History

On the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Let Us Never Forget

By CYNTHIA TUOHY
At 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 10, 2001, my manager informed me by phone that she would miss a review deadline critical to my work. She rhetorically asked if that was OK. Of course it wasn’t, but through gritted teeth I replied, “Sure, what difference does a day make?”

A Letter to Our Readers

By DANIELA BEASLEY
The Norwood News has been a part of my life for nearly as long as I have been building my career, and that makes writing about this moment particularly difficult.

UPDATE Gloria Thomas Honored with Street Co-Naming

By DAVID GREENE
A few dozen friends and family members of community activist Gloria Thomas joined residents of University Heights for a street co-naming ceremony in her honor at the northeast corner of West 190th Street and Aqueduct Avenue on Monday, July 13. The street was co-named Ms. Gloria Thomas Way.

Op-Ed: Democrats Disagree on New PR Status Bill

By GENE ROMAN
Puerto Rico’s non-voting Resident Commissioner in Congress, Pablo José Hernández Rivera, (D-PR), introduced a new bill on June 10 to address Puerto Rico’s status as a U.S. territory. The day after the bill’s introduction, Democrats, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-7), Y), issued the following joint statement opposing the new bill: