The Bronx Arts Ensemble highlights the Latin flavor of the Bronx in the next two free performances of their summer concert series.

The incumbent at the top of the ticket won, but it was an evening of change nonetheless at Community Board 7. The veteran district manager, Rita Kessler, announced her resignation and Greg Faulkner, who became chairman two years ago after former chair Nora Feury resigned from the position just weeks before the election, defeated longtime board member Don Bluestone by an unofficial vote of 25-9 (official counts are not publicized).

They all came back to take the stage they knew so well. Almost every star in the house – and there were many – at the 10th annual Bronx Ball at the Loew’s Paradise Theatre, had a story to tell of sitting in the fabled movie house’s balcony with their favorite girl.

Montefiore Medical Center employee James Adeola’s vacation got off to a dramatic start when he saw a young boy walk straight into the side of a commuter bus the morning of June 14.

Robert Klein, Dion DiMucci and Danny Aiello (far right) were among the stars who turned out for the 10th annual Bronx Ball at Loew’s Paradise on Saturday night. Aiello and Klein had been inducted in previous years. Dion was one of the inductees this year.

In an article in our last issue (June 14-27) about the New York Botanical Garden’s plans for a new parking garage, we mistakenly reported information about the monthly membership fee the Garden will charge for overnight parking. According to Garden officials: “Pricing of the monthly membership for community access to overnight parking in the New York Botanical Garden’s new parking facility has not been determined yet.

Mayor Bloomberg first changed his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican before his first mayoral run. Now, he’s neither. Amidst rumors that he may enter the 2008 presidential election, he became an Independent, which means he has no party affiliation at all.

At the VIP Café on Gun Hill Road, following the annual meeting of the Jerome-Gun Hill Business Improvement District, Council Member Oliver Koppell sat at a back table, looking satisfied, having just finished a free meal and basking in the glory of what he called the “best budget in the history of New York City.”

The Norwood News looked at the latest test results for 21 local schools and here are a few highlights.