On the Road to School Reform, Bus Rides Into the Bronx

Frustrated by the Department of Education’s policies under the control of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a coalition of community groups calling itself A+NYC is looking for a fresh start under the next mayor.

New Schools Inside Clinton Look to Lure 2nd Round Students

Students still looking for a place to land when school starts next fall will have two new options opening up inside of DeWitt Clinton High School, including one with a successful Manhattan pedigree.

Bronx Notes: High School Admissions, Round 2 (Fair Tomorrow in Manhattan)

A quick Bronx guide to the Department of Education’s second round of high school admissions.

Be Healthy: Stepping Up for Health

A new effort in the Bronx wants to pay you to use staircases for exercise. Lawrence Murphy and Alvin Niere, the duo responsible for the fledgling Bronx Steps Up program, see the initiative tackling two goals: promoting exercise and healthy living to combat obesity and, at the same time, raising money to renovate a deteriorating borough treasure, the Bronx’s street steps.

Bronx Councilman’s Detailed Crime Stats Bill Gets Hearing

Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera’s proposed legislation to make detailed crime statistics more widely available, which has evolved since its inception nearly two years ago to take advantage of new mapping technology, is getting close to making it onto the floor for a vote.

World Traveler Back in the Bronx 30 Years Later

Sometime toward the middle of a record-breaking journey by foot through the Americas three decades ago, George Meegan found himself walking up Perry Avenue in the Bronx. Now, some 30 years after his 19,019-mile walk from Tierra del Fuego in Argentina to Alaska’s Point Barrow, which earned him global notoriety, Meegan is back, stopping through on what has become a lifelong trek.

Bedford Park Woman Killed Crossing Middle of Parkway

A witness shows an investigator where the car came from before it fatally struck Bedford Park resident Sook-Ja Kim. (Photo by David Greene)[/caption] A 63-year-old Bedford Park woman died Sunday after being hit by an out-of-control car while walking on the grassy divider in the middle of Mosholu Parkway — a field where a large group of children were playing football just a day earlier.

Panel Votes to Shrink DeWitt Clinton High School

DeWitt Clinton High School boasts a deep roster of famous alumni that includes comedians, athletes, authors, judges, politicians, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners. But when it came down to it just before 1 a.m. on March 12 inside the cavernous auditorium at Brooklyn Technical High School, a total of five supporters, three teachers and two parents, stuck it out until the bitter end.

Rivera Backs Chief of Staff as Replacement

In the wild, congested race shaping up in the City Council’s 15th District, which stretches from the Fordham-Bedford area into West Farms, current seat holder Joel Rivera is backing his right-hand man, Albert Alvarez. Rivera and his longtime chief of staff were making the rounds at a recent fundraising event hosted by the Bronx Chamber of Commerce, trying to drum up support.