Be Healthy – World Diabetes Day at NCBH Focuses on Preventive Care

By JANAKI CHADHA Vital Stats: 14.6 – Percentage of Fordham residents with diabetes. (Source: New York City Health Department) Standing in front a crowd of diabetics at North Central Bronx Hospital, instead of speaking on curbing the disease, Dr. Gayotri Goswami took an unusual route and backtracked even before the disease’s onset: pre-diabetes. She spoke on the ignorance of this early stage and the high percentage of pre-diabetics who will develop diabetes in the near future.

Croton Water Filtration Project Overruns Climb Nearly $3B

by David Cruz And the costs just keep on climbing.

State of Heroin In The Bronx: A Special Report

By David Cruz Nearly fifty people streamed inside a cafeteria at a church basement in the South Bronx for a meeting. Handshakes followed by hugs and kisses opened the gathering that would last ninety minutes.

Be Healthy The New Montefiore Medical Center—a Hospital Without Beds

By TOPPER NORRIS Vital Stats: 500. Number of medical professionals employed at new Montefiore Hutchinson Campus. (Source: Montefiore Medical Center) Montefiore Medical Center opened its new Hutchinson Campus today—a 12-story, state-of-the-art medical facility with 12 operating rooms, four procedure rooms, and an advanced medical imaging center. But you won’t find any overnight beds.

Digital Edition of the Norwood News Is Out!

by David Cruz Have two weeks flown by already? They must have since the latest edition of the Norwood News is out filled with plenty of news you can share with your community. This edition we look at the implications behind the impending closure of Shrine of Saint Ann’s Church in Norwood, one of six churches slated for closure in the Bronx. Michaela Ross picks up the story and what parishioners think on the closure. The feature In The Public Interest focuses on ways the city Education Department intends to fix the overcrowding issue in school districts, a step in the

by David Cruz The forecast this Election Day is calling for mild weather for early November. It’s a perfect time to vote! Polls at schools, community centers and senior centers are open until 9 p.m. in a General Election that’s already perceived as having a very low voter turnout despite a New York gubernatorial contest that needs to be decided. The top races in the Bronx have already been decided during the September Democratic primary, considered more important given the overwhelming number of registered Democrats in the Bronx. The Bronx Democratic County Committee helped garner wins for its incumbents, though

By DAVID GREENE With New York City gripped by Ebola worries, we asked readers if the danger of the virus is justified or simply hype? Before, they used to seal off the town or village and nobody gets out and people go in to help, but now it’s like an open market. How can you control it? It’s impossible. The doctor comes back, goes everywhere and then gets sick. You go there to help people and you come back and threaten the entire nation. Antonio Frasca, Morris Park

Editorial: Conquering The Ebola Fear

In the last month, wall-to-wall coverage of Ebola has engulfed the news media. You could say it’s like that of an outbreak–the moment a large media outlet covers it, the rest are infected by it (in the news business, it’s called piggybacking). From the moment the first New York City case of Ebola was reported, city officials have been on high alert. Rightfully so, though Mayor Bill de Blasio has continually pounded the drum saying “there is no reason for New Yorkers to be alarmed.” The patient, a doctor treating Ebola patients at the epicenter of the disease, West Africa,

The Norwood News, your bi-weekly community newspaper you know and love to read is out once again, both on the digital format and over 200 locations in the northwest Bronx. In this edition we take an in-depth look at the super high-tech ShotSpotter system slated to arrive within the 52nd Precinct. Hear from Inspector Nilda Hofmann who can’t wait to see the system up and running in the station house that covers Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and Kingsbridge. We’ve also bridged the divide between newspaper and digital news with Norwood News Online, a feature showcasing some web exclusives that can only