Putting the Farm Back in West Farms; Local Gardens Thrive as Interest Blossoms
July 15, 2009
Kaman Fong first saw Drew Gardens through the windows of the Q44 bus. The garden, a lush, two-acre strip of lawn and community vegetable plots running along the Bronx River on East Tremont Avenue between East 177th Street and West Farms Road, sits behind three bus stops and attracts plenty of attention from riders as [...]
Read More »Rivera Runs for Third Council Term, Virtually Unopposed
July 15, 2009
A lot has changed for Joel Rivera, the two-term city councilman, in the past year.
There was the contentious leadership brawl in which his father, Assemblyman Jose Rivera, was ousted as Chairman of the Bronx Democratic Party and replaced by Assemblyman Carl Heastie; Joel’s own stillborn race for borough president, suddenly called off in March; and [...]
Local Students Given Film Camp Scholarships
July 15, 2009
It’s summertime, but hundreds of students stream in and out of the Millennium Public School in lower Manhattan each day. Most of them have paid thousands of dollars for a special filmmaking training camp, hosted by the New York Film Academy and taught by its renowned professors, using state-of-the-art equipment. But this year – for [...]
Read More »Special Guests at Bronx River Festival
July 15, 2009
Native Bronxite Sonia Manzano, who is also a big Bronx River Alliance supporter, showed up at Bronx River Park on June 27 to perform with several of her fellow cast members from Sesame Street, where she has played “Maria” for almost three decades.
In addition to the performance, which delighted a crowd of kids and parents, [...]
At St. Barnabas, Actors and Mannequins
July 15, 2009
The patient is sprawled across the bed, his vital signs ticking loudly on the monitor in the corner.
“Please, give me something for the pain,” he moans. “It hurts, it really hurts.”
While the sound of his voice is eerily convincing, this patient is in no pain: he isn’t real. He’s a mannequin used to help train [...]
Community Board Looks to Honor FDNY Hero
July 15, 2009
If local leaders get their way, a Fordham street will soon have a new name.
In May, Community Board 6 voted in favor of renaming a block – East 180th Street, between Park and DeVoe avenues – in memory of fire alarm dispatcher and one-time Fordham resident Dennis Patrick O’Connell, who died last year at age [...]
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