New charter school beckons future doctors
Unlike any other school in New York, the Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School will equip students with both academic and vocational training so that upon graduation, all…
Alumni return to Mott Haven for a big birthday
St. Luke’s School is marking a past that stretches back a century by looking forward. At its 100th birthday celebration on Oct. 2, the school announced a $2 million fund-raising…
Festival brings residents to Harlem River shore
Carlton Curry and his daughter Carleta sat on the lawn at Mill Pond Park watching a hawk displayed by the Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy against a backdrop of a teepee,…
In the News, Sept 27-Oct 3
St.Luke’s School on E. 139th St. near the corner of Cypress Ave will be celebrating its 100th year Anniversary on October 2nd. Alumni from around the country will be attending,…
Local school receives top honor
A Mott Haven school has won a prestigious national award for its innovative math curriculum. The Library School of Finance and Technology, otherwise known as MS 223, earned the Middle…
In the News, Sept 13-19
Incumbent State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. (D) appears to have scored an easy victory over his challenger, Carlos (Charlie) Ramos in the Sept 14 primaries, according to early wire reports.…
In the News, Sept 7-Sept 17
A number of non-profits around the city are trying to make sure Bridges Juvenile Justice Center—otherwise known as Spofford—will not be turned back into a jail after it is decommissioned…
In the news, Aug. 29-Sept. 5
Mott Haven’s Mychal Johnsonand Hunts Point’s Tanya Fields and will be among the panelists discussing reporting on last spring’s international conference on climate change at the People’s Council on Climate…