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Bronx Sports Report: Walton Softball Steps Up Its Game

The Walton High School Campus girls softball team dominated its B Division opponents last year. This year, after a jump up to the A Division, the Wildcats are working overtime to keep up with the higher level of competition.

Unemployed in the Bronx: The Hunt for Work

The line of people waiting outside the Bronx Educational Opportunity Center last Wednesday ran the length of the entire building, snaked down a short flight of concrete steps and into the parking lot. Those queued up stood fidgeting in the mild April sun, many of them dressed in their best outfits, their shoes polished and their hair combed.

Be Healthy!: Cuomo Says Health Exchange Will Lower Insurance Costs

In a move to implement President Obama’s health care reform here in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the establishment of a State Health Care Exchange last month, an online marketplace where individuals and small businesses can buy health insurance plans at prices much lower than current costs.

Bronx Notes: Public Safety Workshop Series Start Tonight

Bronx State Senator Gustavo Rivera is holding a series of public safety workshops during May that each focuses on a different topic. The workshops will be held at the senator’s office, 2432 Grand Concourse, 4th Floor, Room 419. The workshops include: “Bullying and Cyber Bullying,” presented by STEPS to End Family Violence, Thursday, May 3, 6 to 7:30 p.m.;

Bronx Notes: Board 7 Parks & Rec Meeting

Bronx Community Board 7 is holding it s Parks & Recreation meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the board office, 229A E. 204th St. For more information, cal (718) 933-5650.

It’s Official: MS 80 To Close This Summer

Just two days after the Bronx’s MS 80 introduced its third principal in two months, the Department of Education approved a plan that will change the face of Norwood’s oldest and largest middle school forever.

State Installs Safety Measures On Bronx River Parkway

Below is the press release sent out today by the State Department of Transportation outlining safety measures that will be implemented on the Bronx River Parkway following Sunday’s horrific crash that killed seven people after the minivan carrying them swerved out of control and plunged off the side of the parkway viaduct.

Seven Killed in Bronx River Parkway Crash (State Responds)

In one of the more horrific crashes in recent memory, seven family members were killed on Sunday, April 29 when their minivan plunged 50 feet from the overpass of the Bronx River Parkway and landed in an unused portion of the Bronx Zoo.