Dear Fellow Readers,

The year’s fourth edition of the Norwood News for 2020 is out with plenty of community stories to read and share. We’ve loaded up 24 pages full of news from this corner of the Bronx, so let’s start with page one!

Our top story focuses on a long-awaited project announced by the New York Botanical Garden, which is now entering the residential housing market. The affordable housing residences, with one set aside exclusively to seniors, will soon pop up along Webster Avenue. The area had been rezoned in ten years, clearing the path for projects such as this. Learn whether the supermarket that’s currently occupying the space stays or goes.

Inside the cover you’ll find stories on a local race involving the district leader post representing Norwood, a discussion with Montefiore Health System’s newest President and CEO, and a cute spelling bee contest that’s now a fixture for PS 94. We also have a piece that reveals where exactly the commanding officer for the 52nd Precinct stands on the state’s controversial criminal justice reform measures.

Meantime, the Norwood News brings you a photo spread of the annual Bronx Polar Bear dip into Orchard Beach. Read why the frigid fun is all for a good cause.

The Norwood News also brings you the regular staples–Inquiring Photographer, Neighborhood Notes, and Out & About. We hope these features make you the smartest person in the Bronx.

So check out the latest edition of the Norwood News. Comments are always welcome. Send them to me at dcruz@norwoodnews.org or tweet me directly at @CWEBCRUZER. We’re always eager to read them, and sometimes publish them!

Keep reading!

David Cruz
Norwood News

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Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.