The Mexican Coalition honors el día de los muertos
Candles lit the brimming streets of Melrose Avenue and women dressed as Catrinas, their faces painted like skulls, marched to honor their beloved dead at seventh annual festival del día…
Melrose remembers a beloved teacher at a street renaming ceremony
South Bronx residents gathered on a Sunday morning in September to celebrate the renaming of E. 152nd Street for the ‘saint of the neighborhood’ Michael P. McCauley. McCauley taught at…
Mounting challenges don’t stop local churches
As the Coronavirus continues its spread, Churches in the South Bronx are adjusting to the challenges of providing food and prayer services to their congregations, even as their own finances…
How churches are staying connected to their flocks during Covid-19
While Covid-19 has suspended all in-person group services in the South Bronx, many churches are employing the latest digital technologies to boost morale and ensure the parishioners can remain connected…
Seniors call on mayor to fulfill promise for affordable housing
As affordable housing becomes increasingly scarce for low-income New Yorkers, activists are calling on the mayor to follow through on his promise to build affordable housing for vulnerable South Bronx…
Area churches take to the streets
Some 250 parishioners from local churches marched in Melrose last Sunday, to draw attention to two lingering issues that they say continue to erode the area’s quality of life: rising…
Mott Haven church takes on Preservation Commission
Father Skelly and the Archdiocese of New York are completely against landmark designation, feeling that the financial burden of maintaining the church to historic standards will be too much for…