Seeking Safety at Oval Park

Temperatures were below freezing on the morning of Saturday Feb. 2 as Jay Shuffield, a member of local advocacy group Friends of the Oval, showed a reporter around the Williamsbridge Oval Park, Norwood’s most heavily-used open space.

Bronx News Roundup, Feb. 19

Here is a look at your local Bronx news. Miriam Morales, 56, died during a fire in her apartment. Morales, a cancer patient, possibly started the fire, when her cigarette triggered an explosion from an oxygen tank. According to NY1. Police are still investigating. The NY Daily News reported that J.W. Hicks, a suspect in the death of a 5-month-old child, was arrested for assaulting an investigating officer in the Soundview section of the Bronx. Doctors have told police that the baby was shaken to death. The medical examiner has not yet ruled on the case. Freddy Martin, 9, has awaken from a coma after being

The Bronx Crime Report

The Bronx Crime Report is a new feature on the Norwood News’ Breaking Bronx blog that will be published Mondays. It will include the latest crime statistics for the 52nd Precinct — Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham-Bedford, and parts of Fordham, University Heights and Kingsbridge Heights — as well as crime updates, stories and features from this precinct and throughout the Bronx. (Right now, we just have stats. We’ll have more stories tomorrow.)

Apartment Fire Kills Bedford Park Woman

At around 7 a.m. this morning, 56-year-old Miriam Morales, a resident of 2977 Bainbridge Ave., in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx, died in her apartment after a fire broke out.

Before Big Show, H.S. Students Warm Up With a Legend

Melissa Manchester, the Grammy-winning singer who has her name etched into a sign on the Bronx Walk of Fame, walked into a rehearsal hall at Lehman College last Thursday morning, the day before she was to perform at the Grand Central Terminal Centennial Celebration at the iconic Manhattan train station.