Messier Reaffirms Commitment to Build KNIC Alongside Community

By HAYLEY CAMACHO Mark Messier, CEO of Kingsbridge National Ice Center, reassured the Kingsbridge and surrounding community that plans to develop a nine-rink, 5,000-seat arena at the Kingsbridge Armory will proceed despite nearly a year of delays.

Easter Egg Hunt Hops to Oval Park

By KIMBERLY JACOBS The excitement of spring continues in the Bronx with the Jerome-Gun Hill Business Improvement District’s annual Spring Egg Hunt. On Saturday, April 4, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Williamsbridge Oval Park, 3225 Reservoir Oval East, a family fun day is planned with plenty of day long events for children to participate in.

School Briefs: PS/MS 95 Intertwines Teacher Collaboration to Meet Common Core

Under the leadership of Principal Serge Marshall Davis, teachers at The Sheila Mencher School in Van Cortlandt Village continually immerse themselves in professional planning to help students learn. Schools have changed enormously since parents of today sat in the classroom. Curriculum is fluid, a work in progress built element by element utilizing best practices to meet the standards of Common Core, rigid academic guidlines set forth by the U.S. Department of Education.

Latest Edition Of The Norwood News Hits Stands, and Online

By DAVID CRUZ The Norwood News is out with 24 pages of community news you can use, happenings and other nuggets of information. What’s intriguing about this edition (just coincidence really) is it’s heavily park-related. Makes sense, given all the parks that Norwood has been afforded these days. We begin with a push to restore some infrastructure issues at Mosholu Parkway, with representatives from the local institutions urging the community for some momentum in getting elected officials to commit to restoring the parkway. Find out what went on at a March 25 community meeting. One of our more attractive features this edition

By DAVID CRUZ The Keeper’s House in Norwood has long been a source of intrigue by history buffs who’ve come as far as Queens to admire its granite stone structure. Deemed a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Commission, the house standing at the corner of Reservoir Oval East and Putnam Place once served as the home to ever-present maintenance men overseeing the reservoir that’s now home to Williamsbridge Oval Park. Its landmark status protects it from ever being bulldozed.

PS/MS 95 Intertwines Teacher Collaboration to Meet Common Core

School Briefs Under the leadership of Principal Serge Marshall Davis, teachers at The Sheila Mencher School in Van Cortlandt Village continually immerse themselves in professional planning to help students learn. Schools have changed enormously since parents of today sat in the classroom. Curriculum is fluid, a work in progress built element by element utilizing best practices to meet the standards of Common Core, rigid academic guidlines set forth by the U.S. Department of Education. Teachers work their magic with the support and ideas from their colleagues, and other school staff. Through collaborative efforts, teachers weave facts and concepts, interconnecting various

By VIVIAN CARTER Monroe College recently welcomed hundreds of Bronx and Brooklyn high school female students to the Jerome Avenue campus for their annual “Aspire to Inspire” female empowerment event. The students were seated at more than 40 festively decorated round tables staffed by accomplished professional women. Colorful balloons, banners, flowers, photos, and posters featured inspirational quotes and images. Then, words of wisdom from the podium were shared by Sade Baderinwa, popular WABC-TV Eyewitness News anchorwoman. Following the speech, mentors presented ceremonial strands of simulated pearls to each participant, with the acronym P-E-A-R-L-S reminding participants of the concepts of personal

By DAVID CRUZ Where’s the Love, Mr. Mayor? Noticed these days that appearances from Mayor Bill de Blasio is next to nothing in the Bronx this year. Looking at the first quarter of 2015, Mayor de Blasio has made four appearances in the Bronx compared to 19 in Brooklyn and seven in Queens. Staten Island, heavily Republican, placed last with only one visit. Manhattan was discounted since it’s his home base, but if one were counting, there were about 50 appearances. Our guess. He has roots in Brooklyn, which he could no doubt need for another go at Mayor in

By DAVID CRUZ Community institutions, park advocates and neighbors are coming together with a shared goal in mind—pushing the de Blasio Administration to consider revitalizing Mosholu Parkway.