Training Wheels Off: Tour De Bronx Returns

Bronx bicycling enthusiasts can get in gear for the 17th annual Tour de Bronx, as registration for the Oct. 23 event is now open. The tour is a joint project by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., advocacy group Transportation Alternatives, and local hospitals to promote health and exercise.

‘Occupy’ Movement Takes Up Residence in the Bronx

Gabriel De Los Santos, a veteran of the Occupy Wall Street movement now stretching into its second month, showed up at the first Occupy the Bronx rally at Fordham Plaza last Saturday. He held a hand-written cardboard sign, a replica of dozens he had created and distributed during the past month. It read: “Land of the Free? Hypocrisy.” Sporting a backwards Suicidal Tendencies baseball cap, sleeveless black Cannibal Corpse T-shirt and a faint wisp of a mustache, De Los Santos is 15-year-old student at Lehman High School who lives just blocks from Fordham Plaza. He was one of close to

Bronx Students, Parents Protest Education Dept. Layoffs

Students, parents and school workers rallied outside of the Bronx’s PS 66 in West Farms last week to protest the planned layoff of some 700 city school workers, among them aides, parent coordinators and other school support staff.

Williamsbridge Oval Park Muggings Inspire Solidarity March

A group of concerned Norwood residents marched through Williamsbridge Reservoir Oval in late September in a show of solidarity amid a recent spate of muggings in the park. Friends of the Williamsbridge Oval, a local advocacy group, organized the event following news of the fifth mugging in the past month.

Police Investigating A Burned Quran as a Hate Crime

On the morning before the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Imam Ifa Yahha made a jarring discovery outside the Masjid Hefaz mosque. An unmarked package stuffed with roast meat, a photo of Osama bin Laden, mysterious white powder, and the burned remains of a Quran was placed in front of the door on East 198th Street off the Grand Concourse, said a mosque member.

The Making of a Liberal Politician, Part III: Senator Makes Health a Priority

Gustavo Rivera, a state senator for all of nine months, is comfortably in his element. Sitting at the head of a table in a cramped, windowless room deep inside the belly of The Family Health Center on East 193rd Street and Decatur Avenue, Rivera is asking questions and cracking jokes.

Crowds Turn Out for Jerome-Gun Hill BID Festival

Bronx residents descended upon Jerome Avenue on droves between Mosholu Parkway and Gun Hill Road for the annual Jerome-Gun Hill Business Improvement District Festival on the last Saturday afternoon in September.

Expanded HIV Testing Helps Curb Spread of Virus

Recent changes in New York State law combined with new developments in the technology of HIV testing are expanding the number of New Yorkers who are getting tested for AIDS and HIV, experts say.