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Troon and Bally’s Golf Links at Ferry Point Announce Consulting, Sales & Marketing Partnership

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Troon, described by company officials as a leader in providing golf and club-related leisure and hospitality services, and Bally’s Golf Links at Ferry Point in The Bronx, announced a new consulting agreement and sales and marketing partnership on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Bally’s officials said they selected Troon to provide support with operations, procurement, sales and marketing, retail merchandising, and agronomy.

UPDATE Elections 2023: Unofficial Results on Election Night, Marmorato Declares Victory in CD13

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
Turnout appeared to be pretty low and slow on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7, as expected for a non-presidential election. All eyes were on the District 13 City Council race which saw Republican and Conservative candidate Kristy Marmorato lead incumbent Democratic City Councilwoman Marjorie Velázquez on Election Night by 10 p.m. an hour after poll closure, based on Election Day and early votes and with 96.67 percent of voting scanners returned. Mail-in ballots and overseas ballots also still have to be counted.

UPDATE “Kill Jews” Antisemitic (Darker) Graffiti Seen Once Again in Norwood

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A white van spray painted in red with the words “Kill Jews” was seen on Jerome Avenue in Norwood on Tuesday, Nov. 7 [Election Day]. It is the second such display of antisemitic vandalism seen in the neighborhood in the space of about a week, and a month after the Hamas terrorist group attacked Southern Israel on Oct. 7, causing an immediate shelling and ground invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli defense forces.

Concourse: 11 Bronxites Arrested & Charged after $4M Active Fentanyl Packaging Mill is Dismantled

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Up to 400,000 packages of suspected fentanyl/heroin, plus quantities of loose powdered narcotics, carrying an estimated street value of $4 million were recovered by law enforcement on Wednesday, Nov. 1, during the disruption of an active drug packaging mill operation in the Concourse section of The Bronx. The seizure was part of an ongoing investigation into fentanyl trafficking in New York City, federal, state and local law enforcement officials said.