Neighborhood Notes

Flea Market Needs Donations The Bedford Mosholu Community Association Flea Market is soliciting donations for new and used (excluding clothing) items. Donations can be brought to the B.M.C.A. office at 400 E. Mosholu Pkwy. South, Apt. B1-Lobby Floor, on Feb. 18 and 25 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., and Feb. 28 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., and March 4 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. For more information, call (718) 367-2230. Free Tax E-Guide The Financial Advisors Group is offering a free tax preparation guide available in electronic form throughout tax season. To obtain a copy, email the Financial Advisors Group at advisorsgroup@ymail.com.

By Rose Itzcovitz Montefiore Medical Center is on the hunt for dogs. The pups’ requirement–must love humans.

Arrest Made for Body Found Dead Inside Car in Norwood

by David Cruz Authorities in New Jersey have charged a man linked to the death of a Fort Lee man found dead in the back of a car in Norwood last month. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office says that Andre Jamal Thompson, known by associates as “Boogie,” was charged with felony murder for the homicide of Jordan Johnson. The victim was found in a black BMW on 211th Street and Tryon Avenue just off the Major Deegan Expressway and overlooking the Woodlawn Cemetery on Jan. 15. Investigators learned that Thompson allegedly lured Johnson to an apartment in Fort Lee. Johnson

By MICHAEL BROWN JR. Tenants of a plush apartment complex in West Fordham are mulling a lawsuit against its board of directors, citing new fees illegally imposed by its Board president.

Out & About – Show Love This Valentine’s Day With Cultural Shows

Editor’s Pick Valentine’s Day With Peter Pan The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents Peter Pan featuring the Traveling Lantern Theatre, Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

Opinion: Encouraging Fresh Faces to Join Their Community Board

It is never too early to be civically engaged. Encouraging youth to become involved in the decision-making process that affects their daily lives will ensure our success as a community. Young people have vision, ideas, passion, creativity, and endless energy that if harnessed in the right way can bring about transformative, long-lasting changes to the public policies that shape our way of life. Empowering and entrusting our youth to lead is a great first step in allowing them to develop a sense of pride and ownership in their surroundings that translates into them becoming stewards of their neighborhoods – this

by DAVID CRUZ The latest edition of the Norwood News is out with news you can use. It’s been an interesting two weeks compiling relevant stories for the northwest Bronx, and here’s a snapshot of what you’ll find: – Thousands of tenants are fuming over a rise in a lack of heat and hot water in their building owned by the same firm, The Related Cos. Find out what both sides have to say in this battle that’s just heating up. Editor’s Note: A fact-finding forum sponsored by Community Board 7 and the neighborhood’s elected officials will be held tonight, February 5 at

by DAVID CRUZ The city’s money man is standing behind a New York City Council bill that would provide public defenders to represent tenants going through Bronx Housing Court, a courthouse marred with delays and confusion.

North Bronx Lawmaker Tips Power Balance to Borough

By DAVID CRUZ Assemblyman Carl Heastie, the north Bronx legislator and leader of the borough’s Democratic Committee, was voted in Tuesday as Assembly Speaker, replacing the disgraced Sheldon Silver, who resigned in late January.