MMG Family Health Center Moves to New Facility

Montefiore Medical Group Family Health Center has relocated to a high-tech center at Fordham Plaza, heralded with a ribbon cutting ceremony June 11. (l-r) Cutting the ribbon is Deirdre Rosado, director of Operations, Montefiore Medical Group; Andrew Racine, MD, PhD, senior vice president, chief medical officer, Montefiore Health System; Steven M. Safyer, MD, president and CEO, Montefiore Health System; Bruce H. Soloway, MD, Department of Family Medicine; Sheila Yates, RN, MSN, administrative director, Family Health Center; and Maria Gbur, MD, medical director of the Family Health Center. The center offers primary and specialty care. Photo courtesy Montefiore Medical Center

Latest Digital Edition of the Norwood News Is Out!

By DAVID CRUZ The award-winning Norwood News is proud to present its latest edition of its bi-weekly newspaper that’s available in 300 locations throughout the northwest Bronx. Or you can read up on community news you can use from your mobile device and soak in plenty of eye-catching news. Before we delve into the top story, we want to divert your attention to page six in the newspaper: an award for Best Small Circulation Publication by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism’s annual Ippies awards. Find out what the judges have to say about this newspaper filled with original reporting.

By NORWOOD NEWS Normally this format is reserved for when the latest edition of the Norwood News publishes its latest edition, but we veered from the script just a bit to present the latest newsletter by Community Board 7. The Board, under the chairmanship of newly re-elected chair Adaline Walker-Santiago, released an eight-page publication of its own showcasing the work it’s taken on since last September. The Board, covering Norwood, Bedford Park, Kingsbridge, Fordham and University Heights, has now entered a summer hiatus to catch its breath, but not before releasing its newsletter. In it, you’ll find quick blurbs of the

By DAVID CRUZ Executive leadership virtually stood the same at Community Board 7, with one of the more contentious and heavily watched election races this year going to the incumbent.

Inquiring Photographer: How’s Mayor de Blasio Doing?

By DAVID GREENE This week we asked readers to rate the performance of Mayor Bill de Blasio after a year and a half in office.

Latest Edition of the Norwood News Is Out!

By DAVID CRUZ The Norwood News is once again out with a new edition available online and across the northwest Bronx and filled with plenty of community news you can use! We begin with a micro-local story that can play out anywhere–the “in-stall-ation” of speed hump on a street that’s at both a Neighborhood Slow Zone and school zone. Neighbors are in an uproar over a year-long delay, especially after a vehicle recently plowed in three parked cars before turning over. Find out what the commotion is about. We also delve into the existing rent protection laws that are slated to

By DAVID CRUZ The latest edition of the Norwood News is on its way to a restaurant, office or store near you, loaded with plenty of news you can use. Our latest offering brings you a timely story rankling many residents—illegal barbecues. Jasmine Gomez takes a look at just why barbecuing is something of a mainstay in the Bronx, despite being prohibited in some parks. We get the city’s side, and hear out the pros and cons. Definitely a community story worth reading. We then move on to a profile of a storied civic group that’s become synonymous to the

By JASMINE GOMEZ With climbing temperatures and daylight hours extending, the barbecue season is heating up. And along Mosholu Parkway, some residents are fuming over illegal barbecues, a common sighting as hints of summer settle in.

Digital Edition of the Norwood News Is Out!

By DAVID CRUZ The latest edition of the Norwood News is out with plenty of community news you can use! There’s plenty to talk about, so here goes: The big story is on something of a rarity: a stop by a U.S. sitting President in the Bronx. President Barack Obama did just that, spending an afternoon at Lehman College. The Norwood News was there to capture Mr. Obama’s rare event, which detailed the formation of a nonprofit geared towards young minority men. Heading back to more hyperlocal terrain, we go to Mosholu Parkway, where community residents are hammering out a