Out & About: Kicking Off the Holidays

Editor’s Pick Holiday Tree Lightings The public is invited to two Christmas tree lightings in Norwood. One sponsored by the Jerome-Gun Hill BID is on Dec. 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Greenstreets Park on Jerome Avenue and Mosholu Parkway North (info: (718) 324-4946); and the other sponsored by Community Board 7 is on Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. on Mosholu Parkway and Bainbridge Avenue (info: (718) 933-5650).

BP Volunteers at POTS, as Hunger Worsens in the Bronx

By Anton K. Nilsson On the day before Thanksgiving, hungry Bronxites lined up in the vestibule outside of Part of the Solution, the food pantry and soup kitchen on Webster Avenue.

Be Healthy – World Diabetes Day at NCBH Focuses on Preventive Care

By JANAKI CHADHA Vital Stats: 14.6 – Percentage of Fordham residents with diabetes. (Source: New York City Health Department) Standing in front a crowd of diabetics at North Central Bronx Hospital, instead of speaking on curbing the disease, Dr. Gayotri Goswami took an unusual route and backtracked even before the disease’s onset: pre-diabetes. She spoke on the ignorance of this early stage and the high percentage of pre-diabetics who will develop diabetes in the near future.

Digital Edition of the Norwood News Is Out

by David Cruz After a pause for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Norwood News is once again out with its latest edition of the newspaper. The hard copy is available throughout 300 locations in the northwest Bronx, from diners, offices and within Montefiore Medical Center. Our top story focuses on a rare shelter model that’ll pop up in University Heights, which is also primed for major redevelopment in a few years, according to a report. We hear from the folks at the Bowery Residents Committee, which plans on building a nine-story shelter at a barren piece of property. We also tackle a

by David Cruz And the costs just keep on climbing.

Shelter Developer Outlines Housing Mix In University Heights

By David Cruz When Jean Hill heard a developer’s plan to build their latest shelter proposal, the idea of a fact-finding visit to the developer’s other sites quickly surfaced. After all, she’s poked around other sites before. “We do go out, ask questions of the people who live in [the developer’s] backyard. ‘Have you had any problems with them? Is everything kosher?’” said Hill, serving as Community Board 7’s Land Use/Housing committee chairwoman.

At An Annual Holiday Food Drive, Dinowitz Does His Part

By Catharina Thuemling The holiday season is near but not all families are blessed to celebrate Thanksgiving and other upcoming holidays with a table filled with food.

Business Beat – Lobbying Cosmetologists While a BID Gears Up For the Holidays

Diaz Jr. Lobbies Beauty Biz Over Regulation Bill Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. took his bill on grading the beauty industry directly to cosmetologists at a Lehman College symposium Nov. 18. The bill would allow the city to rate every city barbershop, salon and spa, hoping problem spas clean up their act. Though it was introduced in September by the bill’s sponsor, Brooklyn Councilman Rafael Espinal, no action has been taken. “The proposals we put forward today will go a long way towards ensuring that the people of this city have a clean and safe atmosphere to get their

by David Cruz Community Board 7 members are expected to hear from the nonprofit developer of an affordable housing/homeless shelter in University Heights just as interest for waterfront development grows.