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items: Farewell to Norwood News from Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark
items: Health Check: Low Dose, Big Benefits: Helping Bronx Families Prevent Preeclampsia
items: On the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Let Us Never Forget
items: A Letter to Our Readers
items: Then & Now: The Northwest Bronx’s Evolving Development Landscape – Kingsbridge Armory
items: Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on the Final Edition and Indefinite Hiatus of the Norwood News
items: Then & Now: The Northwest Bronx’s Evolving Development Landscape – Croton Water Filtration Plant
items: Then & Now: Part of the Solution (POTS): Redefining Stability in The Bronx
items: Then & Now: From NWBCCC to Our Bronx – Building Community Power Across Generations
items: Norwood: Shocked Residents Share Reaction to 4-Alarm Residential Fire at 3435 Dekalb Ave

Farewell to Norwood News from Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark
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date: 2026-09-01T00:58:22Z
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description: I am saddened that the Norwood News will cease to play its pivotal role in The Bronx as a vital source of local news and information. Its intrepid reporters and journalists, Síle Moloney and David Greene, will be sorely missed for their thoughtful, thorough and astute coverage. The post Farewell to Norwood News from Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark first appeared on Norwood News.
encoded: <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="wp-image-137130 size-full" src="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bronx-Week-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="2560" height="1707" srcset="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bronx-Week-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bronx-Week-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bronx-Week-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bronx-Week-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bronx-Week-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bronx-Week-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bronx-Week-712x475.jpg 712w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bronx-Week-964x643.jpg 964w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /> BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT Vanessa Gibson and Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark watch the Bronx Week Parade 2026 participants from the viewing stand in May 2026. Photo by Síle Moloney I am saddened that the Norwood News will cease to play its pivotal role in The Bronx as a vital source of local news and information. Its intrepid reporters and journalists, Síle Moloney and David Greene, will be sorely missed for their thoughtful, thorough and astute coverage. <img decoding="async" class="wp-image-137137 size-full" src="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_6560-2-scaled-1.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="713" srcset="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_6560-2-scaled-1.jpg 1000w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_6560-2-scaled-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_6560-2-scaled-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_6560-2-scaled-1-712x508.jpg 712w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_6560…

Health Check: Low Dose, Big Benefits: Helping Bronx Families Prevent Preeclampsia
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date: 2026-08-31T19:44:01Z
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subject: Seniors
subject: health check
subject: Montefiore Einstein
subject: norwood news
subject: Office of Community and Population Health
subject: Preeclampsia
subject: pregnancy
subject: The Bronx
description: Each pregnancy is unique, and all pregnant people deserve the best chance of three healthy trimesters and a safe, fulfilling delivery. Unfortunately, a serious pregnancy complication called preeclampsia threatens this hope for many families. Preeclampsia causes dangerously high blood pressure and can damage the kidneys or liver. When it goes undetected or untreated, it can lead to preterm birth (baby being born before 37 weeks of pregnancy), serious health complications and, in the worst cases, the death of a mother or baby. The post Health Check: Low Dose, Big Benefits: Helping Bronx Families Prevent Preeclampsia first appeared on Norwood News.
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On the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Let Us Never Forget
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date: 2026-08-31T19:36:29Z
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subject: The Bronx
description: At 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 10, 2001, my manager informed me by phone that she would miss a review deadline critical to my work. She rhetorically asked if that was OK. Of course it wasn’t, but through gritted teeth I replied, “Sure, what difference does a day make?” The post On the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Let Us Never Forget first appeared on Norwood News.
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A Letter to Our Readers
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date: 2026-08-30T17:38:59Z
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subject: The Bronx
description: The Norwood News has been a part of my life for nearly as long as I have been building my career, and that makes writing about this moment particularly difficult. The post A Letter to Our Readers first appeared on Norwood News.
encoded: <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-137106" src="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-13-Photo-1-Daniela-Beasley.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="1452" srcset="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-13-Photo-1-Daniela-Beasley.jpg 1000w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-13-Photo-1-Daniela-Beasley-207x300.jpg 207w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-13-Photo-1-Daniela-Beasley-705x1024.jpg 705w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-13-Photo-1-Daniela-Beasley-768x1115.jpg 768w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-13-Photo-1-Daniela-Beasley-712x1034.jpg 712w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-13-Photo-1-Daniela-Beasley-964x1400.jpg 964w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /> DANIELA BEASLEY Photo Photo courtesy of Daniela Beasley The Norwood News has been a part of my life for nearly as long as I have been building my career, and that makes writing about this moment particularly difficult. My own story with the Norwood News began as an intern. I was a journalism student, eager to learn and excited by the possibility that reporting could make a tangible difference in the community around me. I had the opportunity to work under then-Editor-in-Chief David Cruz, and that experience gave me my first real window into what it meant to cover a neighborhood, not simply reporting what happened, but understanding why it mattered to the people who lived there. After graduating, I continued to contribute to the Norwood News and was involved in a series that went on to receive a New York Press Club award. I also got to indulge my more creative side with a piece called “Nightlife in Norwood,” a story that I enjoyed writing so much that I still have a copy hanging in my office today. I never could have imagined then just how much the Norwood News would continue to shape my life. Th…

