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Bronx Community Board 7 Calls for Applicants for 2023 Yankees Youth Leadership Award

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York Yankees and Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7) are looking for youth leaders who reside within the boundaries of Bronx Community District 7 to apply for the annual Yankees Youth Leadership Award. To ensure that applicants are eligible (based on their address), they can enter it in the “Who Represents Me” box at http://www.mygovnyc.org/.   To be considered as a candidate for the Youth Leadership Award, residents must submit the documents/information listed below to kcabreracarrera@cb.nyc.gov by April 17 at noon. The required documents/information are the following:   ✔ A resume which includes education, voluntary and/or extracurricular activities, and


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UPDATE Bronx CB7 Calls for PEP Station in NW Bronx as New Bronx Mobile Command Vehicle Unveiled for South Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx Community Board 7 is calling on the City Parks’ department to install an additional PEP station in Van Cortlandt Park in the Northwest Bronx to assist with park patrol. The motion was presented and approved at the March 28th Bronx Community Board 7 general board meeting.   The request comes as NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue joined District 17 City Council Member Rafael Salamanca, Jr. to unveil a Bronx Mobile Command Vehicle for the Parks Enforcement Patrol (PEP) in the South Bronx on Tuesday, March 28. Procured with $205,000 in funding from the council member, Parks officials said the


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Kingsbridge Heights: Search for Missing 15-Year-Old Girl

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The NYPD is seeking the public’s help locating a 15-year-old girl reported missing from Kingsbridge Heights.   Police said it was reported to the 52nd Precinct that Aljamise Olivares of 2715 Grand Concourse was last seen leaving her home on Saturday, March 25, at around 3 p.m. She is described as being 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs 85 pounds, has brown eyes, black hair, and was last seen wearing a black bubble jacket, black sweatshirt, and black sweatpants.   Anyone with information regarding this missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477)


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UPDATE Indian Village: Arrest Made in Sexual Assault & Robbery of Woman, 73, in Home

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD said a man who had been sought for sexually assaulting and robbing a 73-year-old woman in her home in the Indian Village section of the Bronx, has been arrested.   Prior to the arrest, police had been asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who department officials said was sought in connection to a burglary that occurred in Indian Village, located southeast of Pelham Parkway.   Police said it was reported to them that on Thursday, March 23, at around 9.30 p.m. in the vicinity of Williamsbridge Road and Lydig Avenue, an


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Bedford Park Resident Honored at Bridgefield Civic League Women’s History Month Celebration

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The following is an extended version of the story that appears in our latest edition.   Bedford Park resident and community volunteer, Miriam Quiñones, was one of five impressive women honored during a Women’s History Month celebration organized by Bridgefield Civic League in the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx on Saturday, March 18. During the event, Quiñones, who is also a freelance photographer with Norwood News, along with each of the other four honorees, was presented with a plaque by president of Bridgefield Civic League, Debra Garland, as well as proclamations from both the City Council, presented by District


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UPDATE Relocated Ridgewood Bank on White Plains Road Celebrates with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT
The busy corridor of businesses along White Plains Road in Williamsbridge now includes a very modern and renovated branch of Ridgewood Savings Bank. On March 10, local officials joined senior bank management for a ribbon-cutting reopening ceremony at 3951 White Plains Road.   In his opening remarks, Leonard Stekol, chairman, president, and CEO of Ridgewood Savings Bank, said the reopening involved not only a move to a new location but to a building which had undergone various upgrades. “I want to emphasize that while we moved the White Plains Road branch only a few short blocks, this new state-of-the-art [branch]


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UPDATE Kingsbridge Heights: Police-Involved Shooting Leaves Man, 43, Critical

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Police said a police-involved shooting involving an armed, emotionally disturbed person occurred at 2685 Grand Concourse in Kingsbridge Heights on Sunday morning, March 26.   The incident comes on the back of an announcement, as reported, in mid-December by New York City Mayor Eric Adams of a new plan, regarded as controversial by some, to provide outreach and care to people with untreated severe mental illness, part of which involves initial contact with police.   A police spokeswoman said the incident occurred at around 10.04 a.m. and that the victim remains in critical condition.   During a press conference


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Phipps Neighborhoods Nonprofit & Partners Co-Host Bronx Job Fair March 30

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Phipps Neighborhoods, a non-profit social service provider in New York City, announced on March 16 that it is joining forces with several local employers to co-host a job fair on Thursday, March 30, at 1071A East Tremont Avenue in the West Farms section of The Bronx. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and both part-time and full-time positions will be on offer.   Phipps representatives said that according to statistics from the New York State Department of Labor, by borough, the lowest unemployment rate was recorded in Manhattan, at a seasonally adjusted 5.9 percent as


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New Metro North Schedules Start Sunday, March 26

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New Metro North schedules start on the Harlem, Hudson and New Haven Lines Sunday, March 26, according to the MTA.   Officials said there will be minor adjustments to weekday service on all lines. Some trains continue to temporarily bypass Stamford on the New Haven Line.   From March 26 to June 10, the weekend service on the Hudson line will be hourly to accommodate what were described as much needed repairs to the infrastructure. Regular weekend service will return on Sunday, June 11.   Officials said the Hudson Rail Link new schedules start Monday, March 27.   Passengers can


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