Be Healthy!: Monte Kids Dance the Night Away

On May 5, the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore hosted a spring prom for chronically ill teens, ages 12 and up. The theme was Beach Paradise and the goal was to provide local teenagers who often end up missing school and social events due to their illnesses, the opportunity to have a good time they would always remember.

Bronx Notes: Open House for Webster Ave. Select Bus Service

The Department of Transportation and MTA/New York City Transit are holding an open house to present the design ideas and to solicit public comments on the Webster Avenue Select Bus Service project, tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. in the cafeteria of Icahn Charter Middle School, 1506 Brook Ave.

‘Vital’ After-School Programs on the Chopping Block

Parents at PS 94 in Norwood have grown accustomed to having a safe, constructive place for their children to spend after-school hours and it hasn’t cost them a dime. But Mayor Bloomberg is proposing to slash the after-school program, which would leave parents, 90 percent of whom are living in poverty, scrambling to find alternatives.

Ex-Bronx Senator Pedro Espada Found Guilty of Theft

Former Bronx State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. was found guilty this morning on four counts of theft by a federal jury for stealing money from the non-profit healthcare network he helped found. Each count carries a sentence of up to 10 years.

MS 80, Other ‘New’ Bronx Schools, Get New Names; Hiring Stalls Due to Lawsuit

Beginning next year, MS 80, the Norwood-area middle school that is closing and re-opening as a new school with a mostly new staff next year, will be known as the Norwood Academy for Communal Excellence at the Isobel Rooney Campus.

Live Life Megan Charlop’s Way

Earlier today, on the corner of Futlon Avenue and E. 167th Street, Richie Powers held up a replica of the street sign dedicated in his late wife Megan Charlop’s honor. Charlop, a tireless community organizer, health educator and activist who lived in Norwood and dedicated her career to making the Bronx a better place, was killed in a bike accident two years ago.

Bronx Notes: Late Activist Megan Charlop to be Honored Tomorrow

Megan Charlop, the Bronx health educator, community organizer and activist who died in a tragic bicycling accident two years ago, will be honored tomorrow morning during a street re-naming ceremony in Morrisania.

Bronx Crime Watch: Cops Shoot Armed Suspect Near St. James Park

Last Friday night, two off-duty police officers were riding home from work when they saw a young man firing a gun into St. James park, according a report released by the NYPD. When they confronted the armed man, the suspect fled north on Creston Avenue toward 190th Street and fired at the officers who were in pursuit. One of the officers fired back and hit the suspect in the torso. The wounded suspect was taken into custody and sent to St. Barnabas Hospital for treatment. The suspect, identified as Javon Julien, 19, a Queens resident, is listed in stable condition.