While we’re talking about open government, we’d like to reiterate our support for Sunshine Week, which begins on March 13. Organized by the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Sunshine Week is meant to educate the public about their rights to obtain public information and state and federal Freedom of Information laws.
As we stated in our last issue, information is the lifeblood of a healthy democracy. But if we don’t exercise this right, it will atrophy.
We continue to encourage local schools and teachers to discuss these issues with their classes and to even use the state’s Freedom of Information law to obtain records the students might be interested in.
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Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.