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Late-Stage Lung Cancer Diagnoses Plumet to a New Low in The Bronx though Borough Has Highest Rates in NYC

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The five-year survival rate for Stage I or Stage II lung cancer is now more than 65%, compared to just 8% for later-Stages III and IV of the disease, according to the American Lung Association. The news was welcomed by Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) officials who said their clinicians are now finding cancers when they are most treatable and curable thanks to enhanced screening, novel care, access to clinical trials, and community education.

Family & Friends Remember Bronx Teen Murdered in Brooklyn

By DAVID GREENE
Family and friends of Tyson Harps, 16, gathered at the Owens Funeral Home on Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem on Saturday, Nov. 15, to say goodbye to the Bronx teen who was gunned down as he visited friends on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn on Saturday, Nov. 1. One attendee said that after the service, mourners released 16 white doves and balloons into the cloudless, blue sky.

Norwood: Veterans Flagpole to be Restored at Woodlawn Station Councilman Dinowitz’s Office Confirms

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The Office of City Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11) has confirmed that the MTA has committed to restoring the flagpole located next to Woodlawn subway station, the last stop on the 4 train. The flagpole, which was erected in the early ‘70s according to former Bronx resident and now Yonkers-based U.S. Navy Veteran Thomas Moore, had fallen into disrepair, is extremely rusty, and appears to be not so secure.