Theater in the Park

The Norwood News sponsored a Pregones Theater performance of Migrants! In Williamsbridge Oval Park on Aug. 6. About 200 residents attended and most stayed afterwards for a performance of the Ibrahim Gonzalez Quintet, which was sponsored by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, and the BLOOMS Initiative.
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Devoe Makeover Complete

Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe (3rd from right) was joined by a phalanx of Bronx elected officials and community representatives at Devoe Park on Aug. 14 to celebrate the re-opening of the park after extensive renovations. The park has new spray showers, seating, landscaping and play equipment. Three other Bronx parks also re-opened on the same day as Devoe: Story Playground, Soundview Park and Aqueduct Lands Playground. The total cost came to $14 million and comes out of a $200 million pool of mitigation funds related to the construction of the Croton water filtration plant in Van Cortlandt Park.
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