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For Car Washers, a Life Unaffordable in the Bronx

A bright and warm morning glare hits Juan Campis’ brown skin as he stands near a wall at the back entrance of Sunny Day Car Wash in the South Bronx. He is awaiting the arrival of another dirty car looking to leave clean. But this morning, it is slow. At the driver’s entrance to the car wash, a huge, inflatable rat with red eyes is joined by community group members and union supporters working to convince drivers not to wash their car at Sunny Day until the company signs a fair union contract with its workers. These protestors are not


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Bronx Week Finale on Mosholu Parkway This Sunday

Here’s a slideshow of photos taken from last year’s Bronx Week Finale, which, of course, included the the parade and festival on Mosholu Parkway. This year’s parade and festival kick off this Sunday, May 19, at noon on Mosholu Parkway and runs until 6 p.m. The viewing stand for the parade will be near Van Cortlandt Avenue and the concert will be held at a stage near Bainbridge Avenue.

Campaign Violations Put Political Hopeful in Spotlight

Yudelka Tapia’s path to becoming an elected official hit a massive roadblock last week when a judge upheld the New York City Campaign Finance Board’s decision to hold her accountable for more than $100,000 in violation penalties and reimbursement payments stemming from a troubled and unsuccessful City Council campaign in 2009.

Bronx News Network Re-Launches as ‘Bronx Bureau’ Tonight

Remember the Bronx News Network? The network, created by the staff of the Norwood News and its nonprofit publisher, Mosholu Preservation Corporation, back in 2006, included two bilingual monthly newspapers, the Tremont Tribune and Mt. Hope Monitor, as well as a humming blog and website and a successful youth journalism program.

Editorial: Armory Celebration Time!

The story of the “long vacant” Kingsbridge Armory stretches back into the early years of the Norwood News. We began publishing in 1988. The military left the main building in 1993. We’ve been writing about its emptiness and the efforts to fill that emptiness ever since. Now it’s time to celebrate what a new ice sports complex and free after-school youth program will do for an area badly in need of a shot in the armory.

Out & About: Patti Labelle Plays the Bronx Saturday Night

Lehman Center on Saturday night, with Xavier Lewis and Whiskey Peach opening up. Before the show, which starts at 8 p.m., there will be a gala benefiting Lehman Center and the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Bronx Notes: Free Melanoma and Skin Cancer Screenings on Saturday

The Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care and Montefiore Medical Center’s Division of Dermatology are offering free melanoma/skin cancer screenings for people of all ages on Saturday, May 11, 2013, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, 1521 Jarret Place.