Out & About: Shakespeare at Oval Park

Editor’s Pick Free Theatre at the Oval The public is invited to a free performance of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” at the Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center, Sept. 10 at 1 p.m. For more information and to RSVP, call (718) 543-8672 or contact sarah.bishow@parks.nyc.gov. Onstage Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, 895 Shore Rd., Pelham Bay Park, presents Summer Sunset Classical Concert from 7 to 8 p.m. Sept. 15: Violinist and harpsichordist perform sonatas. Tickets are $20/concert. For more information or to RSVP, call (718) 885-1461. Events Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. invites the public to a Muslim School Holiday Celebration, a fun filled day,

COMMUNITY BOARD 7 committees are held on the following dates at the Board office, 229A E. 204th St., at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted: Budget, Personnel & Ethics Committee on Sept. 1 at 6 p.m.; Public Safety & Quality of Life Committee on Sept. 1; Education, Youth & Libraries Committee on Sept. 1 at 7:30 p.m.; Executive Committee on Sept. 6; Traffic & Transportation Committee on Sept. 8; Veterans Committee on Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m.; Environment & Sanitation Committee on Sept. 13; and Health & Hospitals Committee on Sept. 13. For more information, call the Board office at (718)

Greeting Readers! After a brief hiatus (depending on how you ask) the Norwood News is back with its regularly scheduled edition of the neighborhood paper covering plenty of Bronx news you can use. We begin with a story we’ve been following for some time, the saga involving a two-story home on Bedford Park. We bring you up to speed of the aftermath of a fire that impacted the tenants who were in the middle of fighting their landlord in court. Find out how the city is helping to restore the building. In other news: with the September Primary right around

Dear Fellow Readers: How much does your neighborhood mean to you? For some, it’s a place to reside. For others, it’s a place to build a family. Whether transient or a mainstay, we are all products of a neighborhood, charged up by its tempo and space. In the Bronx, a kaleidoscope of communities east and west, north and south, give the borough a uniqueness unlike most of the city. If you look to the west, a bustling Fordham shopping district sees some 80,000 people overrun the ever-growing strip while City Island, resting at the eastern tip of the Bronx, offers

Norwood residents gathered at Oval Park to hear music from Orquesta SCC, a salsa dura band with quite the following. The group performed August 11, and was sponsored by local Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz as part of the 2016 Summer Concert Series in the Northwest Bronx. Photos by Miriam Quinones. “There is no better way to spend a beautiful summer evening than by listening to talented musicians play music with friends and family,” said Dinowitz. “I was so excited to see hundreds of community members attend these concerts which are excellent opportunities for people of all ages to relax and enjoy quality music together. I am proud to

Hello Faithful Readers, The month-long edition of the Norwood News is out with plenty of Bronx community news you can use. With our July-August edition, are some interesting stories intended to pique your interest. We first begin in Bedford Park with a tenants meeting involving Ved Parkash, dubbed the city’s worst landlord. Hear what tenants living in his buildings had to say about conditions, which have drawn the ire of city officials. Also, hear what Mr. Parkash had to say of his buildings. Moving into the pages of the edition you’ll read up on Mosholu Montefiore Community Center‘s respected executive director,

Editor’s Pick Summer in the City The public is invited to attend Summerstage, a variety of free performances, all at 10:30 a.m., presented by City Parks Foundation, in city parks (schedule is subject to change): Van Cortlandt Park’s Classic Playground, VC Park South and Orloff Avenue – Todd Rolle: Kids Day Out on July 7; and Chinese Acrobat Li Liu on July 14. Van Cortlandt Park’s Sachkerah Woods Playground at Jerome Avenue and Gun Hill Road – PuppetMobile’s Puss in Boots on July 21; Marc Cary: The Harlem Sessions on July 28. Poe Park, next to the bandstand, Grand Concourse

The latest edition of the Norwood News is out with plenty of community news you can use to make you a more aware Bronx resident! This week we have 16 pages packed with news happening in the Norwood area and surrounding communities. Our page one story takes us to the heart of the neighborhood and accusations of welfare fraud by a popular halal deli on East 204th Street. A raid rounded up members of the family-owned operation. David Greene spoke with the son of the owner. See what he has to say. We then turn to an editorial found on

By JASMINE GOMEZ

For the past few years, about 250 dogwood trees have been blooming in what was once an open field covered in green grass. But the fate of those trees has been left dangling like a dead tree limb. The dogwoods, found along Mosholu Parkway, were planted by the forestry division of the New York City Department of Parks in 2014. An official explanation on why they’re being removed in September is not clear. But Elizabeth Quaranta, president of Friends of Mosholu Parkland, said she first heard the news by a Parks employee who explained the dogwoods would be removed citing