With less than three months until opening day, the largest local youth baseball program in the northwest Bronx has no place to play. Because of construction projects in many of the borough’s parks, the city says everyone, even the kids, are going to have to sacrifice playing time this year.

In the days leading up to Super Tuesday, Bronx Democrats took to the streets, the parks, and the banquet halls to show their support for their candidate of choice. Before the votes were counted, support for Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton seemed divided. Obama got some vocal grassroots support, while Clinton had the endorsement of most of the borough’s Democratic politicians.

Congressman Eliot Engel signed on to a Congressional resolution on Monday honoring the New York Giants, their fans, and their owners for their Super Bowl XLII victory over the previously undefeated New England Patriots in Arizona on Sunday.

On Monday, Samuel Saunders, 61, was found guilty of murdering Leandro Lozada, a popular Dominican-born pediatrician who founded and ran Hispanic Pediatrics on Kingsbridge Road near the Grand Concourse.

The city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently implemented a plan to shut off water service for certain single-family homes that are delinquent on their water bill.

As part of its new stadium deal with the city, the Yankees baseball club signed a community benefits agreement that included a stipulation: every year until 2046, the team will funnel $1.25 million ($800,000 in grants and $450,000 in tickets, merchandise and equipment) back into the Bronx community through a fund that would give the money to various nonprofit groups.

Now, 17 months after stadium construction began, none of those funds have made it back into the community.

But things are moving along swiftly after a New York Times story in mid-January criticized Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion for dragging his feet.

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

In a city of more than eight million people, keeping the streets clean is a constant battle. But now the New York City government, in partnership with community groups, merchants and property owners, is sending out reinforcements.

With the basketball playoffs a week away, the John F. Kennedy Knights boys team is looking to make another deep run into the city tournament.