Buzz on Brewery Coming to KNIC Armory

By WILLIAM MATHIS & DAVID CRUZ

Buzz is brewing over the Kingsbridge National Ice Center project developers in talks with a brewery company, according to sources familiar with the talks. The Jonas Bronck’s Brewing Company, named after the eponymous founder of the Bronx, has been holding quiet talks with KNIC developers in bringing a beer company to the Armory. Two high-ranking sources from separate local government offices, confirmed the talks with the Norwood News. Developers and brewers have not publicly spoken about this potential venture inside the cavern-like Armory, standing vacant for more than 20 years. Developers won the contract in 2013, and have since moved

By DAVID CRUZ

Community Board 7’s handpicked appointees for the Kingsbridge National Ice Center’s Community Advisory Council have been removed by the presiding CB7 chair, which included a previous CB7 chair and another who ran against her in June. The timing came days before the full CAC was to hold its first meeting. The unilateral decision came last Friday. Adaline Walker Santiago, chair of CB7, informed members of the decision, citing stipulations in the Community Benefits Agreement (CBA), which allow the sitting CB7 chair to decide who will be on the panel. The original CAC members–Paul Foster, Lowell Green, and William Francis–were replaced by

The Norwood News has upgraded its website, following several weeks of brainstorming, trial and error, and tinkering. Some of the bigger revisions to the site include a slider window prominently featuring the latest news stories impacting Norwood News’ coverage area, which primarily includes Bedford Park, Kingsbridge, Fordham, and University Heights. “The community newspaper had long sought to convert the existing site, which leaned towards a blog format, to a more traditional news website look,” said David Cruz, editor-in-chief of the Norwood News, who collaborated with his website designer, Neil deMause, to bring the site to life. The truest change can

By DAVID CRUZ

The digital edition of the Norwood News is back from production break to bring you our latest edition, with plenty of community news you can use. If you want to grab a hold of the edition, just stop by the 300 local offices, restaurants and stores that carry our award-winning newspaper. We first take a pause to ask you: Have you noticed a change in the website?!? This past weekend the Norwood News shed its familiar blog-style website for a more upgraded site with mobile capabilities. Yes, it’s mobile. So you can take the Norwood News anywhere you go. Though new features

By DAVID GREENE This week we asked readers their thoughts on the recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that killed 12 and sickened 121 in the southern end of the Bronx. They have to keep doing what they’re doing. Finally, I got my mother here from Peru, so of course I’m concerned for her. But our building doesn’t have a water tower and it’s not spread from person to person. Donald Vallejos Bedford Park Yes, it made me nervous for the simple fact that this supposedly just happened after all these years. These water towers have been sitting here collecting all of these air-conditioning coolant

Editor’s Pick Silent Disco at Woodlawn The Woodlawn Conservancy presents Lincoln Center’s Silent Disco, Aug. 30 from 4 to 8 p.m. on Woodlawn Cemetery’s Fairview Lawn. Events include DJs to play disco, salsa and swing music directly to individual headphones, and a salsa instructor will offer dance lessons at the start of the event. IDs are required for free headphone rental. Refreshments are available from food vendors on site. Enter at the Jerome Avenue gate. On site parking is available. For more information, call (718) 408-5625 or visit woodlawnconservancy.org. Onstage The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents Ivo

By DAVID CRUZ Bronx Fashion Week is entering its second year as a burgeoning outlet for chic designers and runway models with its signature event slated for September.

Explosion at John F. Kennedy High School Injures Three

By DAVID CRUZ A gas explosion was reported at John F. Kennedy High School in Marble Hill, injuring three people, one critically, according to fire officials. The evening blast happened just after 8pm in the building’s top floors. Seven employees were working on upgrades to the building’s science lab when one worker hit a gas main. All three were rushed to Jacobi Medical Center. “Incredibly loud, a scary scene,” said Mike Allan, a neighbor living just blocks from the school. Witnesses could see materials and equipment blasted through glass windows on the upper floors at the Terrace Avenue school. The rumble was

By DAVID CRUZ Crews with the DOT are in the middle of building this pedestrian island (pictured) at a five-point intersection in Norwood. Crews began working on the island, set up at Perry Avenue and East Gun Hill Road, in mid-August. The area is often jam-packed during rush hour, with drivers sometimes left stuck with little room to go. Norwood is one of several northwest Bronx communities dubbed a Neighborhood Slow Zone, which mandates drivers go at 20 miles per hour given its heavily congested layout and proximity to schools. A cadre of neighborhood activists and lawmakers applied to designate