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Pelham Parkway: Search for Missing 12-Year-Old Boy Last Seen at Allerton School

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating a 12-year-old boy from the Pelham Parkway section of The Bronx who was reported missing on Tuesday, Feb. 7.   It was reported to police that Damare Chaplin-Rivers of 2175 Muliner Avenue in Pelham Parkway was last seen on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at approximately 3.25 p.m. when he was leaving his school, located at 2441 Wallace Avenue in Allerton.   Police said, “It has been confirmed that he did attend school, but did not return home.” They added that Damare is described as 5 feet, 2 inches tall, is Black, weighs


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Bronxite and Former Fordham H.S. Student Samara Joy Wins Two Grammy Awards

By DAVID GREENE
  Bronxite and alum of both Fordham High School of the Arts and SUNY’s Purchase College, Samara Joy [McLendon], was a relatively unknown jazz singer before she was awarded a Grammy for Best New Artist at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 5.   Joy beat out a field of newcomers including Anitta, Omar Apolo, JD Beck, Molly Turtle, and Tobe to capture the coveted prize. During her acceptance speech, the 23-year-old Castle Hill native appeared flabbergasted, telling the recording world’s A-list stars, “I am so… Oh my gosh! I can’t


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Norwood’s P.S. / M.S. 20 Hydroponic Farm Program Expands to 20 Schools

By DAVID GREENE
Members of NY Sun Works, a non-profit that builds innovative science labs in urban schools, through its Greenhouse Project Initiative to educate students and teachers about the science of sustainability, joined Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson at Norwood’s P.S. / M.S. 20‘s hydroponic farm on Wednesday, Jan. 25, to announce the expansion of hydroponics farm technology to 20 local schools.   According to verticalroots.com, put simply, hydroponics is a way to skip the soil, sub in a different material to support the roots of the plant, and grow crops directly in nutrient-rich water.   The $2.5 million boroughwide project would


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University Heights: Man, 29, Arrested in Shooting of 28-Year-Old Man in May 2022

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD said a 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a multiple shooting incident that occurred in University Heights in May 2022 in which a 28-year-old man was shot.   As reported, police had been asking for the public’s assistance identifying the people seen in the attached photographs who were sought for questioning in connection to the incident. Police said that on Monday, May 9, at around 3.15 a.m., in front of 140 West Fordham Road, three unidentified individuals displayed a gun and fired it multiple times, striking the 28-year-old man twice in the leg.   The victim


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Highbridge: Man Charged following Fatal Three-Vehicle Collision & Fire on Cross Bronx Expressway

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A three-vehicle fire has been reported on the Cross Bronx Expressway at around 12.30 on Nov. 29, 2022. Video courtesy of the Citizens’ App. Police said a 43-year-old man has been arrested and charged following a fatal, three-vehicle, road collision and fire that occurred in November 2022 on the Cross Bronx Expressway in the Highbridge section of The Bronx.   As reported, the New York State Alert System announced there was a vehicle fire on the southbound lane of the Cross Bronx Expressway, just past the Major Deegan Expressway on Tuesday morning, Nov. 29, 2022. Police later said officers had


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Soundview: Neighbor Reacts to Arson Incident in which Man Died and 15-Year-Old Girl Was Arrested

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
  THE NYPD IS seeking the public’s assistance identifying the person seen in this video who is sought for questioning in connection to an arson incident that took place at 1211 Evergreen Avenue in Soundview on Sunday, January 29, 2023. Video courtesy of the NYPD A neighbor has given her reaction to an arson incident that took place in the Soundview section of The Bronx during which one man died and for which a 15-year-old girl has been arrested on murder charges.   As reported, the NYPD had been seeking the public’s assistance identifying the person seen in the attached


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Eastchester: Search for Man Wanted in Non-Fatal Shooting

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photos who is sought in connection to a non-fatal shooting that occurred in the Eastchester section of The Bronx.   Police said it was reported to them that on Monday, Jan. 30, at around 10.40 p.m. in front of 1546 East 233rd Street, the gunman approached a 36-year-old male victim and asked him to come towards him. He then shot the victim multiple times, striking him in both legs. “The armed individual then entered a black Chevrolet sedan and fled the location, traveling eastbound on


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South Bronx: Assault on Woman Leads to Police-Involved Shooting of Gunman

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  A 49-year-old man, a 63-year-old woman and a group of police officers were brought to local hospitals following an assault and a police-involved shooting on the Grand Concourse in the South Bronx, police said.   The news was confirmed during a press conference on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 5, held at Grand Concourse and East 153rd Street during which NYPD Chief John Chell, chief of patrol, joined NYPD Assistant Chief Philip Rivera, Bronx borough commander, and Inspector Andy Marino from force investigations, to provide further details of the incident.   Chell said that at around 2.20 p.m. on Sunday at


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UPDATE Man, 65, Dies in DOC Custody at North Infirmary Command of Rikers Island Prison

By SÍLE MOLONEY
NYC Department of Correction (DOC) officials said a person in custody at the North Infirmary Command (NIC), part of Rikers Island detention center, has died, marking the first death of a person in DOC custody in 2023.   The news was confirmed by department officials on Saturday, Feb. 4 at around 11.20 a.m. “Marvin Pines, 65, who was in custody at the North Infirmary Command (NIC) passed away on 2/4/23,” a DOC official said. “Mr. Pines was pronounced dead at NIC at approx. 6.18 a.m. this morning.”   Reacting to the news, DOC Commissioner Louis A. Molina said, “Any death


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