Last Day to Sign Up For Bronx Youth Heard, A Free Journalism Workshop

We’re making our last-minute push for students interested in journalism and writing to sign up for Bronx Youth Heard, the free after school program that empowers students to get their names out there. We are a 12-week workshop that teaches Bronx high school students the fundamentals of journalism, building critical thinking and writing skills. The application deadline to sign up is today, January 29, and we are welcoming to all Bronx high school students ages 14-18. Classes are held each Thursday (minus holidays) from February 5 until the middle of May at Hostos Community College. The program involves attending the

By DAVID CRUZ At an upstairs office just below a mechanic shop on Broadway, Katherine Broihier looks ahead. The yearly calendar out of the way, Broihier’s focus turns to a light fixture project for Broadway. The project, one of many for 2015, will likely be accomplished by her and her alone.

Blizzard Not Exactly a Dud, But Bronxites Expected Worse

By David Cruz The city’s first major snowstorm of the season did dump a batch of snow on the Bronx, but it wasn’t much to put Norwood in complete hibernation.

Detective Begins and Ends Career at the 5-2

By DAVID CRUZ Detective Kathleen O’Sullivan punched in at the 52nd Precinct on Jan. 13. The same day, she punched out as a detective one last time.

As Blizzard Revs Up, Bronxites Prepare to Hibernate

by David Cruz Friends of Donnetta Reid of Norwood thought her crazy by her nifty idea in protecting her car from a snowstorm–draping it with a thin sheet of plastic. But it seemed to work during last year’s horrendous winter. And as a historic storm settled into the tri-state area, Ms. Reid thought it’d be a good idea to bring back her technique.

Editorial – The Loophole Behind The Right to Know

Back in November, when public sentiments for the NYPD further eroded following a summer of high-profile police-involved incidents around the country, the New York City Council proposed a bill that would add another layer of double-sided red tape for rank and file officers. Intro No. 541, or the Right to Know Law, proposes that officers ask a suspect’s permission whether they can be searched during a routine police stop, as per the Fourth Amendment. The consent must be documented via recording or written statement.

Taking Up Space, Illegal Vendors Narrow JGHBID Sidewalks

By KIMBERLY C. JACOBS As one of the busiest shopping corridors in the Bronx, the Jerome-Gun Hill Business Improvement District in Norwood is an attractive area for vendors, both licensed and unlicensed, to set up pop-up businesses on the sidewalk.

Bronx Bracing For 2015 ‘Historic’ Blizzard

By David Cruz The relatively dormant winter is slated to unleash a record snowstorm along the tri-state area, and the Bronx is no exception.

P.S. 94 Top of the Class With Family Involvement Program

PS 94 Kings College School in Norwood is rising to the challenge set by New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña by engaging students’ families in creative new ways.