A single mom raising two daughters in University Heights is now in fear for her life after unknowingly moving into a former drug den. She only learned of the apartment’s checkered history after someone fired four shots through her second-floor window.

Community activist and University Heights resident Haile Rivera has decided to press the pause button on his run for City Council to work full time on the presidential campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Barrack Obama.

It looks like help may be on the way for some Bronx homeowners facing foreclosure, following a rare, effective compromise between the Republican-controlled Senate and Democratic-controlled Assembly.

The city is ramping up an effort to reach out to some 100,000 Bronx households that might be eligible but are not currently enrolled in the city’s food stamps program.

A listing of community and public meetings in the northwest Bronx.

Two construction workers narrowly avoided death after a large panel of bricks unexpectedly ripped off the side of a Montefiore Medical Center research building earlier this morning, knocking them off their scaffolding rig.

Both workers were taken to the nearby emergency room, but they sustained only minor injuries.

A listing of programs, services and events for our Bronx readers.

“Push your body as far as it can go,” read the text message from personal trainer Jessica Garcia’s father. This was just one of the countless calls and text messages from friends, teachers and family members that the Bronx native and “American Gladiators” challenger has received the week before her upcoming debut on Monday night’s show.

More than 700 Bronxites rallied two weeks ago for government-aided relief from the home foreclosure crisis sweeping the Bronx and the entire country.

The areas of Fordham and University Heights have the highest per-capita rate of foreclosures in the city. Nationwide, nearly 8,000 people are filing for foreclosure each day, and statewide, one in 32 homeowners is projected to face foreclosure in the next few years