Youth Cite Benefits of Restorative Justice Program

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81) presented a check for $250,000 to Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC) on Monday, Nov. 6, to support its restorative justice program at the Norwood-based center (MMCC), in the presence of some of the young course participants and course facilitators. Dinowitz said the funding will help support “anti-gun, anti-drug, anti-violence, and anti-gang programs for teens.”

UPDATE Kingsbridge:15-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing Since Found

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD said a 15-year-old girl from Kingsbridge who had been reported missing on Thursday, Dec. 14, has since been located.

Morris Heights: Police Appeal for Help Locating 27-Year-old Woman Reported Missing

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance locating a 27-year-old woman reported missing from Morris Heights.

West Farms: Driver Abandons Vehicle after Hitting Bus on Southern Boulevard

By DAVID GREENE

Police are looking to question the driver of a vehicle that struck an MTA bus in the West Farms section of the Bronx over the weekend, causing injury to one, before fleeing the scene of the collision.

UPDATE Community Mourns Death of Howard E. Kamiel, President of Amalgamated Housing Corporation

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Representatives of the Amalgamated Housing Corporation in in the Van Cortlandt Village section of The Bronx, said they are deeply saddened to announce the sudden passing of the president of its board of directors, Howard E. Kamiel, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at the age of 70.

UPDATE Bronxites Mourn Death of Community Leader Bob Nolan

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronxites are mourning the recent death of Bronx community leader, Bob Nolan, who died Friday, Dec. 15, in The Bronx at the age of 70.

UPDATE Bedford Park: Raccoon Seen on Construction Site Scaffolding

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A Citizens app user shared a video posted on Friday, Dec. 15, of a raccoon apparently seen in the scaffolding of a construction site at 33 Bedford Park Boulevard East in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx, located to the right of a barber shop at 47 Bedford Park Boulevard East.

NJ Man Who Posed as Nurse Charged with Kidnapping & Abusing Two Bronx Women, Among Others

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A New Jersey man has been charged with kidnapping, interstate travel to commit domestic violence, interstate communication of a threat, cyberstalking, and interstate stalking of multiple women, including two women from The Bronx, federal prosecutors said on Monday, Dec. 11.

UPDATE Neighborhood Notes: Mayoral Control Hearings, Missing People, Coyote Awareness & More!

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Neighborhood Notes: Mayoral Control Hearings, Missing People, Coyote Awareness & More!

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UPDATE Kingsbridge:15-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing Since Found

Morris Heights: Police Appeal for Help Locating 27-Year-old Woman Reported Missing

West Farms: Driver Abandons Vehicle after Hitting Bus on Southern Boulevard

UPDATE Community Mourns Death of Howard E. Kamiel, President of Amalgamated Housing Corporation

UPDATE Bronxites Mourn Death of Community Leader Bob Nolan

UPDATE Bedford Park: Raccoon Seen on Construction Site Scaffolding

NJ Man Who Posed as Nurse Charged with Kidnapping & Abusing Two Bronx Women, Among Others

UPDATE Neighborhood Notes: Mayoral Control Hearings, Missing People, Coyote Awareness & More!