Letter Writing Exercise Pushes Students to Think Globally

By JENNY SHARP Teachers and students at Norwood’s PS 94 are thinking creatively to promote both writing and global awareness. For the school’s entire third grade, students are seeing a true blending of the two, thanks to a mixed-media project.

Neighborhood Notes

DYCD Application NYC’s Department of Youth and Community Development is accepting applications for the 2015 Summer Youth Employment Program through April 10. SYEP is available for young people ages 14 to 24 with up to six weeks of entry-level experience at worksites in the city. Participants are selected by lottery for the program, which runs from July 6 through Aug. 15 and are compensated for their work. Worksites interested in providing jobs have until May 16 to apply. For more information, call 311 or DYCD Youth Connect at (800) 246-4646. Poe Cottage Adds Hours The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, 2640 Grand Concourse, is

By DAVID CRUZ Assemblyman Marcos Crespo was unanimously elected as the next leader of the Bronx Democratic County Committee (BDCC) in a volunteer position that piles more responsibilities to Crespo in exchange for raising his profile.

Inquiring Photographer

By DAVID GREENE On the heels of the Borough President’s State of the Borough address, we asked readers what are some of the things the Bronx needs most. We don’t have very many Wendy’s restaurants or even many supermarkets. I think we also need more daycare centers for kids and more parks for everyone. –Roxana White, Bedford Park

Out & About – Gearing Up for An Annual Flea Market

Editor’s Pick BMCA Flea Market The public is invited to a flea market sponsored by the Bedford Mosholu Community Association at St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, 360 E. Bedford Pk. Blvd. (at Decatur Avenue), on March 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 584-1900.

Digital Edition of the Norwood News Is Out!

By DAVID CRUZ In another day filled with snow, snow, and more snow the Norwood News hopes you stay warm, cozy and aware of the latest edition of our neighborhood newspaper. We have twenty pages full of community news you can use. We first begin with a plan by The Doe Fund to build Webster Green, a supportive/affordable housing at a prime piece of real estate on the ever-changing Webster Avenue, an area that seems to be pushing in different directions. Find out what community stakeholders have to say along with the developers of Webster Green. We also have an

It may be cold outside, but things are warming up at the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC). Staffers are keeping busy planning for its spring programming, registering neighborhood kids for its swell of programs available for all ages.

Doe Fund Coming to Norwood

By DAVID CRUZ The corner of East 204th Street and Webster Avenue serves as a kind of marquee gateway into Norwood and Bedford Park’s small business community.

County Leader Search Continues The Bronx Democratic County leader post remains vacant…for now.