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Fresh Direct Will Move Headquarters to the Bronx

The Boogie Down comes out ahead–again!–in the latest business battle with New Jersey, with the news that grocery delivery company Fresh Direct will be relocating to the Bronx from their current headquarters in Queens.

Bronx Budget Hearing Date Changed to Feb. 16

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. invites the public to attend The Bronx Borough Board Public Hearing on the mayor’s preliminary budget for fiscal year 2013, and the capital and service needs of the Bronx. The meeting will be held Wednesday, Feb. 16 from 10 a.m. to noon at 198 E. 161st St., in the third floor Litigation Room.

Bronx State Sen. Klein to Sponsor Minimum Wage Bill

Bronx State Sen. Jeff Klein announced this morning that he would be introducing a bill in the Senate to raise the state’s minimum wage, another version of which was first introduced in the State Assembly last week by Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Bronx Neighborhood Note: Public Hearing on Van Cortlandt Park Ice Rink

The Franchise and Concession Review Committee and the Parks Department will hold a joint public hearing on Monday, Feb. 6, at 2:30 p.m., at 22 Reade St. in Manhattan, to review the intent to award one 15-season term development, operation, and maintenance license to Van Cortlandt Park Ice Rink, LLC.

Local Faith Leaders Bless Bronx Pride’s New Home

Last week, the Bronx Community Pride Center celebrated its new home, and eight pastors from varying faiths visited the group’s new building to participate in an interdenominational blessing ceremony for the new site, on Kelly Street in Hunts Point.

Bronx Sports Report: After Down Year, Jaspers Catching Fire

Following its seventh straight win on Sunday night — to complete a road sweep of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference’s western New York schools, Niagra and Canisius — it’s time to acknowledge the remarkable turnaround of Manhattan College’s men’s basketball program, which is fielding the hottest hoops team in the Bronx.