Then & Now: The Northwest Bronx’s Evolving Development Landscape – Kingsbridge Armory
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date: 2026-08-29T22:21:12Z
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subject: kingsbridge heights
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subject: The Bronx
description: On reviewing the various development projects in the Northwest Bronx over the last 38 years, ahead of the final edition of the Norwood News, the first thing that comes to mind in some but not all cases is, of course, just how seemingly arduous and protracted they can be. Often surpassing the durations of successive gubernatorial and mayoral administrations, and the tenures of various politicians, this was certainly the case with the Kingsbridge Armory, which Norwood News first reported on decades ago. The post Then & Now: The Northwest Bronx’s Evolving Development Landscape – Kingsbridge Armory first appeared on Norwood News.
encoded: <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-137028 size-full" src="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-3-Photo-Kingsbridge-Armory.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="1000" srcset="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-3-Photo-Kingsbridge-Armory.jpg 1000w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-3-Photo-Kingsbridge-Armory-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-3-Photo-Kingsbridge-Armory-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-3-Photo-Kingsbridge-Armory-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-3-Photo-Kingsbridge-Armory-712x712.jpg 712w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-3-Photo-Kingsbridge-Armory-964x964.jpg 964w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /> THE KINGSBRIDGE ARMORY in Kingsbridge Heights is seen on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. Photo by David Greene On reviewing the various development projects in the Northwest Bronx over the last 38 years, ahead of the final edition of the Norwood News, the first thing that comes to mind in some but not all cases is, of course, just how seemingly arduous and protracted they can be. Often surpassing the durations of successive gubernatorial and mayoral administrations, and the tenures of various politicians, this was certainly the case with the Kingsbridge Armory, which Norwood News first reported on decades ago. Among the many ideas proposed for the Kingsbridge Heights-based Armory over the intervening years have been, of course, the infamous Ice Center, a Salsa museum, a shopping mall, a brewery and a sports-related venue. Meanwhile, the Armory’s vast interior and adjacent annexes have actually been used as a film and TV set, as a food hub during the COVID-19 pandemic, as a women’s shelter at one point, and of course by the Washington Greys Military Cadets, overseen by the National Guard. <img loading="laz…

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on the Final Edition and Indefinite Hiatus of the Norwood News
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date: 2026-08-29T19:20:09Z
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subject: The Bronx
description: This week, ahead of the final edition of the Norwood News and its indefinite hiatus, after 38 years, both in print and online, we asked readers for their thoughts on the matter. The post Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on the Final Edition and Indefinite Hiatus of the Norwood News first appeared on Norwood News.
encoded: <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-137065 size-medium" src="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inq_Photo-1-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inq_Photo-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inq_Photo-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inq_Photo-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inq_Photo-1-712x712.jpg 712w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inq_Photo-1-964x964.jpg 964w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inq_Photo-1.jpg 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> TONY ENAMORADO, NORWOOD Photo by David Greene This week, ahead of the final edition of the Norwood News and its indefinite hiatus after 38 years, both in print and online, we asked readers for their thoughts on the matter. “I never missed an issue because you brought it here to the hardware store all the time. I would see our customers in the paper all the time and sometimes they come in here to get a copy. There were so many good topics I cannot remember at the moment. I enjoyed the different topics and seeing what local residents had to say about it.” Tony Enamoredo, Norwood <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-137066 size-medium" src="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inq_Photo-2-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inq_Photo-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inq_Photo-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inq_Photo-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inq_Photo-2-712x712.jpg 712w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inq_Photo-2-964x964.jpg 964w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uplo…

