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PA Coroner’s Office Identifies 1992 Jane Doe as Missing Bronx Woman Through Forensic Genetics

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The Berks County Coroner’s Office in Pennsylvania announced Thursday, June 4, that it has positively identified human remains discovered in Windsor Township, Berks County, PA more than three decades ago, as being the body of a young Bronx mother who was  reported missing in the early 1990s, bringing long-awaited answers to a Bronx family who never stopped searching for their loved one.

Belmont: FDNY Say Cause of Fire at 660 East 187th St Building was Accidental

By DAVID GREENE
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark and New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Nadia I. Shihata announced Thursday, May 20, that a NYC Department of Correction Officer was charged for allegedly accepting thousands of dollars in exchange for delivering documents that he believed were soaked with narcotics to an inmate at Rikers Island.

UPDATE Belmont: Vigil Held for Victims of Fatal Fire at 660 East 187th Street

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Residents of Belmont held a vigil outside Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church on East 187th Street on Friday evening, April 24, to pray for the two deceased victims who were tragically killed in the 5-alarm fire in Belmont on April 21, as well as for their families and other residents displaced following the blaze.

Bronx Man Indicated for Assaulting Two FDNY EMTs Responding to Assist Him

By Síle Moloney
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Wednesday, June 3, that a Bronx man has been indicted for assault for allegedly attacking two FDNY emergency medical service technicians (EMTs) who responded to assist him in the University Heights section of The Bronx earlier this year.

UPDATE Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Quality-of-Life Issues in Williamsbridge Oval as Lawsuit Planned Against City

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
This week, after some negative feedback about quality-of-life issues in and around the Williamsbridge Oval park in Norwood, and in Norwood more broadly, were sent on May 19 to the Office of Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11), Bronx Community Board 7, and the Jerome Gun Hill BID from George Lunney of Norwood Residents Association, as well as other quality-of-life concerns raised recently by other local residents, Norwood News asked readers for their opinions on the situation.

NYC Correction Officer Charged for Taking Bribes to Smuggle Contraband into Rikers Island

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark and New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Nadia I. Shihata announced Thursday, May 20, that a NYC Department of Correction Officer was charged for allegedly accepting thousands of dollars in exchange for delivering documents that he believed were soaked with narcotics to an inmate at Rikers Island.