North Bronx Lawmaker Tips Power Balance to Borough

By DAVID CRUZ Assemblyman Carl Heastie, the north Bronx legislator and leader of the borough’s Democratic Committee, was voted in Tuesday as Assembly Speaker, replacing the disgraced Sheldon Silver, who resigned in late January.

Tenants Turn Up Heat on New Landlord

By DAVID CRUZ The cluster of tenants chatted amongst themselves inside 3013 Valentine Ave., a seven-story building in Bedford Park. They stood inside the lobby decked in thick sweatshirts and layers, wondering just when sufficient heat will return to their apartments.

Week-long Cleanup of Snow – Check Out These Awesome Photos

The Norwood News trudged out of the Keeper’s House to log the week-long snow removal efforts by residents and city employees. A collection of these photos can be found on our Facebook page. Take a look, “like” them and tell your friends about them!

Inquiring Photographer

By DAVID GREENE This week we asked readers how important free speech is to a society in light of the terror attack of a satirical magazine in Paris.

Last Day to Sign Up For Bronx Youth Heard, A Free Journalism Workshop

We’re making our last-minute push for students interested in journalism and writing to sign up for Bronx Youth Heard, the free after school program that empowers students to get their names out there. We are a 12-week workshop that teaches Bronx high school students the fundamentals of journalism, building critical thinking and writing skills. The application deadline to sign up is today, January 29, and we are welcoming to all Bronx high school students ages 14-18. Classes are held each Thursday (minus holidays) from February 5 until the middle of May at Hostos Community College. The program involves attending the

By DAVID CRUZ At an upstairs office just below a mechanic shop on Broadway, Katherine Broihier looks ahead. The yearly calendar out of the way, Broihier’s focus turns to a light fixture project for Broadway. The project, one of many for 2015, will likely be accomplished by her and her alone.

Blizzard Not Exactly a Dud, But Bronxites Expected Worse

By David Cruz The city’s first major snowstorm of the season did dump a batch of snow on the Bronx, but it wasn’t much to put Norwood in complete hibernation.

Detective Begins and Ends Career at the 5-2

By DAVID CRUZ Detective Kathleen O’Sullivan punched in at the 52nd Precinct on Jan. 13. The same day, she punched out as a detective one last time.

As Blizzard Revs Up, Bronxites Prepare to Hibernate

by David Cruz Friends of Donnetta Reid of Norwood thought her crazy by her nifty idea in protecting her car from a snowstorm–draping it with a thin sheet of plastic. But it seemed to work during last year’s horrendous winter. And as a historic storm settled into the tri-state area, Ms. Reid thought it’d be a good idea to bring back her technique.