Two months ago, the Norwood News sent a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request to the city’s Department of Environmental Protection. We simply asked for the feasibility study for the Kensico City Tunnel, a massive and important project that could have a significant impact on the cost of building the water filtration plant at Eastview in Westchester.

The City Council overwhelmingly approved a watered-down version of legislation to ban the sale of certain egregious car alarms. Advocates wanted a strict ban on all car alarms, but the mayor promised to veto even this weakened version.

On Friday, July 16, the entire block of East 207th Street between Bainbridge and Perry avenues was closed to all motorists – except those headed for the Church of St. Brendan. Police officers clustered at either end to admit vehicles, which double-parked in long rows lining the street.

In her over two decades teaching at city high schools, Norwood resident Pam Sporn has kindled her students’ love of learning in some unlikely places, such as the deep recesses of libraries, storage rooms and other far-flung locales.

Assemblyman Jeffrey Klein said today that he would make an announcement next Thursday concerning his position on the water filtration plant planned for Van Cortlandt Park.   Klein made the statement at a press conference in Woodlawn, where he received the endorsement of Council Member Oliver Koppell in his bid for the State Senate in the 34th District.   Several Woodlawn residents showed up at the press conference with signs protesting the plant, but they dispersed after Klein powwowed with Karen Argenti and Sally Regenhard, two opponents of the project.   After the two politicians spoke regarding the endorsement, the

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                      On many weekday mornings and evenings, local commuters might see a tall, muscular man handing out campaign fliers and gathering petition signatures at subway stations. And while not a recognizable name yet, Kevin McAdams, a candidate for Congress, manages to get bleary-eyed commuters to stop and talk to him. "It’s almost funny how well people receive him," said Andrew Hysell, McAdams’  campaign manager for his bid in the 17th District. "Most [politicians] don’t have that personal charisma." It will take more than charm to upset eight-term incumbent Eliot Engel.

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Shocking virtually no one, the city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has chosen Mosholu Golf Course in Van Cortlandt Park as its preferred site for the water filtration plant. Site preparation could begin as soon as early August, unless opponents are successful in getting a judge to halt the work while they file at least two separate lawsuits.  To proceed, the city needs a memorandum of understanding from the governor, state legislature and City Council. That agreement will specify what park improvement projects in the Bronx will benefit from $243 million in water bond money that was the linchpin of

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In a startling local political development, Councilman Oliver Koppell, a Riverdale Democrat long at odds with the borough’s party machine, reached out to endorse party regular and state Senate candidate Jeffrey Klein on Wednesday. Even more surprising was Koppell’s decision to back Naomi Rivera in the race to fill Klein’s Assembly seat. "The principal reason [I am endorsing Klein] is that he is running as a Democrat and only as a Democrat and he will vote for David Patterson as leader," Koppell said in a telephone interview, referring to the current Senate majority leader. Democrats hope putting one of their

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                              No resident of North Fordham can help noticing that the Fordham Arcade, a persistent eyesore wedged between Webster and Decatur avenues, has been demolished after decades of abandonment. In March, the Norwood News reported that the Bronx Council for Economic Development (BCED) and other neighborhood groups contacted Samuel Falack, the property’s owner since last August, about redeveloping the site. In a letter, Fordham community members and business owners expressed concern about the garbage piling up outside the fence and the rats that had found a

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