Health Check: Preventing Type 2 Diabetes Can Happen With These Steps

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Diabetes is a chronic condition in which the body is unable to properly break down the sugar found in food and beverages consumed. This can lead to too much sugar remaining in the bloodstream. Diabetes can be managed, and there are many steps you can take to lower your risk of diabetes. Over time, if not well managed, diabetes can cause serious health problems including blindness, loss of a limb, kidney disease, stroke, and heart disease. Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes, which leads to the body not properly using or not responding to the insulin

Trail Volunteer Sign up to join the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance’s Volunteer Trails Restoration Crew for Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The service helps train volunteers to work alongside trails professionals to develop skills in various areas of trail construction while improving the trails in Van Cortlandt Park. For more information, and to sign up, contact john@vancortlandt.org. Must be 18 years of age to join. Toy Drive The Bronx Zoo is accepting donations of unwrapped toys for its annual toy drive to distribute to local veterans and active-duty members of the military and their families. Anyone donating

Arrest Made in Stabbing Outside DeWitt Clinton Campus (Web Picture)

By DAVID CRUZ

Police have arrested one person involved in the stabbing of a 16-year-old student from Bronx Collaborative High School outside the DeWitt Clinton Campus. Deputy Inspector Thomas Alps, commanding officer of the 52nd Precinct, broke the news to attendees at the latest precinct council meeting on Nov. 21. The arrest came a little over a day the incident occurred. As a follow up to yesterday’s school dismissal incident: The community can expect to see increased police presence along the Clinton HS dismissal corridors. Assisting us in keeping students safe will be @NYPDTD11 & @NYPD50Pct @NYPDSchools pic.twitter.com/TeqBtgVTir — NYPD 52nd Precinct

By PROFESSOR ANTHONY RIVIECCIO, MBA, PFA

When one is on Social Security, their “raise” or cost of living adjustment, is usually tied in to a federal measurement called the Consumer Price Index or CPI. So, when one looks at the CPI measurement coupled with Social Security recent 2020 announcements show, in our opinion, national troublesome wage stagnation while enjoying a helium balloon type economy. First, a little back history. CPI measurements showed in 2012 that the CPI, was 3.6 percent, the highest in several years prior. Since 2012, the measurement has continued to trickle down. In 2018, the CPI was at two percent. Our new government

Editor’s Pick Celebrate Thanksgiving Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez, State Senator Jamaal T. Bailey, and Councilman Andy Cohen invite the public to the following free Thanksgiving events on Nov. 25: Turkey Giveaway – 4 to 6 p.m. at North Central Bronx Hospital, 3424 Kossuth Ave. RSVP by Nov. 22 to (718) 519-4860. Community Dinner- 6 to 9 p.m. at Lexa Bar & Garden, 357 E. 204th St. RSVP to (718) 409-0109. Events The Jerome Gun Hill Business Improvement District hosts its annual Holiday Tree Lighting on Dec. 4 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the corner of East Mosholu Parkway and Jerome

City Takes Steps to Improve Safety at Shelter. But Where’s the Data

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

Peace officers trained by the NYPD have been assigned at the Jerome Avenue Men’s Shelter (JAMS), but it’s unclear whether it has made a difference since city data provided shows an overall decline of crime around shelters in the Bronx. Previously, the 200-bed men’s shelter for the mentally ill had contracted a security team of eight guards from a private company to ensure safety at the facility. The new peace officers from the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) are overseen by NYPD and are considered better trained to deal with security issues including arrest procedures and restraining

By MICHAEL TURAY

Jose Saldana was 27-years-old when he was arrested and found guilty for attempted murder of an NYPD sergeant in 1980. He was sentenced to 25 years to life, a conviction that would change his life forever. Saldana served his sentence at Green Haven Correctional Facility in Dutchess County. From behind bars, Saldana, 66, who lives in Norwood, watched inmates around him grow old and eventually die. In January 2018, roughly 38 years later, Saldana, was released from prison at the age of 65 after being denied parole four times. Saldana was given a second chance and is among a select

A Special Report on the Vanishing Homeowner, Railing Against Express Bus Service Cuts: Latest Edition of the Norwood News is Out!

By DAVID CRUZ

Dear Fellow Readers, The year’s twenty-third edition of the Norwood News is out with 28 pages packed full of news from this corner of the Bronx. Let’s begin with page one! Our top story looks at the problem of homeownership in the Bronx, or the growing lack thereof, with more and more limited liability companies snatching up one- to four-family homes across the borough. The Norwood News spent two months delving into the topic, and we’ve got some interesting findings to share. Inside the cover you’ll read a piece on a Norwood man’s mission to change the way the prison

Bronx Connections: Faces of Gun Violence (Part 2 of 5)

By BRIANNA LYMAN of WFUV

Shootings Continue in the City, But It’s Not a Legal Gun Owner’s Fault The Norwood News, in partnership with WFUV radio and BronxNet Television, continues its five-part series on the impact gun violence has had on Bronx neighborhoods and the people who live in them. New York State’s gun laws are notorious for being some of the toughest in the nation. But in New York City, legally obtaining a gun permit for use in the city could be even more challenging, thanks to century-old gun laws that apply to this day. And the city appears to favor these laws as