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Community Board 7 Launches Quality of Life Initiatives

Bronx Community Board 7 wants you to start improving your neighborhood by building community associations and they will help you do it.

Survey: 90 Percent Against P.O. Closures in Norwood, Bedford Park

With the United States Postal Service experiencing deep budget problems, the Bronx could lose up to 17 post offices. State Senator Gustavo Rivera conducted a survey of post office usage and how residents would deal with the potential closures. The survey resulted in over 90 percent of people opposing the closing of the two locations in the 33rd Senate District, one in Norwood and another in Bedford Park.

Filter Project Fails To Deliver Bronx Job Promises

The much-maligned Croton Water Filtration Plant project is facing renewed criticism now that it has become increasingly clear that Bronxites have not received the construction jobs initially promised when the project was approved by the City Council back in 2004.

Ignored, PS 51 Parents Take List Of Demands to Chancellor

Members of PS 51 Parents United, a group consisting of parents of current and former PS 51students and members of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC), say the DOE and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott are not making an effort to reach out to parents of former students about the contamination. They are frustrated that he hasn’t met with them despite their health concerns.

Bronx Business: Jerome Pharmacy Merges With Rite Aid

After six years of doing business in the Bronx’s Norwood neighborhood, Jerome Pharmacy abruptly closed shop a few weeks ago.

Bronx Stabbing Victim Dies; First Murder in 52nd Precint of 2012 (Updated)

It took nearly five months, and almost two weeks following a brutal stabbing in Norwood earlier this month, but the 52nd Precinct experienced its first murder of 2012 when the stabbing victim died on Wednesday while awaiting a kidney transplant, according to one of the victim’s relatives.

Be Healthy!: Exercise is Key to Curb Bone Loss

May is National Osteoporosis Awareness Month. The disease, characterized by a loss of bone density and deterioration of bone tissue, affects over 40 million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health. Find out how you can protect you bones.