A listing of events and programs for our readers in the northwest Bronx.

For the 28th consecutive year, residents of 2965 Marion Ave. in Bedford Park went all out to decorate their building for the holiday season. The 80 tenants of the building use this occasion to join together, creating ornaments and decorating the halls and lobby. Residents said they hope their spirit helps bring smiles to the faces of children in the building.

Onstage Wave Hill presents A Nat King Cole Songbook, performed by cabaret star Lumiri Tubo and Trio, Jan. 13; and A Century On the Piano: 1908-2008, performed by Steven Beck, Jan. 20; both from 2 to 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 for members, and for others, which includes admission to the grounds, are $24 for seniors 65 and over and $21 for students with ID. Wave Hill is located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 ext. 385 or visit wavehill.org.   The Bronx Library Center hosts A Musical Tribute to Sam

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Volunteers from The Bronx Lions Club celebrated Three Kings Day by visiting the Pediatric Outpatient Department at North Central Bronx Hospital in Norwood, on Jan. 4. Members of The Lions Club dressed up in costumes and presented some 350 toys and games to children at the hospital.

On Friday, Jan. 4 at 1:43 p.m., a fire broke out on the fourth floor of 3120 Hull Ave., a five-story brick apartment building. Fire Department officials said they had the blaze under control by 2:07 p.m. and that no one was injured. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.    
-Katie Rogers

The Croton Filtration Monitoring Committee passed a resolution, 5-2, last week calling for three public officials to investigate the cost overruns that have ballooned the northwest Bronx project estimate from $890 million to nearly $3 billion.

Despite Election Day for city offices being still almost two years away, local northwest Bronx City Council races began warming up this fall. All three City Council seats in the Norwood News readership area are up for grabs when term limits force out Maria Baez (14th District), Oliver Koppell (11th) and Joel Rivera (15th) at the end of 2009.

State Senator Efrain Gonzalez’s pending trial on fraud and corruption charges is still pending after pre-trial hearings were postponed twice in 2007.

Senator Efrain Gonzalez’s indictment on criminal corruption and fraud charges put a face on the secret nature of member items, or state grants doled out by elected officials at their discretion. Before 2007, neither the Senate nor Assembly publicized how $170 million in member item funds were being distributed.