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Editor’s Note: Check back for more updates as we add more events. Editor’s Pick A Caribbean Heritage Celebration will be hosted by Bronx borough president’s office and partners on Thursday, June 22. See attached flier below for more details. EVENTS Drishna Wholeness in partnership with Poe Park Visitors Center and other partners will hold a Veterans Appreciation Day Event on Saturday, June 24, at 11 a.m. in Poe Park, Grand Concourse between East Kingsbridge Road and 192nd Street. There will be food, music, drinks, games, wellness and more. Call Pascale Pierre on (917) 557 1547 for more

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the person seen in the attached photo who department officials say is sought in connection with a robbery that occurred in Fordham Manor. Police said that on Tuesday, June 13, at approximately 4.41 p.m., three people approached a business located at 2441 Jerome Avenue. They said one member of the group remained at the door as a lookout, while the other two entered the business. “Once inside, one of the individuals displayed a firearm at a 31-year-old male employee while demanding property,” a police spokesperson said. “The individuals then

By DAVID GREENE

Several hundred public school teachers and NYC Department of Education (DOE) employees gathered in Parkchester on May 24, as other school employees assembled at similar rallies across the City the same day, to demand a new employment contract with the City, a salary increase, less bureaucracy and smaller class sizes. The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) union held rallies in all five boroughs as Bronx teachers and staff gathered at Virginia Park, located between the Cross Bronx Service Road and Westchester Avenue. “Lisa,” a School District 8 special education teacher, told Norwood News, “We’ve been without a contract since the last school year if I’m not mistaken. We’re looking for better pay,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo, and the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) are partnering to raise funds for children battling illness, by supporting 27 runners representing CHAM in the TCS New York City Marathon, Montefiore officials said. They said every year, Montefiore gathers a team of “CHAMpions” to run the 26.2-mile marathon, held annually in November, to raise critical funds that support children undergoing treatments at CHAM. This year, hospital officials said The Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation is partnering with CHAM to bolster the runners’ fundraising efforts. They

By YUVELCA REYES

Stillbirth is still birth. “A woman who has a stillborn child still goes through the trauma of labor and birth, and this is compounded by the loss of a child,” wrote Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson in her April 2023 Black Maternal Health Week letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. But right now, our Bronx representative and speaker of the New York State Assembly, Carl Heastie, seems to think it’s okay for New York to revoke a mother’s right to previously-approved paid leave and tell her to “get back to work” only days after birthing and then burying a

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

A one-month-old baby girl is in critical condition following a motor vehicle accident in the Unionport section of The Bronx, police said. A police spokesperson said the two-vehicle collision occurred on Tuesday, June 6, at 6.41 p.m. at Castle Hill Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard. “The one-month-old, female child / infant was in one of the two vehicles,” the spokesperson said. “She sustained critical injuries. She was removed to Jacobi Hospital by EMS. That is all the preliminary information that we have at this moment.” Asked about unconfirmed reports that one of the vehicles involved in the collision may

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is appealing to the public for help locating a 32-year-old woman reported missing from Wakefield. Police said that Abigail Arias of 4000 Lowere Place in the Wakefield section of The Bronx, was last seen on Sunday, June 4, at around 10.30 p.m., leaving her home. They said she is described as female, is around 4 feet, 11 inches in height, weighs around 125 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes. Police said she was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, black sweatpants, and black ‘Crocs’ sandals. Anyone with information regarding this missing

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is appealing to the public for help locating an 11-year-old girl from Fordham Heights who is reported missing. Police said that Alema Kalic, 11, of 2436 Marion Avenue in Fordham Heights was last seen on Sunday, June 4, at approximately 10.30 a.m., leaving a family member’s home located at 731 Bryant Avenue in Hunts Point. Police said Alema is described as female, is 5 feet, 3 inches tall, and weighs around 130 pounds. They said she was last seen wearing a gray sweater, an orange shirt, blue shorts, and black sneakers. Anyone

By SÍLE MOLONEY

New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed Intro. 891 into law on Thursday, May 25, which will allow sporting venues to hold games of chance, such as raffles, for charitable purposes. “Today, we are hitting a home run for New York City nonprofits,” said Adams. “New York City is home to some of the greatest sporting teams in the nation, and we love supporting them, especially when they give back to the community. Today, with the signing of this bill into law, we are stepping up to the plate, and making it easier for the Yankees, the Mets, and others