Latest Edition of the Norwood News is Out!

Hello Fellow Readers! Happy belated Thanksgiving Day to all our readers. We hope you took the time to pause and reflect on the good things that have come to your lives in 2016 and beyond. We hope one of the good things is reading the latest edition of the Norwood News, which hit newsstands last week. Here, you can sample the latest edition digitally, from the comfort of your computer or smartphone. We begin with a story we’ve been following for several months: the preservation of Bedford Park. Bronx Community Board 7 has begun holding a series of workshops on

By CHRISTINE OWUSU-AMPAW

A 59-year-old man was robbed inside his residence on Mosholu Parkway, with one of the thieves coming from within. It all happened on Oct. 28 at around 6:45 p.m. Cops say three suspects entered the residence and demanded money and belongings from the victim. While taking the victim’s debit card, one of the male suspects and a female, who was inside the apartment prior to the robbery, willingly walked to Citibank at 3454 Jerome Ave. and took out $1,000 in cash from the victim’s bank account. Once the money was removed, all three men and women took off to unknown

By DAVID CRUZ

The NYPD has seized this trove of dirt bikes in the last few days, and are warning riders if they see them on Bronx streets, they will be confiscated. This latest crop of bikes was brought to the 52nd Precinct in Norwood, where over the weekend, a parade of cyclists took over Grand Concourse and Mosholu Parkway. Cops grabbed some of the bikes, though some took off. The Police Department instituted a policy several years ago barring officers from pursuing high speed cyclists, seeing it could have a greater danger on bystanders. The NYPD can make arrests. Flash mob of riders

By DAVID CRUZ

For neighbors living in one section of Fordham/Bedford Park, scouring for an overnight spot means traveling outside the neighborhood to look for one. In an ironic twist, spots are indeed available overnight in the neighborhood; residents just can’t utilize them. The roughly 80 street spots can be found at East 194th Street, between Valentine and Marion avenues. But a near 15-year parking rule restricts cars from parking there between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., a stipulation instituted after crime spiked so much in the neighborhood it warranted the provision. It was intended to last for one year, but has since stretched for

By DAVID CRUZ

Parking Lot Attendant Robbed Police are looking for two suspects wanted for robbing a parking lot attendant at gunpoint in Fordham. Police say the robbery happened on just after 4 a.m. Nov. 11 at BK Parking Group Inc. at 205 W. Fordham Rd., where the suspects flashed a gun and demanded cash from the 36-year-old employee. The thieves ran off with money and a cell phone. Photos released describe the suspects as follow: Individual 1: Male, Hispanic, mid-20’s, 5’8″, dark complexion, brown eyes, last seen wearing a black jacket, and black sneakers. Individual 2: Male, Black,

Hello Fellow Readers! The latest edition of the Norwood News, serving Norwood and other Bronx communities, is out with plenty of neighborhood news you can use. We’ve packed the paper with coverage on the historic general election, and our take on what lessons may have been learned. We first begin with a local story on a move by Community Board 7, the all-volunteer civic panel, looking to take the wheel in deciding Bedford Park’s future look. The Board has hired a consulting firm to carry out an independent study on the needs for the neighborhood, home to a hodgepodge of two-story

This presidential election will undoubtedly be pored over in history books for decades, examined by political scientists for its penchant for division over unity. It saw one of the unlikeliest of Republican presidential candidates, now President-elect Donald Trump, square off against Hillary Clinton, an entrenched politician whose road to the White House was indeed bumpy. Their common denominator? They were pretty unpopular outside their base. The race, bombarded into American minds to the point of exhaustion, also led to a civil war among Americans, turning political graciousness into a dysfunctional affair among the pols. It stands to reason that partisanship,

iPhone Thief on the Loose NYPD needs the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of snatching an iPhone 6 Plus from a 51-year-old victim on Oct. 9 at 20 E. 190th St. at around 3 p.m. The suspect (photo left) is described a dark-skinned Hispanic around 18 years old, standing at 5’ 8” and weighing 150 pounds. He was last seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Suspect in Shooting Death Police are hunting for a man

By DAVID CRUZ

In the span of six months, Norwood has seen an uptick in construction along Webster Avenue, a corridor that for years was primed for steady economic growth unseen in the neighborhood. New affordable housing residences complemented by a storefront pepper tiny pockets of the stretch, heavily rezoned to welcome such properties and the working to middle class families developers hope to attract. And while cafés, restaurants, and a bookstore, priority businesses, are still in waiting, other considerations have been met. Among them is a hotel, the second along the corridor. Just what kind of hotel remains to be seen.