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Out & About: Beer, Botany and Blues 

Out & About: Beer, Botany and Blues 
Editor’s Pick  Beer, Botany and Blues  New York Botanical Garden presents Beer, Botany and Blues Weekend, Sept. 23 and 24 from noon to 4 p.m. for adults 21+. Enjoy classic blues performed by the Paul Josephs Blues Project at noon, 1, 2 and 3 p.m. on the Daffodil Hill Main Stage; sample craft brews and ciders at Daffodil Hill; and learn the botany of beer from a garden scientist relating how beer is made from barley, hops, and many other plants. Visitors can also attend plant collecting demonstrations at the Clay Family Picnic Pavilions from noon to 4 p.m. and


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SEE PICTURES: Norwood Celebrates 80 Years of Oval Park

SEE PICTURES: Norwood Celebrates 80 Years of Oval Park
The Norwood News was there to capture a ceremony by the New York City Parks Department marking 80 years since Williamsbridge Oval Park opened to the public on Sept. 11, 1937. The event featured tap dancing, a ceremonial cake, and an oral history of the park, which was once an enormous reservoir. Check out photos from Deborah Cruz.

Bronx Republicans Confident Going in 13th Council District Race

Crime File: Who's Wanted In the Bronx?
By DAVID CRUZ
When the Bronx County Republican Party looked at Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj’s win in the Sept. 12 Primary, they also saw it as a win for them. After all, returns showed Gjonaj didn’t grab 40 percent of the vote. “Mark Gjonaj couldn’t even break 40 percent in his Democratic primary election after spending more money than any council candidate in the history of the City’s campaign finance system,” Michael Rendino, chair of the Bronx Republican Party, said. Gjonaj narrowly defeated four Democratic challengers, including Marjorie Velazquez, who trailed very closely to Gjonaj, securing 34.36 percent of the vote to Gjonaj’s 38.63


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The Bronx Develops: A Metro-North Station in a City Within a City

The Bronx Develops: A Metro-North Station in a City Within a City
By JULIA RIST
The Norwood News, in partnership with WFUV and BronxNet TV, continues its four-part series on development projects happening across the Bronx and their impact on community residents.  Sergio Linietsky has been living in the neighborhood of Parkchester for 50 years. Linietsky, a social worker at a community senior center, said that whenever he wants to go into Manhattan it becomes an ordeal because of the lack of options available to him. “To get to my friends in Midtown now I either take the #6 train or I wait for the express bus. Usually, the wait can take up to an


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Gjonaj and Cabrera Secure Primary Wins

Gjonaj and Cabrera Secure Primary Wins
By WENDY JOAN BIDDLECOMBE, DAVID CRUZ, and REGGIE FRANCOIS
Their victors now advanced to the November General Election to take on their Republican counterparts.

New Flight Simulator Soars at Bronx High School

New Flight Simulator Soars at Bronx High School
By DIEGO BARCACEL PENA
A new flight simulator has landed at a Bronx high school. After years of waiting, the Bronx Aerospace High School at the Evander Childs Campus in Olinville has received a simulator. Two seats, multiple screens, and a control board make up the simulator. The simulator, comparable to a small aircraft, moves according to the way real planes operate. Councilman Andy King, who represents the 12th Council District, and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña were both present at a ceremonial ribbon cutting marking the unveiling of the simulator. Fariña sees this as an opportunity to get students into classes and hopefully to


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