Fordham Manor: Fire at 2690 Morris Avenue Results in One Minor Civilian Injury

By ASHLEY CASTILLO

One person was injured following a fire last month on Morris Avenue in Fordham Manor, officials from the fire department said.

B.R.A.G. Senior VP David Caba Honored as Trailblazer

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Cure violence interrupters, Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence (B.R.A.G.), announced in late May that City & State publication recognized David Caba, senior vice president with Good Shepherd Services, the nonprofit which runs the B.R.A.G. program, on its Nonprofit Trailblazers list. “Thank you for all of your hard work!” B.R.A.G. members wrote in response to the news.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Celebrates Pride Month

By SÍLE MOLONEY

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi held a celebration and march around the facility’s campus in Morris Park on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, with staff and patients of the public hospital participating in the event.

UPDATE Florida Man Gets 7 Years for Sex Offenses, Gun Possession, Says Hired to Kill Former BP Ruben Díaz Jr.

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York Lottery announced on July 2 that multiple top-prize winning tickets were sold for the July 1 TAKE 5 midday drawing, including one in The Bronx.

Annual Salute to the Land of the Free Fireworks Display Held at Orchard Beach to Mark Fourth of July

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Democratic Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, Republican City Council Member Kristy Marmorato (CD 13), Rafael Rogers, president of the Business Initiative Corporation of New York (BICNY), Rafael Rogers; Julias Drake, director of operations for the Bronx Tourism Council, The Grucci Family, “America’s First Family of Fireworks,” and Monica Morales, emcee and PIX 11 reporter and host of “Monica Makes It Happen,” joined together for the Annual Salute to the Land of the Free Fireworks Extravaganza at Pelham Parkway’s Orchard Beach on Thursday, June 2, to advance of Independence Day,

Notice of Public Meeting re Proposed Revisions to New York City Charter

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Charter Revision Commission will hold a public meeting on Thursday, July 25, at 2 p.m. to consider proposals to the New York City Charter.

UPDATE Fordham Manor: 8 Injured, including 2 FFs, in Early Morning Fire on Bainbridge Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Eight people were injured following an early morning residential fire in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx, FDNY officials said.

Olinville: One Senior Hospitalized as Two Sought for Assault & Robbery on East Gun Hill Road

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached photos who they say are sought in connection to a robbery that occurred in Olinville section of The Bronx in the early hours of Saturday morning, June 29.

Edenwald: Bowman-Latimer NY-16 Primary Seen as Litmus Test for Future of Democratic Party

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), who conceded the June 25th Democratic Primary in New York’s 16th Congressional District to Westchester County Executive George Latimer, used every last moment right up until poll closure on Election Day to campaign in efforts to retain his seat but it was not enough.

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Fordham Manor: Fire at 2690 Morris Avenue Results in One Minor Civilian Injury

B.R.A.G. Senior VP David Caba Honored as Trailblazer

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Celebrates Pride Month

UPDATE Florida Man Gets 7 Years for Sex Offenses, Gun Possession, Says Hired to Kill Former BP Ruben Díaz Jr.

Annual Salute to the Land of the Free Fireworks Display Held at Orchard Beach to Mark Fourth of July

Notice of Public Meeting re Proposed Revisions to New York City Charter

UPDATE Fordham Manor: 8 Injured, including 2 FFs, in Early Morning Fire on Bainbridge Avenue

Olinville: One Senior Hospitalized as Two Sought for Assault & Robbery on East Gun Hill Road

Edenwald: Bowman-Latimer NY-16 Primary Seen as Litmus Test for Future of Democratic Party