by David Cruz 

Plenty of news in the Boogie Down thanks to our local papers keeping the powers that be honest.  In the Bronx News Roundup, we serve a host of interesting stories involving our local pols.  

In the south end of this great borough, a local congressman came to the rescue in ensuring the Bronx gets brand new directional maps following a clerical debacle by the city Transportation Department.  The Daily News said Congressman Jose Serrano re-secured grants to bring so-called wayfinding signs to the Concourse and Hub-Third Avenue sections.

In the nautical neighborhood known as City island, a win-win for two sides battling over procedures in determining whether the isle’s bridge should be revamp.  According to The Bronx Times Reporter, a judge has ordered a public review of the rustic bridge after locals complained they were voiceless over the city’s unilateral proposal to reconstruct the bridge.

Some inside political baseball from columnist Bob Kappstatter at The Bronx Times Reporter, analyzing Sen. Jeff Klein’s move to add a former reporter of the New York Post to his payroll.  Would love to see how any anti-Klein opponents react.

And finally, a trio of braniacs from The Bronx High School of Science are just one of eleven nationwide winners of a NASA competition, as News 12 the Bronx reports.

And there goes your Bronx News Roundup.  Check back next week for all things Bronx.  And to the Norwood News’ journalism brethren: go get ’em!