Bedford Park: Man Sought for Display of Public Lewdness aboard MTA Bus

By SÍLE MOLONEY

THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the person seen in the attached video who is sought in connection to an incident of public lewdness that occurred on an MTA bus in Bedford Park on Feb. 11, 2023. Video courtesy of the NYPD The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the person seen in the attached video and photo who is sought in connection to an incident of public lewdness that occurred on an MTA bus in Bedford Park. Police said that on Saturday, Feb. 11, at around 6.10 p.m.,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

FDNY officials said firefighters have extinguished a fire which broke out in a multiple dwelling in the University Heights section of the Bronx on Friday evening, Feb. 24. The department officials said all hands were called at 6.31 p.m. to respond to the blaze which broke out on the 5th floor of a residential building located at 103 West 183rd Street in Apartment 52. REGISTER TODAY for the 1st Annual @FDNYFoundation Climb to SUMMIT brought to you by @SLGreen taking place at One Vanderbilt in New York City on Sunday, April 23, 2023. Funds raised will help purchase stair climbers

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

Angellyh Yambo was a 16-year-old high school student with dreams of becoming a doctor when she was shot and killed as she walked home from school with friends in Mott Haven on April 8, 2022. On Tuesday, Jan. 24, on what would have been Angellyh’s 17th birthday, her family and friends gathered at her mausoleum in Woodlawn cemetery to mark the official launch of The Angellyh Yambo Foundation. During the emotional event, different colored balloons were released into the air marking the exact moment of her birth, 17 years earlier. Later, the family confirmed that the foundation’s website was

By DAVID GREENE, SÍLE MOLONEY & SARA MARTINEZ

Norwood parents are gearing up for a fight to keep beloved St. Brendan Catholic School open following an announcement on Feb. 15 that the Norwood school, founded in 1908, will close its doors at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, along with 11 others across the City. Meanwhile four, additional Catholic schools in The Bronx will merge into two. The news follows the previous closure of six Catholic schools in The Bronx in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic due to declining income, as reported at the time. Of the twelve impacted schools set to close this year, six

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

At a ceremony attended by many local elected officials, judicial dignitaries, and well-wishers, Ischia Bravo, former district manager of Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7), was sworn in as the first woman and first Latina to hold the position of Bronx County clerk and commissioner of jurors on Feb. 9. The ceremony took place at Gould Memorial Library on the campus of Bronx Community College in University Heights, with Bravo sworn in by Rolando T. Acosta, presiding justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department. Among those in attendance for the occasion were NYS Attorney General

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

To mark Black History Month, we’re spotlighting the history and contribution of members of the Black community in The Bronx who are positively impacting the lives of others. In the early 1980s, Sean Ebony Coleman didn’t see much empathy for a community that was being ravaged by AIDS. “A lot of my friends were victims of the HIV-AIDS epidemic, so we were watching a bunch of our friends die [and we were] trying to figure out what we could do better,” Coleman said in an interview with Norwood News. Over time, the epidemic hit very close to home.

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Dear Readers, We’re currently doing a clear out of some of our older print editions of the newspaper for archival purposes. If anyone would like to pick up a hard copy of a prior print edition, please let us know and we’ll save one for you if we have enough left to go around. You can email smoloney@norwoodnews.org or call (929) 318 6595 and let us know. We won’t be holding on to them for very long so please do let us know quickly if you would like one. Thank you for your ongoing support. Síle Moloney Editor-in-Chief

By SÍLE MOLONEY

It all started last summer when student, Gabrielle Cruz, a member of the St. Barnabas High School (SBHS) choir who also plays the piano, spotted a brochure about a program called “Voices in the Hall” on the desk of SBHS teacher and co-choir director, Sharon Traditi. “We should do this!” Gabrielle excitedly said. “What an experience to perform at Carnegie Hall!” And so, the idea began taking shape with more students in September getting excited about the possibility of taking to the stage of Manhattan’s iconic performance venue. A phone call to executive director, Steve Petrunak, of the “Voices

By SÍLE MOLONEY

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Bedford Park: Man Sought for Display of Public Lewdness aboard MTA Bus

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