Mt. Hope: Police Search for Mom and Missing Baby Girl Amid Custodial Interference Incident

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the female infant, who is reported missing, and her mother who are seen in the attached video and photos. They said the mother is sought in connection with a custodial interference incident.

Bronx Daycare Provider Gets 25 Years for Sexual Exploitation Of Child & Producing Child Pornography

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Silfredo Castillo Martinez, the owner of a former Bronx licensed children’s daycare facility, Lina’s Garden Daycare, located at 3525 Decatur Avenue in Norwood, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, June 27, to 25 years in prison for producing child pornography with a minor victim who was under his watch at the daycare center.

NYC Department of City Planning Approves Bronx Metro-North Station Area Plan

By SÍLE MOLONEY

NYC Department of City Planning recently voted in favor of the Bronx Metro-North Station Area Plan which, as previously reported by Norwood News, aims to bring nearly 7,500 new homes, including 1,900 permanently income-restricted units, and 10,000 jobs to areas around four new Metro-North stations planned for the East Bronx neighborhoods of Parkchester/Van Nest, Morris Park, Hunts Point, and Co-op City.

Belmont: Building Application Filed with DOB for New 8-Story Building at 2324 Webster Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Building applications have been filed with NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) for a new, 8-story, mixed-use building at 2324 Webster Avenue in the Belmont section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.

Fordham Manor: Two Injured in Jerome Avenue Crash

By DAVID GREENE

Two people were injured in the Fordham Manor neighborhood in an early morning crash when a vehicle struck a pillar of the elevated subway line along Jerome Avenue, City officials said.

Lehman College Spring Fling Swings In

By EMILY SAWAKED

Bedford Park’s Lehman College hosted its annual gala and fundraiser on Wednesday, June 12, though this year it took on another moniker, the “Spring Fling.” The change in name was to make the event feel less “stuffy,” according to Lehman College President Dr. Fernando Delgado. This is the second year that the college has held an annual gala dedicated to raising money for scholarship funds and other facets of college life that require funding.

University Heights: Popular Deli, Discount Store Destroyed in Fire

By DAVID GREENE

A fire that broke out inside a popular University Heights deli and that spread to an adjacent 99 Cents store took firefighters more than 90 minutes to extinguish, FDNY officials said. The fire caused a lot of damage to the two businesses, leaving a shell of the one-story structure remaining.

BronxNet Hosts Students for Launch of New Eco Show

By ARIEL PACHECO

BronxNet hosted second-grade students from Claremont Village’s C.S. 55 The Benjamin Franklin School on May 21 at BronxNet’s South Bronx Media + Technology center for the launch of “Eco-Leaders,” a new environmental TV show for children created by local Bronx puppetry artists.

Op-Ed: Wanted: The Grinches Who Stole Pride

By AJ RAMOS

As someone who has spent many an hour, day, and literally years advocating for the Norwood / Bronx LGBTQIA+ community to finally be represented locally, witnessing a group of people film themselves commit a hate crime by destroying the rainbow balloons and decor which decorated a nationally registered historic place, the Williamsbridge Oval during the inaugural Norwood Pride festival this past June 23 was heartbreaking.