Bronxites gather to share stories, promote unity
Dozens gathered at the Bronx Music Heritage Center last Saturday for story circles and music, for South Bronx Love Letter, an event created to sing the borough’s praises and issue…
Facelift in store for El Girasol Garden
According to Mott Haven: Open Space Index, a report published by New Yorkers for Parks in 2014, the neighborhood did not meet 11 out of 15 open space index criteria,…
Tension rises as NYCHA police patrols and crime collide
In the wake of the shooting of two police officers in a stairwell, residents of the Melrose Houses expressed concern about what they see as a collision course between a…
Rodent-eating raptor becomes local mascot
A recent newcomer to the Patterson Houses in Mott Haven, a red-tailed hawk, has been seen in and above the sprawling NYCHA complex – soaring, swooping or just sitting and…
‘Carwasheros’ question job safety after co-worker dies
South Bronx resident William Alberto Gomez died three days after becoming sick while working at the C & P Car Wash in Tremont. Although there’s no evidence that his death…
New business brewing in Port Morris
A new gourmet coffees shop is scheduled to open soon at the corner of 134th St. and Third Avenue. Its owners say their ultimate goal is to provide a community…
NYCHA seeks young residents to combat violence
Bloody January helps spur Authority’s move to form advisory committee The New York City Housing Authority is hoping to engage young public housing residents to help make the complexes they live…
Audit reveals improper spending at local charter school
The South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures and the Arts overpaid its principal $23,000 to supervise an after-school program she was already under contract to oversee, according to a…