Jackson Ave. blaze leaves seven families homeless
A four-alarm fire at 603 Jackson Ave. on Dec. 16 injured eight, including six firefighters, one of whom was treated for burns. The fire started at 7:45 in the morning…
Mott Havenite offers locals a place to play
M.S. 343 alum returns the favor to his old school At 6 p.m. on a Saturday at M.S. 343 on Brook Avenue, Tracy Pringle was still at work directing after-school activities.…
Police Beat: Dec. 10- Dec. 16
Internet Nightmare Police are investigating a reported rape in an apartment near East 138th Street and Brook Ave. at 9 p.m. on Dec. 11. After meeting a man on Facebook,…
Neighborhood voices: a FreshDirect debate
Why I support FreshDirect By Phillip Morrow, SoBro Bronx residents are tired of hearing about the dismal unemployment statistics in the borough and want to know what is being done…
FreshDirect scales back project
FreshDirect has scrapped plans to build a parking lot for its trucking operations on a three-acre parcel on the Harlem River Yard property where it plans to relocate. Instead, the…
NYPD, feds bust drug rings
Year-long sting nets 25 for dealing The US attorney for New York City and the city’s top cop announced yesterday they have busted up a Mott Haven-based operation that sold…
Police beat: Dec. 3-9
Robbing for Apples The Charter High School for Engineering, Architecture and Construction Industries in Melrose fell victim to a crook who stole over $42,000 worth of laptops sometime in September,…
St. Jerome’s faced with closure
A venerable Catholic school faces the axe in Mott Haven.