St. Patrick’s Nursing Home Honors Its Centenarians

By IMANI HALL Community and family members at St. Patrick’s Home Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center recognized ten senior citizens who reached the age of 100 or more, a milestone also honored by President Barack Obama.

Westchester Square BID Enters Fourth Year With Bounty of Success

By DAVID CRUZ On a recent afternoon in May, a prospective business owner toured the Westchester Square Business Improvement District, one of nine Bronx business corridors where special property taxes finance cleaning and marketing services at the behest of merchants.

DOT to Install Speed Hump on Hull Avenue Following Car Crash

By DAVID CRUZ The city has been given the green light to finally install a speed hump at a Neighborhood Slow Zone in Norwood weeks after a car overturned there. This is also comes amid wrangling from a local city Councilmember and a report by the Norwood News. Crews with the city Department of Transportation will install the speed hump at Hull Avenue , roughly the same spot as where the car flipped after cruising down the one-way street, a spokesperson confirmed. Well before the crash, neighbors were pressing Councilman Andrew Cohen in convincing the DOT to fast track the

Rent Laws Have Expired, What Do You Do Now?

By DAVID CRUZ Elected officials are stepping in to handle the aftermath of rent laws expiring. Their first assurance: don’t panic.

Public & Community Meetings

COMMUNITY BOARD 7 will hold its general board meeting on June 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the New York Botanical Garden Visitor Center Café (Note: The Board will go on hiatus until September). CB7 committee meetings are held on the following dates at the board office, 229A E. 204th St. at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted: Housing/Land Use/Zoning & Senior Services on June 17; Education/Libraries on June 18; and Parks & Recreation on June 24. For more information, call (718) 933-5650. THE 52ND PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL will meet on June 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Part of the

Bronx Youth Heard capped its winter/spring session with a series of stories written and reported by Bronx high school students. The students spent 12 weeks learning the basics of news gathering and writing for the print medium. Bronx Youth Heard is extremely proud of the work these students have completed. For all, it was their first time being published. These stories were published in Vol. 28, Issue No. 12 edition of the Norwood News. Summaries of these stories can be found below: The Sneaker Habit That’s Costing Teens: Reporter Medelin Cuevas takes a look at how teens are prioritizing their money. For

By DAVID GREENE This week we asked readers to rate the performance of Mayor Bill de Blasio after a year and a half in office.

Briggs Avenue Wall Gets Mural Makeover Courtesy of Grant

By KIMBERLY JACOBS In May, Samelys Lopez and the Bedford Mosholu Community Association received a $1,250 grant to paint a graffiti mural on a blank wall across from PS 8 on Briggs Avenue at 202nd Street.

As Albany Talks Rent, Tenants Talk Rent Freeze with RGB

By IMANI HALL At the latest Rent Guidelines Board hearing, landlord Al Versace, who has owned buildings in the city for years, fears he will no longer be able to afford to maintain one of his buildings.