In State of the Borough Speech, Diaz Touts Bronx Businesses, Job Creation

Photos by Adi Talwar On Thursday, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., delivered his third State of the Borough address to a packed, darkened auditorium at Harry S. Truman High School. A bevvy of city and state elected officials were in the audience for the 54-minute speech, which covered the usual political topics–schools, health, transportation, crime–and recalled the accomplishments of Diaz’s last three years in office. But the gist of Diaz’s speech was jobs, jobs, jobs. The Borough President spent much of the first portion of his address reeling off a list of recent economic efforts and business projects that

Editor’s Note: Every Wednesday, Breaking Bronx features a health-related story, event or tidbit as part of an online expansion of our Be Healthy! column. As federal lawmakers in Congress continue to debate over whether health insurers should be required to cover the costs of birth control, a recent city initiative is looking to curb teen pregnancy rates in the Bronx, where it is higher than in any other borough. The program, called Bronx Teens Connection, will offer affordable reproductive health services to the borough’s teenagers, as many here lack health insurance coverage and live below the poverty line. In New

Editor’s Note: Every Wednesday, Breaking Bronx features a health-related story, event or tidbit as part of an online expansion of our Be Healthy! column. Bronx Students, School Health Advocates Advance on Albany A group of Bronx students, parents and teachers affiliated with Montefiore Medical Center traveled to the state capitol yesterday to take part in an advocacy day event, looking to drum up political support for school-based health centers–full service health clinics, situated in schools, which provide care for students there, a tactic advocates say is effective in improving health outcomes for young people in low-income and minority communities. Over

Bronx Nabe Note: Forum on Adoloscent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Thursday Night

Montefiore Medical Center, in collaboration with Connect to Protect (C2P) Bronx, is hosting a Bronx Town Hall meeting on Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health for teens, parents and educators, Feb. 16, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Bronx Library Center.

Bronx Nabe Note: Blood Drive at St. Brendan’s

listing on our Neighborhood Notes page. St. Brendan’s Parish, located at 333 E. 206th St., between Perry and Bainbridge avenues, is conducting its annual neighborhood blood drive on Sunday, Feb. 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the school’s cafeteria.

Bronx Neighborhood Note: Martial Arts at The COVE

The COVE, a Knox-Gates neighborhood organization, 3418 Gates Place (basement) between Mosholu Parkway and Gun Hill Road, is offering Martial Arts classes for ages 5 to adult, Saturdays, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at $5/session. For more information, call (718) 405-1312.

Be Healthy! Wednesdays: National Heart Month off to a Healthy Local Start

Montefiore Medical Center nurses and doctors kicked off “Heart Month,” with its annual mile-long walk to bring greater awareness to heart health.

Bronx Students Want Healthier Snack Choices

Some students at other schools say they would enjoy having these healthy vending machines in their own cafeterias.

Bronx New School Parents Unite for Strategy Session

Parents of past and present students of PS 51, the Bronx New School, which was housed in a highly toxic Bedford Park building for two decades before moving this past summer, are coming together tonight to discuss a strategy going forward as they look to keep pressure the Department of Education.