Education

Food Program ‘Prescribing’ Fresh Produce Launches in The Bronx

By ARIEL PACHECO
Healthcare professionals will now get the opportunity to prescribe healthy fresh foods to select families in The Bronx through a new pilot program. Retail chain, Stop & Shop, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM), About Fresh nonprofit, and Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson announced the launch of a new program on July 12.

Concerns over Trash Around the Reservoir Oval Continue

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Concerns over trash around the Reservoir Oval East in Norwood continue. What appear to be bags of household trash were seen and photographed between parked cars and the retaining wall around the Reservoir Oval by Wayne Avenue on July 7. The discovery follows previous complaints by residents in June of residual trash by the retaining wall seen in the same vicinity of the Reservoir Oval in Norwood which some residents allege is not being regularly swept.

Feds Announce $25M for 173 E-Bike Charging Stations at Over 50 NYCHA Sites for Safe E-Bike Access

By SÍLE MOLONEY
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand stood alongside NYC Mayor Eric Adams on June 25 to announce funding of $25 million for 173 safe e-charging and storage stations at more than 50 NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA) sites. Schumer and Gillibrand said the federal funds will go towards the construction, and electrical work needed to make the project complete.

Sanchez Announces $1 Million in “Participatory Budgeting” Projects

By ARIEL PACHECO
District 14 City Council Member Pierina Sanchez announced a million-dollar investment in various quality-of-life improvements going to schools, libraries, and senior centers in the district on June 20. The funding came by way of New York City Council’s participatory budgeting (PB) process which, according to New York City Council, is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget.   According to the council, the concept originated in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1989. Today, there are more than 3,000 participatory budgeting processes around the world, most at the municipal level. PB was launched


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POTS Opens Second Location on Grand Concourse

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT
  The address says 2450 Grand Concourse, but the public will find the entrance to the new, second location of the nonprofit, Part of the Solution (POTS), just a few steps from the eastside exit of the B and D subway station at Fordham Road on East 188th Street. The official opening was originally scheduled for June 8 but was rescheduled to June 29 following the issuance of an air quality advisory by health officials when the skies over NYC turned a deep orange due to residue from the Canadian wildfires.   The three-week delay did not dampen the spirits


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Local School Hosts 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration in the Williamsbridge Oval Park

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES
  A Juneteenth celebration hosted by the social justice committee of Bronx Community Charter School in Norwood was held at the Williamsbridge Oval park in Norwood on Monday, June 19.   The school, located at 3170 Webster Avenue in Norwood, first launched what they intend to be an annual celebration last year, as reported. Held from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the event included musical performances, reading, arts and crafts, and reflections on the meaning of the holiday.   One little girl seated on a beanbag was seen lost in a book during the event.   Other children were assisted


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Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Holds 10th Annual Neighborhood Festival

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES
Kingsbridge Heights Community Center (KHCC) hosted its 10th Annual Neighborhood Festival on Friday, June 16, celebrating both Pride and Juneteenth. The event was held at the center located at 3101 Kingsbridge Terrace.   KHCC is a settlement house founded in 1974 by community activists Janet Athanasidy, Patricia Burns, and Mary McLoughlin, serving the Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood and the Bronx. KHCC offers programs and services in multiple sites for more than 4,500 people annually from English language classes to childcare to early head start programs, a food pantry, gardening, a day summer camp and more. A planned barbecue was brought inside on the day due to a thunderstorm, but the


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