Norwood: Free Tablets & Phones for People on Government Assistance

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Percy Barber of Back Office Management Group is tabling outside the Bainbridge Avenue entrance to the 205th Street subway station in Norwood (at East 206th Street) on Wednesday, April 12, offering free phones and tablets to eligible persons. “This is a government program where we give life lines like free phones and tablets to those on government assistance, whether it’s food stamps, Medicaid, SSI, WIC, public housing… anybody that’s basically in need of an extra push and that’s what we do,” he said. Barber said he works with Insurance Wireless but he, himself, works for Back Office Management

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Police said they have made an arrest in the case of the recent fatal shooting of a 17-year-old male youth in Olinville. As reported, according to the NYPD, the shooting took place on Monday, April 10, at around 10.05 p.m. A police spokesperson said officers from the 47th Precinct / Transit District 12 responded to a 911 call regarding a male who had been shot inside Burke Avenue subway station, located on White Plains Road, serving the 5 and the 2 lines. “Upon arrival, police observed two 17-year-old males with gunshot wounds,” the spokesperson said. The first

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY

A 64-year-old, male e-cyclist was killed in a hit and run incident in Morris Park, according to the NYPD. Police said that on Wednesday, April 5, at around 11.22 p.m., responding officers from the 49th Precinct discovered the male e-cyclist lying on the roadway at the intersection of Williamsbridge Road and Pierce Avenue. They said he sustained head trauma and was removed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased. “Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that a white, pick-up truck with an unknown make, model or year, driven by an

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY

Two people were injured following a two-car collision at the intersection of Jerome Avenue and Van Cortlandt Avenue in Jerome Park on Tuesday, April 4, emergency services said. An EMS representative said they received the call at 2.46 p.m. on the day of the collision. (At this time, most of the world was tuning in to watch former President Donald J. Trump being indicted in Lower Manhattan.) They said one of the injured parties refused medical attention at the scene and the second was brought to St. Barnabas Hospital. The cause of the accident is under investigation, according

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Fire department officials said one elderly female resident was hospitalized following an “all hands” fire at 2364 Tiebout Avenue in Fordham Heights on Tuesday, March 28. An FDNY spokesperson said the department received a report of smoke and a fire on the 4th floor of the 6-story, multiple dwelling at 1:16 p.m. on the day of the blaze. Twelve fire units, comprising 60 personnel arrived at the scene, according to the FDNY. “One civilian in serious condition [was] transported to Jacobi Hospital,” the spokesperson later said, adding that the fire was brought under control at 2.22 p.m. and the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached video in connection with an assault that occurred at the East Gun Hill Road subway station in Olinville on March 26, 2023. The New York City Police Department is asking the public’s help identifying and locating the person seen in the attached video in connection with an assault that occurred in Olinville at Gun Hill Road subway station, serving the 2 train. It was reported to police that on Sunday, March 26, at around 11.39 a.m., a 38-year-old

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the person seen in this video who is sought in connection to a burglary that occurred in Kingsbridge Heights on April 5, 2023. Video courtesy of the NYPD The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance locating the person seen in the attached video and photo who is sought in connection to a burglary that occurred in Kingsbridge Heights. Police said that on Wednesday, April 5, at around 7 p.m., an unidentified person approached a home located in the vicinity of Webb Avenue and Eames

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The preponderance of litter and dog waste on the City’s sidewalks remains a scourge to residents. On Monday, April 10, New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY), in collaboration with the Partnership for New York City, launched a substantial marketing campaign to shame those who they described as “garbage” New Yorkers, litterers and “dog-poopetrators,” once and for all. The campaign is the first major anti-littering campaign by DSNY in at least 15 years, officials said. “New Yorkers have had enough of litter, enough of filth on our sidewalks, and enough of feeling like there’s nothing they can do about it,”

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Norwood and other local Bronx residents were heartbroken to learn on Sunday, April 2, of the death of beloved, active community member, Doug Condit, Jr., a Vietnam veteran who, among other roles, was one of the main drivers behind the opening, in 2018, of Norwood’s Williamsbridge Oval Skate Park. Fellow veteran and member of Friends of Mosholu Parkland (FOMP), Lorita Watson, one of many friends who had been visiting Condit in recent months as he underwent hospice care for colon cancer at his Wayne Avenue home, said, “Doug was a great guy with a lot of grit. He lived an