For one afternoon last Friday, MS 391 briefly turned into a factory of activism. Its products: T-shirts, visors, mugs and posters, with poignant messages about domestic abuse, staying in school, the environment, and other issues. Students worked in groups outside the school, cheerily painting and gluing as music blared throughout the premises.

As a group of about a dozen people gathered together for a photo at the local community board office on a sweltering Monday afternoon, Jesse Masyr, who has represented Kingsbridge Armory developer Related Companies for 25 years, looked slightly uncomfortable.

An off-duty cop shot and killed a man trying to rob his wife, who may have been harboring $20,000 in illegal lottery winnings. Police and the Bronx DA are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting incident.

At a rally two weekends ago, city housing officials failed to show up and answer for what tenants at an embattled Grand Concourse building describe as an egregious and costly error.

Volunteers manned their stations on June 1 in the battle for public health as several hundred residents attended the annual Children’s Health Fair, sponsored by Montefiore Medical Center and the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center on East Gun Hill Road.

New York State Assemblyman Jose Rivera is calling on the Legislature to separate the state’s Supreme Court judges’ pay raises from the State Legislature pay raises, and supports state Chief Judge Judith Kaye’s legislative proposal to establish a permanent commission-based system for the regular adjustment of judicial salaries.

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

Teenager Stephen Hillock won the lottery and will start collecting his earnings in July. But this is a different kind of lottery – one that requires hard work and could pay dividends for a lifetime.

Dozens of youngsters from MS 80, including these kids dancing to "Low by Flow Rider," participated in the school’s 3rd Annual Talent Show last Friday. The children danced, sang and played their instruments for fellow students and guests.