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TAKE 5 Lottery Winning Ticket Sold in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York Lottery announced on Tuesday, July 20, that there was one top-prize winning ticket sold for the July 19 TAKE 5 drawing. The ticket, worth $53,784.50, was purchased at 3N Convenience Inc, located at 950 Allerton Avenue in The Bronx.   The five winning numbers for the TAKE 5 game are drawn from a field of one to 39. Prizes are paid on a pari-mutuel basis, a form of betting in which those backing the first three places divide the losers’ stakes (less the operator’s commission).   The TAKE 5 drawing is televised every day at 10:30 p.m. A lottery draw game prize of


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UPDATE: De Blasio Hails Importance of Science at Groundbreaking of New Bronx High School Science Lab

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio visited the Bronx on Wednesday, July 21, to deliver remarks alongside the City’s Department of Education (DOE) schools chancellor, Meisha Porter, at the groundbreaking of a new lab wing at the Bronx High School of Science in Jerome Park, which will be called the “Stanley Manne ‘52 Science Institute.”  The new lab is understood to be funded by investments from Bronx High School of Science alum, Stanley Manne, with support by a number of other entities.   Speaking at Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremony, which was also attended by District 11 Councilman Eric Dinowitz, Assemblyman


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Mayor & Schools Chancellor Announce “Academic Recovery Plan” for NYC Public Schools for 2021/22

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter announced, on July 8, their academic recovery vision for New York City’s public schools and students in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, describing the new “Academic Recovery Plan” as a bold, rigorous framework that will guide school communities and support students during the 2021-22 school year and beyond.   According to the New York City Department of Education (DOE), there are six critical areas of focus under the new framework: early literacy for all, developing students as digital citizens, preparing students to be college and career-ready,


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Toddlers Raise Money at “Trike-A-Thon” for St. Jude’s

  Over 120 preschoolers from the New York Institute for Special Education recently participated in the school’s annual “Trike-a-Thon,” in efforts to raise needed funding for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The event, held on Thursday, May 13, at Frampton Hall on Astor Avenue in Pelham Gardens, had students from the school’s ‘readiness program’ ride their tricycles through the halls of the school to raise money and awareness for the urgent work that St. Jude’s carries out each year, treating an average of 8,500 children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.   Students aged three to five obeyed speed limits


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Update: Public School Cleaners & Handypersons Reach New Four-Year Contract with City

By SÍLE MOLONEY
School cleaners and handypersons who maintain over 1,500 New York City public school buildings voted on Saturday to ratify a new four-year contract with their employer, the New York City School Support Services (NYCSSS). According to NYCSSS, the new agreement, which was signed less than two weeks before the current contract was set to expire on June 30, secures improved communication with the employer to resolve workplace issues, improved access to vacancies, and increased funds for the workers’ supplemental retirement fund, among other improvements.   School building service workers perform a critical role cleaning and sanitizing school buildings. Throughout the


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NY Lottery: Take-5 Top Prize Winning Ticket Sold in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York Lottery today announced one top-prize winning ticket was sold for the June 23 TAKE 5 drawing. The ticket, worth $57,982.50, was purchased at Los Castillos Mini Market Corp, located at 1601 University Avenue in the Morris Heights section of The Bronx.   The five winning numbers for the TAKE 5 game are drawn from a field of one to 39. The TAKE 5 drawing is televised every day at 10:30 p.m. A Lottery draw game prize of any amount may be claimed up to one year from the date of the drawing.   The 5 winning numbers for the TAKE 5 game are drawn from a field


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NY Lottery: Take-5 Top Prize Winning Ticket Sold in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York Lottery has announced that one top-prize winning ticket was sold for the June 21 TAKE 5 drawing. The ticket, worth $54,872.00, was purchased at Empire State Deli, located at 804 Burke Avenue, located Northeast of the Parkside Housing Project in The Bronx.   The 5 winning numbers for the TAKE 5 game are drawn from a field of one to 39. The TAKE 5 drawing is televised every day at 10:30 p.m. A lottery draw game prize of any amount may be claimed up to one year from the date of the drawing. The New York Lottery continues to


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Axelbank Family Helps Fund School Library in Memory of Mom, Former Director

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT
  Family members of the late Muriel “Mickey” Axelbank are making sure students at Marble Hill Nursery School, where the late community leader spent decades as an educator, an assistant director and director, continue to enrich themselves with a well-stocked library. Sons, Jeffrey and Gary Axelbank, the latter a longtime BronxNet TV host, presented a check for $1,800 to the school on June 9, on behalf of the family.   School director, David Bleecker-Adams, expressed his gratitude for the donation from Mickey’s three sons. [Arthur Axelbank was unable to attend the presentation]. “It’s a very pleasurable duty to thank you


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Bronx CB7 May General Meeting Sees New Officer Nominations & Veterans Fare Discounts

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT
  A jam-packed agenda extended the May Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7) general board meeting to just under two hours. Much of the meeting, held on May 25, was spent going over the nominations for incoming officer positions for the upcoming year, including chairperson, first vice chair, second vice chair, third vice chair, treasurer, and secretary. Several motions were also passed, including those relating to requested letters of support from the board to different city agencies and elected officials.   Each year, during the general board’s May meeting, nominations are made for new officer positions, and the final vote is


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