Bronx School Students Turn Down School Lunch for Junk Food

By LIZIE MENSAH They starve. They eat chips. They drink soda and embrace the sweet life of junk food. It is all they want. But, for some students, it’s their only option since they’re exposed to, in their opinion, the unappealing school lunch that they couldn’t help but turn down. This often creates the un-nutritious cycle that can follow a teen to adulthood. For some students, school lunch isn’t that bad. But for others, the disgust for school lunch is real. That’s the case for Jada Colon, 15, a current freshman at the Academy of Mount St. Ursula (AMSU) High

Even at All-Girls Schools, Females Become Foes and Abandon Sisterhood

By IMANI MALITI Last year, Nyasha Francis, 14, attending the Academy of Mount St. Ursula High School, an all-girls school, was in a school-wide spelling bee. She ultimately won against all her peers from the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. When she returned to class, her female teacher exclaimed, “Wow! You’re the top girl in the school.” But the compliment drew aggression from her friend, a female student who went to the same school. It dragged her down, particularly since the hostility came from a friend she admired. This ongoing problem often can play out among rivaling female teens, particularly

By DAVID GREENE This week we asked readers to rate the performance of Mayor Bill de Blasio after a year and a half in office.

Briggs Avenue Wall Gets Mural Makeover Courtesy of Grant

By KIMBERLY JACOBS In May, Samelys Lopez and the Bedford Mosholu Community Association received a $1,250 grant to paint a graffiti mural on a blank wall across from PS 8 on Briggs Avenue at 202nd Street.

As Albany Talks Rent, Tenants Talk Rent Freeze with RGB

By IMANI HALL At the latest Rent Guidelines Board hearing, landlord Al Versace, who has owned buildings in the city for years, fears he will no longer be able to afford to maintain one of his buildings.

Norwood News Wins Big In Journalism Contest

By NORWOOD NEWS The Norwood News walked away a big winner at the 2015 Ippies Awards, sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

Out & About: Westchester Square Gears Up for Fair @ The Square

Editor’s Pick Annual Fair at Westchester Square The Westchester Square Merchants Association presents its free 7th annual Fair @ the Square, June 20 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (rain or shine) along the streets of Westchester Square between St. Raymond and Westchester avenues. Events include an all-day concert series featuring a variety of music with host and performers, plus both an adult and kid Elvis impersonator. Also featured will be art, an MTA antique bus, a kids’ activity area offering face painting and arts and crafts, an FDNY smokehouse and antique fire engine, rock wall, games, exhibits and other

By DAVID CRUZ & BOB KAPPSTATTER The 52nd Precinct is set to get a new batch of officers amid efforts to curb a rising gang problem west of Bedford Park.

Latest Edition of the Norwood News Is Out!

By DAVID CRUZ The Norwood News is once again out with a new edition available online and across the northwest Bronx and filled with plenty of community news you can use! We begin with a micro-local story that can play out anywhere–the “in-stall-ation” of speed hump on a street that’s at both a Neighborhood Slow Zone and school zone. Neighbors are in an uproar over a year-long delay, especially after a vehicle recently plowed in three parked cars before turning over. Find out what the commotion is about. We also delve into the existing rent protection laws that are slated to