Bronx News Roundup, Aug. 7

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Bronx News Roundup. Let’s get down to business. Here are the stories we’re following today, starting with the weather: Mostly sunny, high around 87.

At Bronx Library, Entertainers Talk ‘Fame and (Mis)Fortune’

Last Tuesday evening, hip-hop artist Christopher “Play” Martin and R&B songstress Meli’sa Morgan spoke to a packed room at the Bronx Library Center for a “Fame and (Mis)Fortune” talk, an opportunity for the pair to discuss financial literacy and their own financial struggles.

Bronx Notes: Walking Group Tuesdays and Thursdays

Join the new Bronx walking group Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10:45 at JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center, 177 Dreiser Loop. For more information, call (718)549-4700.

Bronx News Roundup, Aug. 6

Welcome to Monday’s edition of the Bronx News Roundup. Here are the stories we’re following today, starting with the weather forecast: Sunny, hot, high around 90.

Summer Streets Concert Hits Norwood on Sunday

The Summer Streets event series is returning this weekend to Norwood, along E. 204th Street between Bainbridge and Decatur Avenues, on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

Bronx Notes: South Bronx Block Party Focuses on African and Latino Hip Hop Influences

Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education and Dancing is once again putting the boogie back into the Boogie Down with the sixth annual Hip Hop Generation Next Block Party.

Bronx News Roundup, August 3

Welcome to the Fridy edition of the Bronx News Roundup. Here are the stories we’re following today, starting with the weekend forecast: Partly cloud today and tonight with a high of 88. It’s cool down a bit to the mid and lower 80s Saturday and Sunday, with scattered thunderstorms, some of which may be severe.

Fire Escapes Re-Installed, Tenants Return to Bronx Building

By JALEESA BAULKMAN

Residents of a University Heights building have returned to their apartments after being displaced for a month and a half when city inspectors discovered that contractors doing repair work had inexplicably removed all of the building’s fire escapes without a permit. Now tenants are organizing in hopes of preventing similar problems down the road.

Be Healthy: USDA Leader Promotes Fresh Food Access in the Bronx

Audrey Rowe, national Administrator of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), visited the Poe Park Greenmarket on Tuesday to view firsthand the types of projects that bring affordable fresh produce to the Bronx.