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World Traveler Back in the Bronx 30 Years Later

Sometime toward the middle of a record-breaking journey by foot through the Americas three decades ago, George Meegan found himself walking up Perry Avenue in the Bronx. Now, some 30 years after his 19,019-mile walk from Tierra del Fuego in Argentina to Alaska’s Point Barrow, which earned him global notoriety, Meegan is back, stopping through on what has become a lifelong trek.

Bedford Park Woman Killed Crossing Middle of Parkway

A witness shows an investigator where the car came from before it fatally struck Bedford Park resident Sook-Ja Kim. (Photo by David Greene)[/caption] A 63-year-old Bedford Park woman died Sunday after being hit by an out-of-control car while walking on the grassy divider in the middle of Mosholu Parkway — a field where a large group of children were playing football just a day earlier.

Panel Votes to Shrink DeWitt Clinton High School

DeWitt Clinton High School boasts a deep roster of famous alumni that includes comedians, athletes, authors, judges, politicians, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners. But when it came down to it just before 1 a.m. on March 12 inside the cavernous auditorium at Brooklyn Technical High School, a total of five supporters, three teachers and two parents, stuck it out until the bitter end.

Bronx Notes: Text for Health Tips

Montefiore Medical Center has created a new text messaging program called “Bronx4Bronx” in an effort to help Bronx residents take better care of themselves. Bronx4Bronx delivers health tips and information via text message three times a week to its users. The program is available in English and Spanish, and users can opt in or out at any time. To receive health messages, text Bx4Bx to 32075 (for Spanish, text Bx4BxS to 32075). For more information, visit www.montefiore.org/bx4bx.