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PA Coroner’s Office Identifies 1992 Jane Doe as Missing Bronx Woman Through Forensic Genetics

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The Berks County Coroner’s Office in Pennsylvania announced Thursday, June 4, that it has positively identified human remains discovered in Windsor Township, Berks County, PA more than three decades ago, as being the body of a young Bronx mother who was  reported missing in the early 1990s, bringing long-awaited answers to a Bronx family who never stopped searching for their loved one.

Belmont: FDNY Say Cause of Fire at 660 East 187th St Building was Accidental

By DAVID GREENE
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark and New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Nadia I. Shihata announced Thursday, May 20, that a NYC Department of Correction Officer was charged for allegedly accepting thousands of dollars in exchange for delivering documents that he believed were soaked with narcotics to an inmate at Rikers Island.

Bronx Man Indicated for Assaulting Two FDNY EMTs Responding to Assist Him

By Síle Moloney
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Wednesday, June 3, that a Bronx man has been indicted for assault for allegedly attacking two FDNY emergency medical service technicians (EMTs) who responded to assist him in the University Heights section of The Bronx earlier this year.

Nurses Week Marked at Jacobi & NCB

By SÍLE MOLONEY
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi | North Central Bronx celebrated National Skilled Nursing Care Week from May 10 to May 16, by recognizing nursing professionals with a speaking program, awards, talent show, an ice-cream truck social, and the distribution of treats.

Fordham Heights: Male Sought for Shots Fired at Group

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who they say is wanted in connection with an attempted assault that occurred in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx.

UPDATE Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Quality-of-Life Issues in Williamsbridge Oval as Lawsuit Planned Against City

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
This week, after some negative feedback about quality-of-life issues in and around the Williamsbridge Oval park in Norwood, and in Norwood more broadly, were sent on May 19 to the Office of Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11), Bronx Community Board 7, and the Jerome Gun Hill BID from George Lunney of Norwood Residents Association, as well as other quality-of-life concerns raised recently by other local residents, Norwood News asked readers for their opinions on the situation.