While there are at least three lawsuits working their way through the court system to stop the city from building a water filtration plant at Mosholu Golf Course in Van Cortlandt Park, site preparation work has already begun. Archaeologists have begun digging to check for historic remains, the driving range has already been moved, and trees appear to have been marked for removal.
This is not an either/or proposition. The suits are in the hands of the lawyers now. We would be foolish to sit on our hands in the meantime, rather than be vigilant and monitor the city to make sure they do not harm our park and our community more than is absolutely necessary.
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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.