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Bronx Hoop Teams Compete for Final Four and Beyond

The boy’s Varsity A Division playoffs are coming down to the wire, as the top eight are facing off in games today and tomorrow to decide the Final Four.  Evander Childs plays McKee/Staten Island this afternoon at 5 p.m. at the Evander Childs gym.  The Tigers are looking good, especially after trumping John Bowne 71-53 on Tuesday. Morris Campus, the only other Bronx team left in the tournament, is going head to head against Taft today at 5 p.m. at the Morris gym in what should be one heck of a game to watch.  Both teams have had nearly identical


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Bronx Parents on Edge After Attempted Luring at PS 33

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. Fortunately, this time, it didn’t come true. As an 8-year-old girl was walking to her school building at PS 33 in University Heights on Thursday, Feb. 21, police say a man attempted to lure her into coming away with him.

Star Chef Valenti Shows Good Food Can Be Healthy Too

In an effort to help curb the Bronx’s staggering obesity problems, Tom Valenti, the renowned chef, restaurant owner and best-selling cookbook author, showed off his skills at Montefiore Medical Center Monday evening to highlight healthy cooking and nutrition.

Fearing the Worst, Clinton Fights to Save School

Alan Ettman, an English teacher at DeWitt Clinton High School, has been down this path before. He taught at Walton High School, a large school just a mile south of Clinton, before a couple of small schools were “co-located” into the same building around the turn of the century. Renovations were soon done at the building for the new schools, while Walton’s facilities deteriorated and its spirit sank. At one point, Ettman literally found himself locked out of the faculty bathroom.