Health Check: Low Dose, Big Benefits: Helping Bronx Families Prevent Preeclampsia 

By RAISHA HERNANDEZ
Each pregnancy is unique, and all pregnant people deserve the best chance of three healthy trimesters and a safe, fulfilling delivery. Unfortunately, a serious pregnancy complication called preeclampsia threatens this hope for many families. Preeclampsia causes dangerously high blood pressure and can damage the kidneys or liver. When it goes undetected or untreated, it can lead to preterm birth (baby being born before 37 weeks of pregnancy), serious health complications and, in the worst cases, the death of a mother or baby. 

On the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Let Us Never Forget

By CYNTHIA TUOHY
At 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 10, 2001, my manager informed me by phone that she would miss a review deadline critical to my work. She rhetorically asked if that was OK. Of course it wasn’t, but through gritted teeth I replied, “Sure, what difference does a day make?”

A Letter to Our Readers

By DANIELA BEASLEY
The Norwood News has been a part of my life for nearly as long as I have been building my career, and that makes writing about this moment particularly difficult.

Then & Now: The Northwest Bronx’s Evolving Development Landscape – Kingsbridge Armory

By SÍLE MOLONEY
On reviewing the various development projects in the Northwest Bronx over the last 38 years, ahead of the final edition of the Norwood News, the first thing that comes to mind in some but not all cases is, of course, just how seemingly arduous and protracted they can be. Often surpassing the durations of successive gubernatorial and mayoral administrations, and the tenures of various politicians, this was certainly the case with the Kingsbridge Armory, which Norwood News first reported on decades ago.

Then & Now: The Northwest Bronx’s Evolving Development Landscape – Croton Water Filtration Plant

By SÍLE MOLONEY
On reviewing the various development projects in the Northwest Bronx over the last 38 years, the first thing that comes to mind in some but not all cases is, of course, just how seemingly arduous and protracted they can be. Often surpassing the durations of successive gubernatorial and mayoral administrations, and the tenures of various politicians, one local mammoth redevelopment project has been the Croton Water Filtration Plant.

Then & Now: Part of the Solution (POTS): Redefining Stability in The Bronx

By CHRISTINA HANSON & DIEGO PADILLA
For more than four decades, Part of the Solution (POTS) has grown alongside The Bronx communities it serves, responding to changing needs while remaining grounded in a vision established by its founders in 1982. That was to create a loving community and a network of support for New Yorkers facing hardship. Food assistance was the first expression of that vision, beginning with a soup kitchen, but POTS quickly recognized that helping people overcome poverty would require addressing the many challenges affecting their lives.

Then & Now: From NWBCCC to Our Bronx – Building Community Power Across Generations  

By SANDRA LOBO
When the Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC) was founded in 1974, The Bronx was facing redlining, arson, landlord abandonment, and decades of public and private disinvestment. Entire neighborhoods were being written off. But Bronxites were organizing building by building and block by block. Residents came together through faith institutions, tenant associations, neighborhood groups, and local committees to fight for safe housing, functioning city services, decent schools, investment in their neighborhoods, and a meaningful say in the decisions shaping their lives.