Former Industrial Site Reopens as Park
November 21, 2009
In 2001, Alexie Torres-Fleming drove past the abandoned concrete mixing plant on the bank of the Bronx River between the Bruckner Expressway and Westchester Avenue, and saw, high up on one of its rusted towers, a leaf.
Read More »As Belmont Changes, Local Church Looks Both Forward and Back
November 18, 2009
When Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church was established in 1906, it was charged with serving the Italian immigrants then streaming into the neighborhood. And to a large extent, it has remained focused on those immigrants and their descendants for the 103 years since.
Read More »Computer Lab Provides Key To Brighter Future
November 18, 2009
The computer lab with its smartboard and 24 IBM computers may be sophisticated, but lab manager Alex Arkorful started class one recent Tuesday morning by asking his new students the basics: What is a harddrive? What is a server?
Read More »Rezoning Could Transform Third And East Tremont Avenues
November 18, 2009
The Department of City Planning is proposing to rezone large regions along Third Avenue and East Tremont Avenue, with the goal of encouraging more residential and commercial opportunities in both corridors.
Read More »Belmont Cambia, Iglesias Locales Miran Hacia Atrás y Hacia Adelante
November 18, 2009
In English
Por RACHEL WALDHOLZ
Cuando se fundó la iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Monte Carmelo en 1906, se hizo con la idea de servir a la comunidad de inmigrantes italianos que poblaban la comunidad. Y en gran medida en sus 103 años de existencia, la iglesia se ha mantenido enfocada en dichos inmigrantes y sus descendientes.
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Community Forum Draws Over 1,000 People
November 18, 2009
They came clapping and singing and marching in groups, and they came from all over the Bronx. More than 1,000 people showed up last month for the annual community forum organized by the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition.
Read More »Cuts to After-School Programming Draws Protest
November 17, 2009
When school started this past September at three local schools, hundreds of kids, and their parents, had to face the reality that the afterschool program they’d once counted on no longer had room for them.
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