Parkside Houses to Get Enchanced $3 Mil Security System

By Anton K. Nilsson A new $3 million investment is hoped to improve security at the Parkside Housing Development on White Plains Road near the borough’s New York Botanical Garden. Residents have made repeated complaints about the lack of security in the complex.

Graffiti Comes, Goes, Returns In Norwood

by Anton K. Nilsson Graffiti tags stained on house walls, storefronts, and on public property are a common sight in New York, and Norwood is no exception. A blue plywood fence on a quiet, residential stretch of Perry Avenue served as a perfect example of graffiti at its worst.

Be Healthy: Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Set For Sept. 27

Vital Stats: 41 Million; Total number of pounds of prescription drugs seized nationally by the DEA since starting a take-back program in 2010. (Source: Drug Enforcement Administration) By CATHARINA THUEMLING National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is slated for Sept. 27, where prescription meds can be dropped off at participating police stations throughout the Bronx from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m

With Mosholu Benches Ripped In Half, Residents Ask For Better Communication

By Kasia Romanowska Following a barely publicized bench removal project along Mosholu Parkway early this month, Community Board 7 is now demanding better communication involving future projects. The news comes as Parks admitted there was no plan to replace them.

At Kingsbridge Building, Crusader On Her Own

By DAVID CRUZ In the 43 years that Suzanne has lived at 95 W. 195th St. in Kingsbridge Heights, her standard of living has progressively gone from bad to worse.

Inquiring Photographer

This week we asked readers their thoughts on the new NYPD pilot program that would have some officers wearing a small camera that’s able to record interactions with the public. I think it’s a good thing because people who claim they have been brutally attacked by policemen would actually have evidence that they did or they didn’t. Tyzannah Sands, Kingsbridge

Living In Squalor: Life At Decatur Avenue Buildings

By KASIA ROMANOWSKA and DAVID CRUZ Shanequa Charles, a single mother, lives in an apartment at 2543 Decatur Ave., a six story walk-up just off 193rd Street by Fordham Road. Her 4-year-old daughter, Miracle, remains scared to enter the bathroom because of the bugs squeezing out of the tub.

Neighborhood Notes

Bronx Youth Heard The Norwood News is accepting applications from Bronx high school students ages 14 to 18 for its Bronx Youth Heard after school journalism program. To obtain a copy of the application, call (718) 324-4998 or log on to www.norwoodnews.org/youthjournalism/. Free Credit score and Analysis Program Ridgewood Savings Bank will host a free credit score and analysis program, to learn to manage finances, at two of its branches from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: 3824 White Plains Rd. on Sept. 20 (718) 882-0440; and 1626 Bruckner Blvd. on Sept. 27 (718) 589-1323. Appointments are required. NYBG Open House

by David Cruz For the past eight months, the Jerome-Gun Hill BID has been gearing up for the Fall Festival, the biggest event for the BID. But even as the 12th annual Fall Festival was under way in September 2013, BID Executive Director Marcia Cameron had early thoughts of what to do about this year.