Out & About: Celebrating Black History Month

EDITOR’S PICK Celebrating Black History Month at Bronx Library Center The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents the following programs in celebration of Black History Month. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

In State of the Borough Address, BP Diaz Jr. Touts Bronx on the Mend

By DAVID CRUZ In a State of the Borough speech packed with pomp, ambition and proposals, Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. talked of the Bronx on the mend, powered by a list of accomplishments and tempered gravitas.

Latest Digital Digital of the Norwood News Is Out!

By DAVID CRUZ The digital edition of the Norwood News, covering the northwest Bronx and its surrounding communities, is now available here on www.norwoodnews.org. We start with turmoil within a sprawling cooperative off West Fordham Road that’s reached its zenith after a group of shareholders gathered to oust the current Board of Directors. Accusations fly all over the place with this story. Next, the Norwood News has a feature that jumps on the Bronx political coverage—The Bronx Beltway. We highlight several stories swirling around the Bronx political sphere and provide anecdotal analysis. The newest just launched. Expect more in the

Scheduling Snafu Postpones Housing Meeting with Webster Ave. Developer

By DAVID CRUZ Community members were eager to hear from a developer’s newly purchase of property along Webster Avenue, but were instead met with a letdown. At the latest Community Board 7 Land Use/Housing Committee, which delves into housing and real estate matters within the Board’s borders, members were noticeably disappointed The Stagg Group was absent at a meeting they were scheduled to present. The mood was made tangible when Jean Hill, serving as the committee’s co-chair, informed the group of a scheduling error on The Stagg Group’s part. “Somehow or another they thought the date was for tomorrow even though we

By DAVID CRUZ Board meetings for the Fordham Hill Oval Corp., a sprawling gated community, are often held at St. Tolentine Church, across from the neighboring co-ops. But on Feb. 10, a faction of some 100 shareholders gathered there to determine how it could unseat the current Board.

Editor’s Note: The Norwood News has launched a new feature–The Bronx Beltway, covering stories you’ll hear about in the world of Bronx politics. By DAVID CRUZ State of the City The Bronx was mentioned by name five times during Mayor Bill de Blasio’s State of the City speech, where he outlined an unheard of $200 million capital improvement project intended to spruce up the still dormant South Bronx waterfront.

Be Healthy – An Afternoon Stroll Kicks Off Heart Month at Montefiore

By David Cruz A cavalcade of Montefiore employees, mainly those from the Center for Heart and Vascular Care, strode around the perimeter halls of the Moses Campus in Norwood on Feb. 5.

Inquiring Photographer

Inquiring Photographer picks the brain of neighbors with a timely question of the week.

Fordham Hill Oval Shareholders to Discuss Suit Against Board, Management Tonight

by DAVID CRUZ Several shareholders of a gated community in Fordham will be putting their heads together this evening hoping to regain control of the sprawling complex amid turmoil. The shareholders, all tenants at the sprawling Fordham Hill Oval Cooperatives, will get together at the Father Smith Center at the corner of West Fordham Road and Andrews Avenue tonight to determine how to legally disband the current Board of Directors, establish an interim board and remove Argo Management, which oversees the properties. For the past few months, shareholders have been in loggerheads with the Board of Directors. The Board’s incumbent