Summer Streets Concert Hits Norwood on Sunday

The Summer Streets event series is returning this weekend to Norwood, along E. 204th Street between Bainbridge and Decatur Avenues, on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

Bronx Notes: South Bronx Block Party Focuses on African and Latino Hip Hop Influences

Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education and Dancing is once again putting the boogie back into the Boogie Down with the sixth annual Hip Hop Generation Next Block Party.

Bronx News Roundup, August 3

Welcome to the Fridy edition of the Bronx News Roundup. Here are the stories we’re following today, starting with the weekend forecast: Partly cloud today and tonight with a high of 88. It’s cool down a bit to the mid and lower 80s Saturday and Sunday, with scattered thunderstorms, some of which may be severe.

Fire Escapes Re-Installed, Tenants Return to Bronx Building

By JALEESA BAULKMAN

Residents of a University Heights building have returned to their apartments after being displaced for a month and a half when city inspectors discovered that contractors doing repair work had inexplicably removed all of the building’s fire escapes without a permit. Now tenants are organizing in hopes of preventing similar problems down the road.

Be Healthy: USDA Leader Promotes Fresh Food Access in the Bronx

Audrey Rowe, national Administrator of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), visited the Poe Park Greenmarket on Tuesday to view firsthand the types of projects that bring affordable fresh produce to the Bronx.

Bronx News Roundup, August 2

Welcome to today’s edition of the Bronx News Roundup. Here are the stories of the day, starting with the weather: mostly sunny and a high of 86.

Bronx SalsaFest Returns to ‘El Condado de la Salsa’

SalsaFest is returning to the Bronx after a successful debut last summer. Sponsored by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and the Bronx Tourism Council, the 2nd Annual SalsaFest, which runs from Aug. 3 through Aug. 26, features free community events for music lovers in the borough.

Bronx News Roundup, August 1

Welcome to the first Bronx News Roundup of August! Here are today’s stories starting with the weather: high of 81, scattered thunderstorms until 2 p.m. and picking up again this evening.

Bronx Notes: Financial Literacy with 1990s Entertainers

Two entertainers who made it big in the 1990s, Play from the hip hop duo Kid n’ Play and Meli’sa Morgan, are coming to the Bronx Library Center (E. Kingsbridge Road, just north of Fordham Road), to talk about financial literacy and share their personal financial struggles. “Fame and (Mis)Fortune” starts tonight at 6 p.m. at the Library Center.