Royal Kingbee’s Murals Buzz in The Bronx

By JULIAN NAZAR

Maybe you’ve sometimes exited the Kingsbridge Road subway station on Jerome Avenue and looked across the street in awe at a mural that highlights the best of The Bronx? Or perhaps you’ve passed by Walton Avenue and East Burnside Avenue in the Mt. Hope section of the borough, and taken a moment to read the messages on the comic, book-esque mural that deals with gentrification? Walking around The Bronx, chances are you’ve seen one of the murals by Alfredo Bennett, aka, Royal Kingbee. The muralist completed his latest work, Invasion of the Colorful Honeycombs, in March. It’s on

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Local People Reported Missing in Recent Weeks A 12-year-old girl was reported missing in the Allerton section of The Bronx. Click here for more details. A 21-year-old woman was reported missing in the Norwood section of The Bronx. Click here for more details. A 17-year-old boy was reported missing in the Jerome Park section of The Bronx. Click here for more details. A 48-year-old man was reported missing in the Williamsbridge section of The Bronx. Click here for more details. A 52-year-old woman was reported missing in the Van Cortlandt Village section of The Bronx. Click here for more details.

By SARAH HUFFMAN

Editor’s Note: The following is an updated version of the story that appears in our latest print edition. Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson held the annual “Herstory” celebration on Thursday, March 10, at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), an event which honored five women for achievements in their respective fields to mark Women’s History Month. Gibson welcomed the guests saying, “March is Women’s ‘Herstory’ Month, and it is a time of the year when we celebrate our women and all of the great contributions that our sisters have made to history, to culture, society,” before

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Editor’s Pick Bronx-based nonprofit, Freedom Youth NYC Family Justice Center, is holding a Black & Gold fundraiser to support the organization’s anti-trafficking work on April 30 at 5 p.m. at 22 East 125th Street in Manhattan with honoree, Mayor Eric Adams. Further details can be found in the flyer, which can be found further below. EVENTS Hop Aboard the Woodlawn Trolley for a 60-minute Throwback Thursday Scenic Trolley Tour of the Woodlawn Cemetery, located at 3800 Jerome Ave, Bronx, NY, on Thursday, April 21, at 2 p.m. Woodlawn is a 400-acre national historic landmark and a Level II Arboretum.

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Local Spuyten Duyvil resident, Stephanie Coggins, is encouraging families, friends and neighbors to attend the co-naming ceremony of Palisade Avenue / John J McKelvey Sr. Villa Rosa Bonheur Way, on April 8, an event hosted by District 11 Councilman Eric Dinowitz. On December 15, 2021, legislation created and advanced by the councilman was passed at City Council which paved the way for the co-naming of the intersection of Palisade Avenue and Independence Avenue. According to Coggins, the co-naming celebrates the wide-ranging and historical contributions of McKelvey Sr. to modern day Spuyten Duyvil and the larger community encompassed by Bronx

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The following is an extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition. Were it just “the luck of the Irish” that was needed, it might not have taken two decades for an Irish LGBTQ+ group to finally make history, marching this year for the first time ever, under the group’s identifying banner, in the annual Bronx St. Patrick’s Day parade in Throggs Neck, on Sunday, March 13. But as parade participant, Brendan Fay, knows, changing the world sometimes means shifting hearts and minds, which itself requires imagination, patience, persistence, grace in the face of opposition,

By DAVID GREENE

Women’s History Month kicked off with a pair of celebratory events held at Monroe College in Fordham Manor and at Jacobi Hospital in Morris Park, following International Women’s Day on March 8. On March 9, Mayor Eric Adams was expected to speak at the “My Sister’s Keeper Female Empowerment Conference,” held in the Mintz auditorium of Monroe College, located at 2501 Jerome Avenue. However, the mayor reportedly cancelled at the last minute. Judging by the reaction of the crowd of young, female, high-school students in attendance, they did not appear to be too disappointed, however. Stepping in for

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Bronx Toastmasters Club of Riverdale announced the club’s next meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 23, at 7.30 p.m., via Zoom, and the committee is encouraging all its members from the Northwest Bronx to attend. The meeting will have speeches by award-winning Toastmaster, Dr. Bekah Yoxthimer, from the Loveland Speakeasy Toastmasters club in Cincinnati, OH. Yoxthmier will deliver the speech, “The Eraser,” which is also her speech entry in the organization’s International Speech competition. Meanwhile, also scheduled to give a prepared speech on the night is Anne Leighton, who will be sharing her networking secrets. The club’s

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