Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to another edition of the Bronx News Roundup. Here are the Bronx stories we’re following today (minus any NY-13 race coverage, which we’ll get to in a separate post), starting with the forecast: Enjoy the coolness today (high of 77), people, because it’s about to get hot in here over the next few days, with temperatures pushing triple digits during the second half of the week. 

Bronx Councilman Larry Seabrook, of $177 bagel fame, heads back to trial this week on fraud and corruption charges. A judge declared a mistrial in the case last December. Seabrook’s lawyer, Alan Zegas, said the defense is at an advantage having already heard the prosecution’s arguments. But WNYC points out that two of the prosecutors on the previous trial were replaced.

Majora Carter, the superstar of south Bronx sustainable development efforts, is planning to open up a business incubator for tech companies in Hunts Points, telling the Daily News, “We want to make the South Bronx a mecca for startup tech entrepreneurs.”

Police are scrambling for clues in the death of an 88-year-old grandmother at the Pelham Bay Houses. Evelyn Shapiro was found on the floor of her apartment after suffering head trauma. Police are offering an award for information. [NY1]

Speaking of violence against the elderly, 65-year-old Bronx bus driver, Juan Del Valle, was beaten into a coma last week after accidentally side-swiping another car’s. [CBS]

The Murda Moore Gangstas, a subset of the Bloods gang that operates out of the Moore Houses in Mott Haven, was dealt a serious blow when authorities raided several apartments, recovering drugs and guns, and arrested 21 MMG members. [Daily News]

A group of activist parents, including Cecilia Donovan, parents association president of soon-to-be-closed MS 80 in Norwood, got together recently to talk about how the mayor’s education policies have not helped improve schools for minority students. [Daily News]

The Daily News captures the softer side of Abdul “Showtime” Garcia, a career criminal who was murdered on June 4 on Hoe Avenue.

Democracy Now spoke with a Bronx great grandmother and others who marched against the NYPD’s stop & frisk practices on Sunday:

Take a look at the new 780,000-square-foot, $300 million Mall at Bay Plaza.

Singer Natalie Cole, healthy after a successful kidney transplant, is playing in the Bronx on Sunday at Lehman Center. [Daily News]

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