Out & About in the Bronx: Free Megamind Showing

The Fordham Road BID presents a free outdoor movie, “Megamind,” on Saturday, July 27 at 8:30 p.m. at Fordham Plaza, 189th Street and Third and Park avenues. For more information, call (718) 562-2104.

Bronx News Roundup: Weiner Insists his Campaign is not a Distraction at Bronx Mayoral Forum

By Hugh Thornhill Here’s your news roundup for the day: – According to a NY1 report,  the Mayoral Forum in the Bronx on Wednesday was mostly focused on the issues of the mayoral election until former City Councilman, Sal Albanese, told former House Representative, Anthony Weiner, that he was diverting attention from the main issues of the election with the recent sexting scandal. Weiner responded by saying that he was at the forum to discuss the issues, not the scandal. – A huge backlog of criminal cases in the Bronx is costing the city millions, the Daily News reports. An


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The latest print edition of the Norwood News is out on Bronx streets now and includes stories on the old Fordham Library, the new Bronx LGBTQ Center, state lawmakers disclosing their outside finances, the new outer borough street hail taxi plan, the 15th Council District forum on Monday. Plus, Bronxites react to the Trayvon Martin verdict, summer health tips, our Out & About arts and entertainment calendar and more.

District 16 City Council Candidates Come Together Tonight for Debate on Hunger and Poverty

District 16 City Council candidates Vanessa Gibson, Pedro Alvarez, Naaimat Muhammed, Daryl Johnson, Bola Omotosho, and Carlos Sierra will be at the Food Bank Forum on Hunger and Poverty. The forum will be held tonight, Wednesday, July 24, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Muslim Women’s Institute for Research and Development, P.S. 11 Highbridge, 1257 Ogden Ave. The forum is the second in a series of seven City Council and Borough President candidate forums as part of the Food Bank’s 2013 Candidate Forum Series on Hunger and Poverty. The series will run through late August in each of the five boroughs. For more information, please visit foodbanknyc.org. For the full forum schedule, visit foodbank.org/forum.

15th Council District Forum Tonight at Bronx Library Center

The Mary Mitchell Center, Bronx Health Reach and the League of Conservation Voters are co-sponsoring a forum for candidates of the 15th Council District tonight, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. The 15th Council District, currently represented by Joel Rivera, includes the neighborhoods of Fordham-Bedford, Fordham, West Farms, Tremont and Crotona. There’s at least a half dozen candidates vying to replace Rivera, so this will be a good opportunity to find who’s who and what they stand for.