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.

Inquiring Photographer: How’s Mayor de Blasio Doing?

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.

Out & About: Westchester Square Gears Up for Fair @ The Square

Editor’s Pick Annual Fair at Westchester Square The Westchester Square Merchants Association presents its free 7th annual Fair @ the Square, June 20 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (rain or shine) along the streets of Westchester Square between St. Raymond and Westchester avenues. Events include an all-day concert series featuring a variety of music with host and performers, plus both an adult and kid Elvis impersonator. Also featured will be art, an MTA antique bus, a kids’ activity area offering face painting and arts and crafts, an FDNY smokehouse and antique fire engine, rock wall, games, exhibits and other

By DAVID CRUZ The Norwood News is once again out with a new edition available online and across the northwest Bronx and filled with plenty of community news you can use! We begin with a micro-local story that can play out anywhere–the “in-stall-ation” of speed hump on a street that’s at both a Neighborhood Slow Zone and school zone. Neighbors are in an uproar over a year-long delay, especially after a vehicle recently plowed in three parked cars before turning over. Find out what the commotion is about. We also delve into the existing rent protection laws that are slated to

FEGS’ Bronx Programs Transferred to The Jewish Board

By VIVIAN CARTER Federation Employment & Guidance Services (FEGS) of Norwood, now bankrupt, will keep its social services programs going, after transferring them to the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services for $75 million. New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), primary provider of licenses and contracts for the programs, authorized the transfer. The Jewish Board, in existence for more than 140 years, currently helps over 5,880 clients in the Bronx (and 35,000 citywide) to live as independently as possible, through care management services, mental health clinics, preventive services, emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence, supportive housing, apartment

Out & About: An Outing at the Borough’s Elysium

Editor’s Pick Free Bronx Day at NYBG The New York Botanical Garden presents Bronx Day, May 30 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Garden’s Clay Family Picnic Pavilions. Bring lunch and enjoy free musical entertainment, fun events for the entire family including face painting, and health, finance, and education resource information kiosks. Advance tickets (free) are required for admission. For more information or if inclement weather, call (718) 817-8990.