will cut air pollution nationally has some Port Morris residents saying “Maybe so, but what about our air?” They expressed concern about a…
Recycler seeks public comment
A public informational meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 19 between 5 and 7 p.m. for residents to learn more about a proposed facility in Port Morris that would recycle…