Gourmet supermarket planned for Melrose
Owner says shoppers will pay more, but will eat healthier An entrepreneur is set to bring a gourmet market to Melrose, hoping to take a bite out of fast food…
Artists renew effort to float giant dome
Thwarted by wind and water in their effort last fall to float a huge dome built of discarded umbrellas from Hunts Point to the Harlem River and upriver to Inwood,…
Old ferry stations seek protected status
Two advocacy organizations have teamed up in an effort to create recreational space on the East River in the shadow of towering cranes that are a survival of the time…
From the editor: Living wage sold out
The battle to require businesses that receive city subsidies to pay their workers a living wage began with a bang when Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. led a fight…
Community budgeting nears decision time
Delegates study proposals, will select projects to fund Residents are eager to know how their decisions will impact the spending of $1 million in tax revenue this winter in Mott…
Arts help kids learn, study finds
Students from PS 132 in Morrisania posed in front of a mural they made of the neighborhood. The school is one of five in the area that teaches using an…
Magic in Mott Haven
A modern-day Houdini showed his magic to sick children at Lincoln Hospital.
Nos Quedamos says it’s set to rise again
New director takes reins of pioneering housing organization Nos Quedamos, the advocacy organization that has served South Bronx residents for nearly two decades on issues ranging from housing to immigration,…