Bronx BP Endorses Rangel; Bronx Pols Pick Sides

Last week, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. released a Bronx Week kickoff video. In it there was a not-so-subtle foreshadowing to Diaz’s press conference last Friday morning announcing his endorsement of Charles Rangel in the race for the newly created 13th Congressional District, which stretches from Harlem, through Upper Manhattan and into the northwest Bronx neighborhoods of Kingsbridge, Norwood and Bedford Park.

Cabrera Skeptical of Ice Center Plan at Armory as Alternative Emerges

When the group calling itself the Kingsbridge National Ice Center — with its ties to famous partners like ex-Rangers star Mark Messier, deep pockets and grand vision to create the greatest ice hockey complex in the history of frozen water — Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera seemed to be receptive to the idea. But now

Be Healthy!: Monte Kids Dance the Night Away

On May 5, the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore hosted a spring prom for chronically ill teens, ages 12 and up. The theme was Beach Paradise and the goal was to provide local teenagers who often end up missing school and social events due to their illnesses, the opportunity to have a good time they would always remember.

Painting for Pride (And Trash) in Oval Park

Tristan Walker, 7, along with more than a dozen other kids and several parents and aunts, were in Williamsbridge Oval Park on Saturday, April 28, doing their best to keep their park clean and beautiful by painting garbage cans with colorful designs and constructing holders for dog waste bags.

Bronx Stars Recognized By Mind-Builders

Alimi Ballard, has co-starred in Hollywood’s hit television show “Numb3rs” and the hit movie “Fast Five,” but he got his inspiration to act as a teen in the Bronx at Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center. At age 16, with his childhood friend Gilbert Glenn Brown, he toured New York City high schools, elementary schools, libraries and local theaters performing in plays with positive themes.

City Council Passes Living Wage Bill, With Revisions

After nearly two years of campaigning and many significant revisions, the City Council on Monday passed a version of the controversial Living Wage bill, which was introduced by two Bronx council members and born out of a 2009 fight over wages at a shopping mall proposed to fill the Kingsbridge Armory.

Bronx Crime Watch: ‘Vaseline’ Burglar Busted

Luis Gonzalez, also known as the “Vaseline Bandit,” has been indicted by a grand jury on a litany of burglary charges for allegedly looting several homes in the Bronx, many of them in Norwood and Bedford Park.

Be Healthy!: Cuomo Says Health Exchange Will Lower Insurance Costs

In a move to implement President Obama’s health care reform here in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the establishment of a State Health Care Exchange last month, an online marketplace where individuals and small businesses can buy health insurance plans at prices much lower than current costs.

It’s Official: MS 80 To Close This Summer

Just two days after the Bronx’s MS 80 introduced its third principal in two months, the Department of Education approved a plan that will change the face of Norwood’s oldest and largest middle school forever.