A listing of community events and programs in the northwest Bronx.

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

Santa’s sleigh, powered by support from Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera and the Bronx Central Council for Economic Development, touched down on Bainbridge Avenue at North Fork Bank on Dec. 15 delighting these area kids and many more. The first 50 kids who visited Santa received a free gift and photo, and parents received coupons for savings at area stores.

The Norwood News would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Here’s hoping for a year of good news in the northwest Bronx in 2008.

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Grassroots community groups, including the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, are teaming up with larger national organizations in an effort to push Wall Street into paying up for its role in the mortgage foreclosure crisis hitting the Bronx and every other part of the country.

With renovations coming to two heavily used playing fields in Norwood and Bedford Park, the debate over which surface is better – grass or synthetic turf – is heating up.

The Tenant Protection Act is supported by the majority of the 51-member City Council, including most of the Bronx delegation. Still, not everyone is behind it. Bronx Council Member Maria Baez has sponsored a rival bill (Intro. 638) along with Majority Leader Joel Rivera, another Bronx politician, and five other Council members.

Congressman Eliot Engel slammed the Bush administration’s latest proposal to cut homeland security grants to $1.4 billion for 2009 from the $3.4 billion spent in the 2007 fiscal year. The proposal also includes cutting some rail and port security programs.