UPDATE Out & About: Movie Nights, Summer Reading Program, Allerton Coop Exhibit & More!

Out & About: Movie Nights, Summer Reading Program, Allerton Coop Exhibit & More!

Neighborhood Notes: Pillar of Community Nominations, 311 Enhancements, B.R.A.G. BBQs & More!

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Neighborhood Notes: Pillar of Community Nominations, 311 Enhancements, B.R.A.G. BBQs & More!

B.R.A.G. Summer BBQs Serve Hope One Burger at a Time

By DAVID GREENE

A series of summer community barbecues are, once again, being held across the borough to the delight of hundreds of community residents, and the only beef is on the grill!

Fordham Manor: Two Sought following Non-Fatal Shooting of 20-Year-Old Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the two people sought in connection with a non-fatal shooting that occurred in Fordham Manor.

Norwood: Man Sought after Second Man is Shot Twice on Hull Avenue but Survives

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the individual seen in the attached photo wanted in connection to an assault that occurred in Norwood.

UPDATE Norwood: 21-Year-old Man Fatally Stabbed on East 204th Street

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Police have opened a homicide investigation following the death of a 21-year-old man in Norwood.

“Hiring Halls” Continue as Bronx Unemployment Rises

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY

About five hundred applicants showed up for another “Hiring Hall” job fair in The Bronx on Wednesday, June 21, this time at Lehman College in Bedford Park. Hosted, once again, by the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), the event is part of a series of city government job fairs being held citywide in recent months.

Volunteers Clean VCP Pond as “Daylighting” of Tibbetts Brook Advances

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

For most of the year, visitors to Van Cortlandt Park’s Hester & Piero’s Mill Pond are usually entertained by throngs of duck and geese flying and landing on the water. However, when the weather gets warm, an unwelcome, invasive guest makes an appearance, hindering the fowls’ routine of take-off and landing. That invader goes by the name “water chestnut.”

P.S. / M.S. 95 Students Hone Governance Skills

By P.S. / M.S. STAFF

UNDER THE DIRECTION of Principal Serge Marshall Davis, a multi-layered, student government is currently active at P.S./M.S. 95, The Sheila Mencher School, located in Van Cortlandt Village. Instructional coach and student council advisor, Andrea Faulkner, says students are encouraged to join the student council to broaden their educational experience.