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El Parrandón de la Gran Manzana to Perform at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts presents El Parrandón de la Gran Manzana on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 8 8 p.m. The show features Víctor Roque, Henry Hierro, Pablo Martinez, Willie Gomez, Victor Brito, Tony Valdez, with special guests, Grupo d’Ahora, and the great salsa showman and Lehman Center favorite, José Alberto aka “El Canario.” This historic reunion of the original members of La Gran Manzana will be a one-of-a kind concert at Lehman Center, a celebration welcoming in the Christmas season.   The merengue band, La Grand Manzana, was founded in 1982 by members Victor Roque and Henry Hierro.


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Yonkers Teenager Charged in Shooting of 15-Year-Old

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced on Tuesday, Nov. 21, that Yonkers resident, Joseph Tejera, 19, was charged in connection with the October 2022 shooting of a 15-year-old in the City of Yonkers. Tejera is being held without bail.   Tejera was arraigned before Judge Anne Minihan in Westchester County Court on Nov. 22 and charged by a Westchester County grand jury with attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree, assault in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, all violent felonies.   On Oct. 26, at around


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Fordham Heights: Building Applications Filed for New, 6-Story Residential Building at 2274 Morris Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Building applications have have been filed with NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) for a new, 6-story residential building at 2274 Morris Avenue in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.   Located between East 182nd Street and East 183rd Street, the lot is two blocks from the 183rd Street subway station, serviced by the 4 train. Moses Ostreicher under the 2274 Morris Avenue LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.   The proposed 67-foot-tall development will yield 7,667 square feet designated for residential space. The building will have 20 residential units with an average unit


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Laconia: Man, 63, and Man, 46, Robbed at Gunpoint

By SÍLE MOLONEY
THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help locating the five people seen in the attached photos and video who are sought in connection to a gunpoint robbery that occurred in the Laconia section of The Bronx, just west of Williamsbridge on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2022. Video courtesy of the NYPD   The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the five people seen in the attached photos and video who are sought in connection to a gunpoint robbery that occurred in the Laconia section of The Bronx, just west of Williamsbridge.   Officers from the 47th Precinct said


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Grammy Award-Winning Soweto Gospel Choir to Perform at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Four-time, Grammy award-winning, and internationally acclaimed, world music sensation, the Soweto Gospel Choir, will perform at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 4 p.m. Direct from South Africa, the Soweto Gospel Choir returns to Lehman Center with an all-new concert, entitled “Hope: It’s Been A Long Time Coming,” commemorating the freedom movement in South Africa and the civil rights movement in the United States. The Soweto Gospel Choir will perform a series of South African freedom songs, along with music of the civil rights era, including selections by legendary artists, James Brown, Otis Redding,


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NY Lottery: TAKE 5 Top-Prize Winning Tickets Sold in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York Lottery representatives announced that one top-prize winning ticket was sold for the November 20th, Take 5 evening drawing. The ticket, worth $31,150, was purchased at Fordham Lucky 7, located at 152 E 188th Street #154 in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx.   Lottery officials also announced there were multiple, top-prize winning tickets sold for the November 19th, Take 5 drawing, including one sold in The Bronx. The Bronx winning ticket was sold at St. Gabriel Pharmacy, located at 18 West Burnside Avenue in Morris Heights, and was worth $6,444. Another was sold at 113 Q’Blvd News


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UPDATE Kingsbridge Heights: Arrest Made following Fatal Shooting & Car Pile-Up

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD have arrested a man in connection to the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old male driver, shot on the Major Deegan Expressway on Monday evening, Nov. 21. The victim later crashed into “multiple” parked vehicles on Sedgwick Avenue in Kingsbridge Heights.   Police said that at 4.50 p.m., officers from the 50th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a man who had been shot in front of 2891 Sedgwick Avenue in Kingsbridge Heights.   A police spokesperson said, “Preliminary investigation determined that a 29-year-old male was at 70 Major Deegan North inside of a black Toyota Camry when


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$3 Million for Montefiore to Engage Fathers, Improve Child Welfare among Families at Risk of Substance Abuse

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The Administration for Children and Families, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded researchers at Montefiore Health System a $3 million grant to improve the well-being of families, by helping fathers with substance use disorders. The new grant aims to enhance a regional partnership between addiction treatment programs, child welfare services, and government agencies.   Officials from the hospital said that in the United States, 8.7 million children live in households with at least one parent who has a substance use disorder. In The Bronx, where there are more overdoses than in any other U.S. county,


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Fifty Events to Take Place in NYC in 2023 to Mark 50 Years of Hip Hop with Universal Hip Hop Museum

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York City Mayor Eric Adams joined stalwarts of the Hip Hop community and deputy mayor for strategic initiatives, Sheena Wright, at City Hall on Monday, Nov. 14, to announce a year-long collaboration throughout 2023 with the Universal Hip Hop Museum, to mark Hip Hop’s 50th birthday.   To celebrate the music genre’s 50th anniversary, 50 celebratory events will be held throughout the year all across New York City in conjunction with the Universal Hip Hop Museum, currently under construction in the South Bronx, part of the $349 million Bronx Point development, which, as reported, received further capital funding of


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