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Exploring BCC’s Restorative Wellness Playground Program

By DR. JOYCE BLOOM
The Restorative Wellness Playground is a program with a mission to develop deeper, personal, physical and mental health throughout Bronx Community College (BCC) and its extended community by learning to authentically practice self-care. This includes expressing an individual’s own voice, exercising one’s choices, and the personal narrative of joyously telling one’s own story.

Kingsbridge Heights: National Night Out Against Crime Held in Poe Park

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY
This year’s National Night Out Against Crime sadly coincided with the tragic death of 14-year-old Ángel Miguel Mendoza Hernández who, as reported, was fatally stabbed in a gang assault in the Williamsbridge Oval park in Norwood on Tuesday evening, Aug. 5, around the same time that the annual event was taking place in Poe Park in Kingsbridge Heights.

UPDATE Elections 2025: Mamdani Visits Bronx on Five-Borough Tour, Discusses Small Business Policy

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Democratic mayoral nominee Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (A.D. 36), recently endorsed by the Bronx Democratic Party on Sept. 2, had paid another visit to The Bronx on Aug. 14 as part of a five-borough tour. The aim of the visit was to meet with small business owners, highlight the impact the actions of the federal government has had on such businesses, discuss the response needed to negate those actions by cities and states across the country, and outline the measures he plans to implement in order to safeguard small business’s bottom lines.