Traffic Incident Strikes at the Mount Carmel School in Belmont

By TATYANA TURNER Parents are outraged over a crash involving a school crossing guard that could have been prevented. The incident has caught the attention of a local city councilman, who’s demanding some traffic calming measures.

Out & About: An Outing at the Borough’s Elysium

Editor’s Pick Free Bronx Day at NYBG The New York Botanical Garden presents Bronx Day, May 30 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Garden’s Clay Family Picnic Pavilions. Bring lunch and enjoy free musical entertainment, fun events for the entire family including face painting, and health, finance, and education resource information kiosks. Advance tickets (free) are required for admission. For more information or if inclement weather, call (718) 817-8990.

Public Input Sought by City for New Skate Park at Oval

By MOSES BUSTOS A skateboarder wants a bank to ledge. Another wants longer runways to pick up speed. A third one requested a bowl.

Digital Edition of the Norwood News Is Out!

By DAVID CRUZ The latest edition of the Norwood News is on its way to a restaurant, office or store near you, loaded with plenty of news you can use. Our latest offering brings you a timely story rankling many residents—illegal barbecues. Jasmine Gomez takes a look at just why barbecuing is something of a mainstay in the Bronx, despite being prohibited in some parks. We get the city’s side, and hear out the pros and cons. Definitely a community story worth reading. We then move on to a profile of a storied civic group that’s become synonymous to the

By JASMINE GOMEZ With climbing temperatures and daylight hours extending, the barbecue season is heating up. And along Mosholu Parkway, some residents are fuming over illegal barbecues, a common sighting as hints of summer settle in.

Let’s Support our Youth against Big Tobacco

An OpEd by VONETTA DUDLEY For the first time in nearly a decade, we have over one million smokers in New York City. One out of three smokers will prematurely die from smoking-related diseases. This is alarming especially when we know that tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death. In the Bronx, 16.1 percent of adults and 7 percent of the youth are current smokers.* Tobacco companies have been consistently targeting our youth and have labeled them as their “replacement smokers.” Tobacco companies won’t stop and will do what they have to in order for people to

By TATYANA TURNER & DAVID CRUZ A young man was shot on the outskirts of Kingsbridge/Bedford Park just an hour before the community was to enjoy a street festival. The shooter remains on the run in a case of what police sources say was a gang-related, retaliatory shooting. Children were prepared for the 2nd annual Decatur Avenue Street Festival when gunfire erupted, forcing the cancellation of the festival just on the eve of Memorial Day weekend. Cops from the 52nd suspect the shooting began at a barber shop on 194th Street and Decatur Avenue. The victim, part of the notorious

By DAVID CRUZ In the weeks following the death of Ana Charle, the director of a homeless shelter in Wakefield, security at the shelter has picked up. A parked security car sits outside the shelter. Three part-time peace officers and a supervisor from the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) now roam the facility, a reactionary response by DHS shortly after Charle’s death.

Neighborhood Notes

Small Business Workshops Monroe College School of Business and Operation HOPE host free small business development workshops Wednesdays through July 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the college’s Ustin Hall, 2375 Jerome Ave. (184th Street). Participants will learn how to start a business, build a business plan, and look for funding. For more information or to register, call (201) 381-8798 or email pedro.barry@operationhope.org. Understanding Colitis Program An educational program on inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis takes place May 21 at Montefiore Medical Center’s Tishman Learning Center room #1, 111 E. 210th St. Free registration and light