South Bronx co-op offers healthy choices
The co-op has a new location where members trade work for lower prices By Sarah Grieb [email protected] It’s Tia Singleton’s first day at the South Bronx Food Cooperative and she’s…
New borough president will bring change to Mott Haven
By Caroline Linton [email protected] The Bronx Borough President’s race is all about the numbers: 21; two; $200; $270,00; three and 149. Twenty-one is April 21, the date of the special…
‘Bronx Swamp’ endangers health
Mosquitoes swarming from a garbage-filled, four-block long stretch of stagnant water plague residents of nearby apartments all summer By Lindsay Lazarski [email protected] Gloria Hidalgo likes living in her quiet building…
Mott Haven Mobilizes to Rescue Mo
By Maria Clark [email protected] A much-loved dog who disappeared on March 29 is now the object of neighborhood-wide search. His many admirers fear he has been kidnapped, and they worry…
Anarchists redefine free market
Anti-authoritarian radicals occupied Brook Park for the first-ever Bronx Anarchist Fair on April 4. The park’s regulars didn’t seem to mind. The fair featured workshops, bookstalls, movie screenings, food vendors…
South Bronx Greenway will open waterfront
A plan to build a recreational trail connecting a series of parks on the East River waterfront has gotten a major boost from the economic downturn. Federal stimulus money will…
Hire local residents, says watchdog group
Coalition monitors Gateway Mall’s promise By Joe Hirsch [email protected] Will the mall rising near Yankee Stadium live up to an agreement to hire local job seekers when stores open in…
Mott Haven bus is on the chopping block
By Lindsay A. Lazarski [email protected] Every Sunday morning for more than 10 years Zena Charin has taken the Bx 4 along Westchester Avenue to attend religious services at the Vishnu…