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Clothing Giant Funds Parks Program

This past summer, national clothing chain American Eagle Outfitters gave $9,000 in funding to the Mosholu Preservation Corporation’s horticultural program to aid the Parks Department in cleaning, beautifying and maintaining parks in the community. In conjunction with the city’s Summer Youth Employment Program, Bronx high school students spent the summer working in parks, including Williamsbridge Oval, St. James, Devoe and Mosholu Parkway (pictured at right). 
—Idalmi Acosta

 

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.

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