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Concerns over Trash Around the Reservoir Oval Continue

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Concerns over trash around the Reservoir Oval East in Norwood continue. What appear to be bags of household trash were seen and photographed between parked cars and the retaining wall around the Reservoir Oval by Wayne Avenue on July 7. The discovery follows previous complaints by residents in June of residual trash by the retaining wall seen in the same vicinity of the Reservoir Oval in Norwood which some residents allege is not being regularly swept.

Sanchez Announces $1 Million in “Participatory Budgeting” Projects

By ARIEL PACHECO
District 14 City Council Member Pierina Sanchez announced a million-dollar investment in various quality-of-life improvements going to schools, libraries, and senior centers in the district on June 20. The funding came by way of New York City Council’s participatory budgeting (PB) process which, according to New York City Council, is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget.   According to the council, the concept originated in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1989. Today, there are more than 3,000 participatory budgeting processes around the world, most at the municipal level. PB was launched


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Fun-Filled “HERO Dads” Father’s Day Event Held in St. James Park

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx dads and their kids got together for a fun day of games and activities to celebrate Father’s Day in St. James Park in Fordham Manor On June 15.   The event was part of the HERO Dads a free program at Montefiore-Einstein designed to empower low-income, non-custodial fathers to achieve family and financial success.   HERO stands for healthy, empowered, resilient and open. Funded by the Office of Family Assistance (OFA), and led by a team of psychologists, mental health counselors, and career development specialists, its mission is to help fathers become involved, nurturing parents to their children.  


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Fernandez Discusses Substance Abuse & Legislative Priorities During Jacobi Visit

By SÍLE MOLONEY
State Sen. Nathalia Fernandez (S.D. 36) paid a visit to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in the Morris Park section of The Bronx on Wednesday, June 28, 2023.   The senator spoke with senior leadership about substance abuse and her legislative priorities as chair of the Alcoholism & Substance Use Disorders Committee. She then toured the Comprehensive Addiction Treatment Center (CATC), spoke with Jacobi’s Stand Up To Violence (SUV) Program, and visited the newly renovated Mental Health Outpatient Clinic.   As assemblywoman for A.D. 80, Fernandez had previously responded to concerns over the location of a proposed substance abuse treatment facility


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Olinville: Police Appeal for Help Locating 16-Year-Old Male Youth Reported Missing

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating a 16-year-old male youth reported missing on Sunday, May 28, from the Olinville section of The Bronx.   Police said Jordan Maitland, of 660 Magenta Street was last seen on Saturday, May 27, at around 9.45 p.m. in the vicinity of his home. They said he is described as being around 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs around 180 pounds, and has brown eyes and short black hair. They said he was last seen wearing a yellow shirt, black shirts, and white sneakers.   Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of


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University Heights: Search for Missing 4-Year-Old Boy

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the man seen in the attached photo who they say is sought in connection with a custodial interference incident reported in University Heights.   Police said that on Sunday, July 2, at around 9.18 p.m., a 22-year-old father met with a 22-year-old mother and their 4-year-old son in the vicinity of East 182nd  Street and Jerome Avenue. “After meeting at the location, the male placed the child on his motorized scooter without the mother’s consent and fled the scene with the child at a high rate of speed to parts unknown,”


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Annual Bronx Anti-Prom Held at Grand Concourse Library to Celebrate Pride Month

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES
New York Public Library (NYPL) hosted the annual Bronx Anti-Prom event this year at Grand Concourse Library on Friday, June 9.   Each year, NYPL organizes an Anti-Prom event in each City borough at different locations as an alternative to the traditional local high school proms for students celebrating the end of high school, to celebrate Pride and who may feel more comfortable in a different setting. NYPL had encouraged members throughout Pride Month to explore its world-renowned collections. The Library has one of the largest collections of LGBTQ+ history and activism, including hundreds of thousands of letters, manuscripts, photographs, posters,


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