Two Local Schools May Close
July 20, 2010
On June 25, the city released a list of high schools that will either close or be replaced beginning in the fall of 2011, including two local schools–Grace H. Dodge Career and Technical High School and the Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology.
Read More »Several Candidates Hoping to Topple Espada
July 20, 2010
A rundown of who’s looking to unseat State Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. in the 33rd Senate district, which covers much of the west Bronx.
Read More »Espada’s $1.77 Million For Local Groups Lost
July 20, 2010
State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr., managed to score just over $2 million in State money last year for his 33rd district, but it looks like a majority of the money never made it anywhere but back to the state.
Read More »State To Pass No-Fault Divorce Law
July 20, 2010
New York State is poised to pass legislation allowing for a no-fault claim as reason for divorce.
Read More »Street Talk: An Expensive Habit
July 20, 2010
In New York City, a pack of cigarettes is now selling for approximately $11, raised from its previous cost. We asked local residents if they thought it was fair that smokers continue to get hit by these tax increases.
Read More »Hefty Prison Sentence for $4 Thief
July 20, 2010
A career criminal was sentenced to 18 years to life this month for a robbery in West Farms that yielded him $4 and a pack of cigarettes.
Read More »Summer Farmers Markets
July 20, 2010
It’s farmers market season!
Read More »Espada Defiant as State Dems Want Him Out
July 20, 2010
Embattled State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. angrily fired back at State Democratic leaders who formally requested that he be ousted from the party.
Read More »Street Talk
June 22, 2010
Summer fun: We asked readers what they were most looking forward to this summer.
Read More »White House “Drug Czar” Visits The Mary Mitchell Center
June 22, 2010
The director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy visited the Mary Mitchell Center in Crotona on June 7 to officially launch a new nationwide anti-drug youth campaign.
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