The first rehearsal for the Lehman College Chorus, which meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m., will be held on Monday, Aug. 27. The Lehman College Community Chorus, which meets on Tuesdays from 7 to 9:30 p.m., will start Tuesday, Aug. 28. Community members are welcome to join either chorus.

The newest business addition to Norwood, Sunshine Photo Studio, represents just another family trying to carve out a little niche of their own on the 204th Street strip.

The Fordham Road Business Improvement District is renewing its Fordham Road "Advantage" program, providing the students, faculty and staff of all local colleges, institutions, medical facilities and healthcare training centers with discounts at 62 businesses on Fordham Road.

here’s culture for the whole family at ¡Retumba!, an all-women Afro-Caribbean troupe of singers, dancers and instrumentalists on Aug. 24 at 4 p.m.; and The Ray Abrams Big Swing Band, jazz music by a live 17-piece group on Aug. 25 at 2:30 p.m. Both are at the Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road.

Women in Steel, an all-female steel drum orchestra and female development organization based in Brooklyn, will be performing Aug. 23 as part of the Carribean Nights series at the Botanical Garden. See Onstage.

Kids, parents and cops enjoyed an end of the summer barbecue last week outside of MS 80. The six-week youth program, run by the Police Athletic League (PAL), was the 52nd Precinct’s first attempt at conducting such a program. Officer Patrick McDermott deemed the program a success, saying it was a chance for kids to learn they can trust officers and also just have a good time. He said a lot of the kids "can’t wait to come back."

Tensions between residents of neighborhoods on both sides of Mosholu Parkway remain high after a shooting two months ago, but a coalition of community groups, elected officials, police and concerned residents have spent the summer working to alleviate some of the underlying problems.

First there were four. And then two. And now maybe none. Despite earlier assurances in official city documents, the city’s Education Department now says it has no plans to construct schools at the Kingsbridge Armory.

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development added a feature to their Web site to check the status of housing litigation cases initiated by HPD or any cases involving HPD.