Update: Jamaal Bowman Joins House Education, Energy Committees, Does Not Replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Freshman, Congressman Jamaal Bowman, who represents New York City’s 16th congressional district in the Bronx, was formally and unanimously elected by colleagues on Monday, Feb. 8, to be vice chair of the U.S. Congressional Committee on Education and Labor for the 117th Congress. A spokesperson for Bowman confirmed to the Norwood News on Tuesday, Feb. 9, that the congressman’s placement on the committee and his election to vice chair was unrelated to Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent removal from it. “He was named to the committee in December prior to his swearing-in,” Bowman’s spokesperson said. The New York congressman

By SÍLE MOLONEY

On Saturday, Feb. 5, the New York City Emergency Management Department (EMD) issued a hazardous travel advisory for Sunday, Feb. 7. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for New York City which will be in effect from 6 a.m. Sunday through 9 p.m. According to the latest forecast, a winter storm is expected to bring steady light to moderate snow to the area beginning early Sunday morning through the afternoon, before tapering off in the evening. The heaviest period of snow is forecast between sunrise Sunday and early Sunday afternoon. Snowfall rates of an inch

By RACHEL DALLOO & SÍLE MOLONEY

Editor’s Pick Black History Month Lecture Series Presented by the Lehman College Art Gallery, the program covers two of the most important authors to contribute to the North American slave narrative genre: Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass. Collective Black Fugitive Practices in Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl will take place onThursday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m. Eve Eure, an assistant English professor at Lehman College, will discuss Harriet Jacobs’s slave narrative—the first book-length fugitive slave narrative published by a Black woman in the United States. Focusing on the means by which Jacobs navigates the legal and social enclosures of slavery,

By DAVID GREENE

This week, we asked readers for their thoughts on “de-platforming” conspiracy theorists who have spread misinformation on conventional social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. We asked readers if such people then congregate on alternative social media platforms like Parler, will this just ultimately create silos of people with opposing views operating in their own echo chambers. “The Bible talks about a time when right will be called wrong and wrong will be called right. We are in that time. Twitter allows child porn, but anything from conservatives, Donald Trump or others is banned. Of course, Trump and

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Last year, having been shut for several months after the coronavirus pandemic first hit in March, the DEMA Community Martial Arts School, based at 283 East 204th Street in Norwood, restarted outdoor Tae Kwon Do classes in July in an attempt to keep the school afloat. Despite that innovative approach, and other collective efforts by the local Tae Kwon Do community to support the school, it is now, sadly, at risk of closure. As reported by Norwood News last year, more than a dozen young students were seen throwing kicks and punches in the open air in Mosholu Parkway

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York Lottery announced on Monday, Jan. 25 that second-prize tickets for the Jan. 23 Powerball lottery drawing were sold in the Parkchester section of The Bronx, as well as in Brooklyn, Flushing, Jamaica, Manhattan, Poughkeepsie, Spring Valley, Walton, White Plains and Yonkers. Each ticket is worth a guaranteed $1,000,000. The $1 million tickets were sold at the following locations: Acme #2499, Greenburgh, located at 103 Knollwood Road in White Plains, which sold one prize-winning ticket worth $1,000,007 Islam MDK, located at 1332 Metropolitan Avenue in the Bronx, which sold 1 prize winning ticket worth $1,000,007 Guru Hari

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has issued a snow alert for Tuesday, Jan. 26 beginning at 2 a.m. Based on current forecasts, the department expects snowfall beginning early Tuesday morning and continuing throughout the day. Total accumulations of less than 2 inches are forecast. All winter weather information and information about the City’s response to the storm can be found by visiting the City’s Severe Weather website at www.nyc.gov/severeweather or by calling 311. DSNY officials said their workers and equipment are prepared for the snow fall. Salt spreaders are filled and ready to go. Additionally, some

In Fight to Debunk Census Myths, MMCC Secures Grant (Picture)

By Dawn Clancy

Editor’s Pick The Mosholu Montefiore Community Center will hold its annual gala on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m. Hosted by former NFL Denver Bronco, Reggie Rivers, the event will honor Melissa Bindra, a real estate executive and affordable housing developer in the Bronx, and Stephen Ritz, the founder of Green Bronx Machine. MMCC will also bestow special honors on its COVID Superheroes. The event is virtual, and tickets must be purchased in advance. For more information and for ticket pricing, visit https://www.mmcc.org/. Events Are you itching to travel, and want to have fun while testing your U.S. geography knowledge?

By DAVID GREENE

This week, we asked readers for their thoughts on the January 6th riots at the U.S. Capitol. “I’ve been in a daze. I’m very upset. I feel for these people’s lives, and I walk around afraid because you never know; they could shoot and I could get hit, you know? It’s very scary. I hope the transition will be peaceful. So far, it’s nice and quiet. It’s so sad but yes, [President-elect Joe] Biden will bring the country together, yes. You’ve got to have faith.” Roxanne Home,

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Update: Jamaal Bowman Joins House Education, Energy Committees, Does Not Replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

City Issues Hazardous Travel Advisory ahead of Snow Storm on Sunday, Feb 7 from 6 a.m.

Out & About: Norwood Farmstand, Black History Month Lecture Series & More

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Social Media Deplatforming

Norwood: Beloved Martial Arts School at Risk of Closure

$1 Million Powerball tickets Sold in Parkchester and in Nine Other Areas across the State

DSNY Issues ‘Snow Alert’ for Tuesday, January 26 from 2 a.m., Travel Advisory to Take Effect, ASP Suspended

Out & About: The Mosholu Montefiore Community Center Annual Gala & More

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on the January 6th Riots at the U.S. Capitol