Live Life Megan Charlop’s Way

Earlier today, on the corner of Futlon Avenue and E. 167th Street, Richie Powers held up a replica of the street sign dedicated in his late wife Megan Charlop’s honor. Charlop, a tireless community organizer, health educator and activist who lived in Norwood and dedicated her career to making the Bronx a better place, was killed in a bike accident two years ago.

Bronx Notes: Late Activist Megan Charlop to be Honored Tomorrow

Megan Charlop, the Bronx health educator, community organizer and activist who died in a tragic bicycling accident two years ago, will be honored tomorrow morning during a street re-naming ceremony in Morrisania.

Bronx Crime Watch: Cops Shoot Armed Suspect Near St. James Park

Last Friday night, two off-duty police officers were riding home from work when they saw a young man firing a gun into St. James park, according a report released by the NYPD. When they confronted the armed man, the suspect fled north on Creston Avenue toward 190th Street and fired at the officers who were in pursuit. One of the officers fired back and hit the suspect in the torso. The wounded suspect was taken into custody and sent to St. Barnabas Hospital for treatment. The suspect, identified as Javon Julien, 19, a Queens resident, is listed in stable condition.

Bronx Week Hype and Psychedelic Commercial

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. kicked off Bronx Week 2012 on Monday with a celebration and press conference at borough hall.

Painting for Pride (And Trash) in Oval Park

Tristan Walker, 7, along with more than a dozen other kids and several parents and aunts, were in Williamsbridge Oval Park on Saturday, April 28, doing their best to keep their park clean and beautiful by painting garbage cans with colorful designs and constructing holders for dog waste bags.

Bronx Stars Recognized By Mind-Builders

Alimi Ballard, has co-starred in Hollywood’s hit television show “Numb3rs” and the hit movie “Fast Five,” but he got his inspiration to act as a teen in the Bronx at Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center. At age 16, with his childhood friend Gilbert Glenn Brown, he toured New York City high schools, elementary schools, libraries and local theaters performing in plays with positive themes.

City Council Passes Living Wage Bill, With Revisions

After nearly two years of campaigning and many significant revisions, the City Council on Monday passed a version of the controversial Living Wage bill, which was introduced by two Bronx council members and born out of a 2009 fight over wages at a shopping mall proposed to fill the Kingsbridge Armory.

Bronx Crime Watch: ‘Vaseline’ Burglar Busted

Luis Gonzalez, also known as the “Vaseline Bandit,” has been indicted by a grand jury on a litany of burglary charges for allegedly looting several homes in the Bronx, many of them in Norwood and Bedford Park.