Then & Now: The Northwest Bronx’s Evolving Development Landscape – Croton Water Filtration Plant
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creator: admin
date: 2026-08-29T05:00:00Z
subject: Accessibility
subject: Archive
subject: Blog
subject: civil rights
subject: Community
subject: Construction
subject: Environment
subject: Families
subject: Health
subject: Latest
subject: News
subject: Parks
subject: Politics
subject: Quality of Life
subject: Safety
subject: croton water filtration plant
subject: development
subject: jerome avenue
subject: jerome park reservoir
subject: Mosholu Golf Course
subject: norwood
subject: norwood news
subject: The Bronx
description: On reviewing the various development projects in the Northwest Bronx over the last 38 years, the first thing that comes to mind in some but not all cases is, of course, just how seemingly arduous and protracted they can be. Often surpassing the durations of successive gubernatorial and mayoral administrations, and the tenures of various politicians, one local mammoth redevelopment project has been the Croton Water Filtration Plant. The post Then & Now: The Northwest Bronx’s Evolving Development Landscape – Croton Water Filtration Plant first appeared on Norwood News.
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Then & Now: Part of the Solution (POTS): Redefining Stability in The Bronx
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date: 2026-08-29T02:13:41Z
subject: Archive
subject: Blog
subject: Community
subject: Families
subject: Health
subject: Kids
subject: Latest
subject: Missing People
subject: News
subject: Safety
subject: food insecurity
subject: homelessness
subject: hunger
subject: norwood news
subject: part of the solution
subject: pots
subject: The Bronx
description: For more than four decades, Part of the Solution (POTS) has grown alongside The Bronx communities it serves, responding to changing needs while remaining grounded in a vision established by its founders in 1982. That was to create a loving community and a network of support for New Yorkers facing hardship. Food assistance was the first expression of that vision, beginning with a soup kitchen, but POTS quickly recognized that helping people overcome poverty would require addressing the many challenges affecting their lives. The post Then & Now: Part of the Solution (POTS): Redefining Stability in The Bronx first appeared on Norwood News.
encoded: <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-137015 size-full" src="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-8-Photo-POTS.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="668" srcset="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-8-Photo-POTS.jpg 1000w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-8-Photo-POTS-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-8-Photo-POTS-768x513.jpg 768w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-8-Photo-POTS-712x476.jpg 712w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-8-Photo-POTS-964x644.jpg 964w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /> (L-R) ASSEMBLYMAN GEORGE ALVAREZ (A.D. 78), Ana Chapman, chief program director at The HOPE Program, Christina Hanson, executive director at POTS, and Keith Pagnani, chair of POTS’ board of directors, cut the ribbon at the second location of POTS in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx on Thursday, June 29, 2023. Photo by José A. Giralt Editor’s Note: For the final edition of the Norwood News, after 38 years, we are looking back at some local community organizations which have helped shape the Northwest Bronx to see how they have evolved, and what they have been working on since we first launched the newspaper in October 1988. The nonprofit, Part of the Solution (POTS), is one such organization. According to its website, POTS is a loving community in The Bronx striving to serve all who come to its doors. From meeting immediate needs, to offering long-term comprehensive services, POTS partners with each individual to empower them to reach their potential. Christina Hanson, POTS executive director, and Diego Padilla, POTS director of external relations and communications, provide an overview of how the nonprofit is redefining stability in The Bronx. For more than four decades, Part of the Solution (POTS) has grown alongside The Bronx communities it serves, responding to changing need…

