Mentors Helping Keep Kids in School

Speaking at the Bronx’s Walton Campus earlier this month, Mayor Michael Bloomberg pointed to truancy as an accurate indicator of future academic struggle and outlined the city’s expanded efforts to prevent absenteeism during a recent press conference in the northwest Bronx.

Group Wants Kingsbridge Armory to be Bicycling Center

The six-day bicycle race, made popular in Madison Square Garden in the late 1800s but not held in the city for decades, could be coming to the long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory come spring time. If that works out, event organizers say they will push for the Armory to become the permanent home of a regional bicycling center.

Bronx’s Clinton Streaks Into HS Football Semifinals

The DeWitt Clinton Governors, the last Bronx high school football team in the Public School Athletic League playoffs, beat defending champion Fort Hamilton today, 16-8, to reach the semi-finals.

Clinton Football Reaches Elite 8, Takes on Fort Hamilton Saturday

The DeWitt Clinton Governors football team, riding a five-game winning streak including last week’s dismantling of Port Richmond in the first round of playoffs, travels to southwest Brooklyn tomorrow to take on Fort Hamilton.

Saturday Tour to Explore Rezoning Of Kingsbridge and U-Heights

Community Board 7’s Land Use Committee is hosting a walking tour of several neighborhoods in Kingsbridge Heights and University Heights to assess possible rezoning options. The walk is set to begin 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, in front of the Kingsbridge Armory (West Kingsbridge Road and Davidson Avenue).

Rash of Violence Puts Fordham Neighborhood in Crime Spotlight

A recent series of seemingly unrelated violent crimes in an area near Fordham Road has a neighborhood in the spotlight and residents increasingly fearful.

Second Suspect Arrested in Grand Avenue Stabbing

Police have arrested and charged a second suspect in the Nov. 1 stabbing death of University Heights resident Gabriel Sherwood.

Live from Occupy Demonstrations in the Bronx

We’re going to do a little experiment here on Breaking Bronx with some live coverage from the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations happening today as part of the “National Day of Action for the 99%” effort that will culminate in Foley Square in downtown Manhattan at 5 p.m. There will be a handful of events at Bronx subway stations. Norwood News reporters Ronald Chavez and Emily Piccone will be at Yankee Stadium and Fordham Road, respectively, filing reports via Twitter. I’ll do my best to capture all the action here.

Electric Truck Manufacturer Coming to the Bronx

For the first time in what feels like a long time, manufacturing jobs are coming into the Bronx instead of leaving it: Smith Electric, a Missouri-based company which makes electric trucks, will be opening a facility in Port Morris. Buoyed by a $6 million package of tax breaks, Smith Electric plans to renovate the Murray Fleiss building, a former lamp warehouse at 275 Locust Ave., according to a press release. The site should be up and running by 2012 and will create 100 jobs, a statement said. “This project is a win-win for the Bronx and the entire State, and