Bloomberg to Announce New RFP For Kingsbridge Armory

In an interview with Crain’s NY today, Mayor Bloomberg said the city will issue another request for proposals to redevelop the Kingsbridge Armory with a few new tweaks.

Strike Averted for Bronx Nurses, Office Cleaners

Unions that represent two sets of Bronx workers announced on Friday that they’d reached a tentative contract agreement with their respective managements, avoiding a potential strike in both cases.

2011 Year in Review: Norwood Gets Its Supermarket Back

This past March, Foodtown, one of Norwood’s premier supermarkets, reopened to rave reviews 15 months after being destroyed in a fire.

2011 Year in Review: In Kingsbridge Armory Plans, Lots of Ideas, But No Substance

Two years after the City Council voted down plans to turn the hulking and empty Kingsbridge Armory into a shopping mall, local groups and elected officials spent much of 2011 pondering what should be done now with the 575,000-square-foot space.

Donald Trump is Coming to the Bronx

Mega-wealthy real estate mogul, reality TV star and onetime presidential hopeful Donald Trump will soon be doing business in the Bronx, as the city has chosen his company to run a 222-acre golf course at Ferry Point Park East.

City’s Newspapers Take Sides in Living Wage Debate

In an editorial printed on Christmas day, the New York Times made an endorsement for the controversial, Bronx-born living wage bill that’s being considered in the City Council.

Bronx Bodega Owner Honored for Healthier Fare

The owner of a West Tremont Avenue bodega was publicly honored last week for his efforts to increase the number of healthy food options offered at his store, swapping chips for fresh fruits and sodas for bottled water as part of a program run by students at nearby MS 331.

The Bronx Gets in the Giving Spirit; Plus Where You Can Donate

The holiday season has Bronxites, elected officials and local organizations looking for ways to give back. If you missed it in last week’s print edition of the Norwood News,an eclectic group of locals, including a Bronx-based biker gang and a Bainbridge Avenue tattoo shop, have teamed up with the Lutheran Church of the Epiphany in Norwood to launch a toy drive. Meanwhile, children in the Ambulatory Care Center at St. Barnabas Hospital, pictured above, got a treat this week when they received holiday gifts from Santa and Frosty the Snowman. Local elected officials are also getting in on the giving

‘Tis getting a little late in the holiday gift buying season, which is why we pounded the trails of the local shopping districts in the Norwood News’ coverage area — from Fordham to Kingsbridge to Gun Hill Road, from Bainbridge to Jerome Avenue and East 204th Street to Southern Boulevard — to find the best deals, merchandise and innovative ideas for presents in 2011.