Then & Now: From NWBCCC to Our Bronx – Building Community Power Across Generations
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date: 2026-08-28T23:47:51Z
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subject: Blog
subject: Community
subject: Families
subject: Health
subject: Kids
subject: Latest
subject: Missing People
subject: News
subject: Safety
subject: Community Reinvestment Act
subject: Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act
subject: Fordham-Bedford Housing Corporation (FBHC)
subject: kingsbridge armory
subject: Mount Hope Housing Company
subject: New York City’s Student Safety Act
subject: New York State’s Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act
subject: Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition
subject: norwood news
subject: Our Bronx
subject: The Bronx
subject: University Neighborhood Housing Program (UNHP)
description: When the Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC) was founded in 1974, The Bronx was facing redlining, arson, landlord abandonment, and decades of public and private disinvestment. Entire neighborhoods were being written off. But Bronxites were organizing building by building and block by block. Residents came together through faith institutions, tenant associations, neighborhood groups, and local committees to fight for safe housing, functioning city services, decent schools, investment in their neighborhoods, and a meaningful say in the decisions shaping their lives. The post Then & Now: From NWBCCC to Our Bronx – Building Community Power Across Generations first appeared on Norwood News.
encoded: <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-136993" src="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-8-Our-Bronx-Photo.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="640" srcset="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-8-Our-Bronx-Photo.jpg 480w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Page-8-Our-Bronx-Photo-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" /> A MEMBER OF Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition holds up a reads, “Whose armory? Our armory” during a press conference held at the vacant Kingsbridge Armory in the Kingsbridge Heights section of The Bronx on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, during which joint City and State funding of $200 million to boost the redevelopment of the armory was announced. Photo by Síle Moloney Editor’s Note: For the final edition of the Norwood News, after 38 years, we are looking back at local community organizations which have helped shape the Northwest Bronx to see how they have evolved, and what they have been working on before and since we first launched the newspaper in October 1988. The nonprofit, Our Bronx, (formerly Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition) is one such organization. Founded in 1974, Our Bronx unites diverse peoples and institutions to fight for racial justice and economic democracy through intergenerational community organizing to transform The Bronx and beyond, according to its mission statement. Our Bronx Executive Director Sandra Lobo provides an overview of how the nonprofit is building community power across generations. When the Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC) was founded in 1974, The Bronx was facing redlining, arson, landlord abandonment, and decades of public and private disinvestment. Entire neighborhoods were being written off. But Bronxites were organizing building by building and block by block. Residents came together through faith institutions, tenant associations, neighborhood groups, and local c…

Norwood: Shocked Residents Share Reaction to 4-Alarm Residential Fire at 3435 Dekalb Ave
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description: Following the four-alarm fire that broke out at 3435 DeKalb Avenue in Norwood on Thursday, Aug. 20, Norwood News spoke to some residents at the scene about what they witnessed and how they escaped from the building. The post Norwood: Shocked Residents Share Reaction to 4-Alarm Residential Fire at 3435 Dekalb Ave first appeared on Norwood News.
encoded: <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-136959" src="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Photo.jpeg" alt="" width="1000" height="750" srcset="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Photo.jpeg 1000w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Photo-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Photo-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Photo-712x534.jpeg 712w, https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Photo-964x723.jpeg 964w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /> FIREFIGHTERS ARE SEEN responding to a fire at 3435 Dekalb Avenue in Norwood, The Bronx on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. Photo by Síle Moloney Following the four-alarm fire that broke out at 3435 DeKalb Avenue in Norwood on Thursday, Aug. 20, Norwood News spoke to some residents at the scene about what they witnessed and how they escaped from the building. As reported, four people incurred minor injuries following the fire. An FDNY spokesperson said the department received a call at 5.49 a.m. on Thursday for a report of a fire on the top floor. Read our initial story on the fire here. Jenny, who looked emotionally distraught as she waited with her two dogs, her son, Isaiah, and other family members and neighbors outside the affected building on Thursday, told Norwood News, “My son ran into my room and started saying that it was a fire around 5.50 in the morning, and about 6 in the morning, I came out. I saw the firemen already going upstairs to turn the fire off. I just grabbed my dogs and grabbed my family and some important documents, and we ran out of the house, and everybody got out.” <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-136954" src="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_2176.jpeg" alt="" width="1000" height="750" srcset="https://www.norwoodnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_2176.jpeg 1000w, https://w…