Fordham Manor: Fun Prevails at Fall Festival in St. James Park

The Annual Fall Festival hosted by District 14 City Council Member Pierina Sanchez, in collaboration with State Sen. Gustavo Rivera (S.D. 33), Assemblyman George Alvarez (A.D. 78), Assemblywoman Yudelka Tapia (A.D. 86), and several other sponsors, including various city agencies and many health entities, was held in St James Park on Saturday, Oct. 11.

Morris Park Hosts 48th Annual Bronx Columbus Day Parade

An nor’easter may have kept some spectators at home, but it didn’t dampen the spirits of attendees nor participants in the 48th Annual Bronx Columbus Day Parade which took place in Morris Park on Sunday, Oct. 12.

UPDATE Lehman College College Raises $30 Million as Part of “Forever Foreward” Fundraising Campaign

Lehman College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY) public university system, has raised an additional $30 million as part of the college’s “Forever Forward” fundraising campaign to educate and support its students and the entire Bronx community. The announcement was made official during an celebratory reception held at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, located on the college campus, on Saturday, Oct. 4, together with key supporters, community leaders, faculty, students, and alumni.

Hope on Wheels

On a dark, cloudy night in late September 2023, around 12 days after one-year-old Nicholas Feliz Dominici tragically and accidentally overdosed on fentanyl at El Divino Niño daycare center, a cover for an underground fentanyl operation, Michael, 45, and Ashley, 31, huddled together under the infamous nearby Kingsbridge underpass at the Grand Concourse and East Kingsbridge Road in Kingsbridge Heights. Sometimes they squabbled, not in an aggressive way but like an overly familiar elderly couple.