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Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on the Life, Death & Legacy of Pope Francis

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
As cardinals gather in Rome for the latest conclave in order to select a new pope, this week, we asked readers their opinion on the life, death, and legacy of the late Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from Latin America, and the first pope from the southern hemisphere, who was born in Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died at the Vatican in Rome, Italy on Easter Monday, April 21, at the age of 88.

NY Lottery: Top-Prize Winning TAKE-5 Ticket Sold in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York Lottery announced Sunday, April 27, that there was one top-prize winning ticket sold for the April 26 TAKE 5 evening drawing. The ticket was sold at Shree Naanshardawa Convenience store, located at 113 Dreiser Loop in Co-Op City, The Bronx which sold a ticket worth $32,723.50.

Longtime Community Advocate Chad Royer Continues Treatment for Multiple Myeloma

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Chad Royer, longtime community advocate, who is a member of Bronx Community Board (CB7) and the chair of the CB7 veterans committee, has, as reported, been undergoing treatment in recent months for multiple myeloma, an incurable but treatable form of blood cancer that affects plasma cells in the bone marrow. He recently shared an update on his health with Norwood News. 

Bronx Man & NJ Man Get Three Years Each for Running $65 Million+ Illicit Money Transfer Scheme

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A Bronx man and his partner have each been sentenced to three years in prison for running an unlicensed money transfer business responsible for illicitly transferring more than $65 million between the United States and countries in the Middle East, including Yemen, Turkey, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan, federal officials announced on Wednesday, April 23.