On a perfect Indian-summer day earlier this month, Bronx Community College (BCC) students took a break from classes to socialize and soak up the sun. But many of them took care of some important business at the same time — they registered to vote.

Bronx residents who frequent St James Park are well aware that the park house is in disrepair. The building, which faces Jerome Avenue, is surrounded by fencing and has not been open to the public since May of 2003.

They can spin all they want, but the city’s Department for the Aging (DFTA) is already justifying the community’s worst fears about the Meals on Wheels pilot program in the Bronx.

John Kerry’s position on Iraq is very simple. He voted to give the president of the United States the authority to go against Saddam Hussein when he promised to go to war only as a last recourse. But George Bush broke his promise. He was determined to go to war regardless of the facts, and now we’re suffering the consequences.

The Norwood News was founded in October 1988, so we are now 16 years old. But we are also celebrating another anniversary this month– the 10th anniversary of the paper becoming a bi-weekly publication

On a quiet Briggs Avenue block, the loudest location is also one of the most cherished by Bedford Park residents. The clang of fire engines rushing from the home of the Engine 79 and Ladder 37 Fire Department companies is a din that, as of this year, has been gladly tolerated for the past century.

A week after the City Council overwhelmingly approved the deal that would allow the city to construct a giant water filtration plant in the Norwood section of Van Cortlandt Park, a state judge ordered the city not to begin work on the project until at least next Tuesday when a hearing will be held in the same courtroom.

The overhaul of the Bronx Meals on Wheels program for senior citizens rolled out last Friday despite a three-month delay that advocates hoped spelled its eventual demise.

A full year after the city promised to issue a request for proposals (RFP) to develop the Kingsbridge Armory, officials say they cannot predict when that will happen. In order to bid out the decade-long development project, the city needs to gain full control of the East 195th Street annex to the rear of the Armory, which still houses two National Guard units.