Belmont: Search for Gunman Who Shot 17-Year-Old in Leg

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the individual seen in the attached video and photo who is sought for questioning in connection with a shooting that occurred in Belmont, located in the 48th precinct. On Monday, Nov. 8, at approximately 2.40 p.m., a 17-year-old male victim was crossing the street at the corner of Bathgate Avenue and East Fordham Road in Belmont, when an unidentified individual who was inside a blue Dodge Durango, shot at the victim once, hitting him in the left leg, further to a verbal dispute. The suspect then fled eastbound on

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Editor’s Pick Bronx Community Board 7’s Holiday Tree Lighting event will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. at Mosholu Parkway Lawn at the intersection of Mosholu Parkway and Bainbridge Avenue. Come and enjoy this year’s Winter Wonderland where there will apple cider, hot chocolate, holiday activities & entertainment and of course, the tree lighting. EVENTS Van Cortlandt House Museum is hosting a Cozy Community Campfire on Sunday, Dec. 5, between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Gather together outdoors for a festive campfire, complete with free marshmallows and warm, mulled cider while supplies last. There will also be DIY s’mores kits

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The folkloric sounds of Puerto Rican music will be flowing through the halls of Lehman Center for the Performing Arts as it presents Victoria Sanabria, with Puerto Rico’s number one plena group, Plena Libre, on Saturday, Dec 4, at 8 p.m., with special guest, Prodigio Claudio. Captivating and moving audiences over the course of a 26-year, 15-album career, Lehman Center officials say this fine-tuned ensemble of virtuoso musicians has only gotten better with age, as evidenced by their four recent GRAMMY® nominations and world-wide touring schedule. Lehman Center officials said Victoria Sanabria was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico into a

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s help locating a 14-year-old girl reported missing on Saturday, Dec. 4. Clarisa Cabrera, 14, of 3235 Grand Concourse in the Jerome Park section of the Bronx, was last seen on Friday, Dec. 3, at approximately 3 p.m., at her school, located at 240 East 172nd Street, close to Claremont Park in the Bronx, NY. She is described as female, approximately 5 feet, 7 inches tall, Hispanic, weighs 170 pounds, has a thin build, light complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, and was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black shirt and black sneakers.

UPDATE Fordham Village Veterans Fed Up with Living Conditions

By SARAH HUFFMAN

While many Bronxites took the usual time to honor local veterans at various events held across the borough on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, as reported, residents of the Fordham Village veterans’ community, located in the Fordham Manor section of the Bronx, are fed-up complaining about reportedly substandard living conditions, and are demanding action. Addressing the needs of the Fordham Village veterans was the primary focus of the Veterans Affairs committee of Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7), during its Nov. 17 committee meeting, a follow-up on various complaints raised during the October committee meeting. A review of the

By ADAM MCPARTLAN

Editor’s Note: The movie, The Last Duel, and the following review, contains content which some viewers and readers may find triggering and/or distressing. Ridley Scott is not known for making movies that shy away from their subject matter. More than that, he has become known for making movies that are societally appropriate. In 2005, just a few years into what then-President George W. Bush called “The War on Terror,” and at the height of Islamophobia, Scott made Kingdom of Heaven, a film about the Crusades, depicting the fight for Jerusalem. More than that, the film featured the Muslim

By DAVID GREENE

Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC) and its youth arm, Sistas & Brothas United, recently held a joint rally billed “Community Not Cops” and “Public Land in Public Hands,” in the Crotona section of the Bronx. During the event, they called for community input into the future development of City space, as well as an end to police officers patrolling the halls and stairways of New York City public schools. The two dozen or so teens joined community land trust leaders on Saturday, Oct. 16, outside a fenced-off vacant lot located across the street from Crotona Park, at

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has advised of the following street closures in the Bronx from Dec. 3 to Dec. 31. East 146th Street between Exterior Street and Gerard Avenue This street will be closed at 7 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, through 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, for crawler crane assembly. East 149th Street Service Road between Dead End and Exterior Street This street will be closed 24/7 through Dec. 8, to facilitate new building construction. East 160th Street between Forest Avenue and Tinton Avenue This street will be closed Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

By DAVID GREENE

An unidentified man who, as reported, is currently homeless and had been living in a tent along the tree-lined center of Mosholu Parkway in Bedford Park in October, seems determined to stay in the neighborhood though, to date, he has refused different offers of assistance. As reported, the man suddenly appeared in mid-October, at one stage constructing a makeshift tent of plywood and yellow tarp at Mosholu Parkway and Bainbridge Avenue, and was sometimes seen battling both wind and rain. When residents called 311 in October about the man’s circumstances, officials from New York City’s departments of social