Bronx Unemployment Rate Hits Highest in Decades

Hitting its highest peak in nearly two decades, the Bronx’s unemployment rate reached a staggering 14.1 percent in February — the most recent month for which local data is available — with approximately 77,701 residents in the labor force here unable to find paying work.

Bronx Notes: Free Tango Lessons at Lehman College

In collaboration with No Longer Empty’s exhibition, This Side of Paradise (see “Exhibits”), the Lehman College Art Gallery, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., invites the public to its free Tango Lesson, April 19 at 12:30 p.m.

Bronx Townhall Meeting to Address Healthcare Disparities

Bronx Health REACH, Assemblyman Nelson Castro, Senator Gustavo Rivera, and New York Lawyers for the Public Interest will be holding a Town Hall meeting on Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to discuss inequities in New York’s health care system. “Make Health Equality a Reality,” will include a panel of legislators, doctors, community members, and lawyers. Audience members will be invited to ask questions about health care access. The event is open to all and breakfast and free health screenings will be provided for all attendees. The event will take place at P.S. 33 in the Bronx


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Be Healthy! Wednesdays Presents Tips From the Experts: Avoiding Baseball Injuries

Editor’s Note: Every Wednesday, Breaking Bronx features a health-related story, event or tidbit as part of an online expansion of our Be Healthy! column. It’s spring and baseball season is underway. While the sport means mostly fun for young players hitting the field, the threat of an injury still looms. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 282,000 people under the age of 18 were treated in hospitals, doctors’ offices and emergency rooms for baseball-related injuries in 2010. Young players, parents, and coaches should be diligent in taking precautions to avoid injuries that could mean bench time, or even


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As Clock Ticks, Little Opposition to MS 80 Closure

If there is widespread opposition to the proposed closure and re-imagining of Junior High School 80, Norwood’s oldest and largest middle school, it was not apparent at a Department of Education hearing on Monday night.

Bronx Notes: Immigration and Health Fair Today

The Bronx Clergy Task Force and New York City Police Department are hosting an immigration and health fair today from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Hutchinson Metro Center Auditorium (near Calvary Hospital) located at 1200 Waters Place.

Bronx Notes: Workshop on Understanding Contracts

A free workshop on Understanding Contracts will take place today from 6:30 p.m. to 8 . Participants will learn the basics about contracts and also engage in a question/answer panel.   The workshop will be led by an attorney with two decades of legal experience.  Seating is limited. For more information on the location and space available, call (718) 665-5250 x263 or email smallbusiness@startsmallthinkbig.org Ed. note: Every weekday, we highlight Bronx programs, announcements, services, opportunities, public meetings/hearings or community events. Find a full listing on our Neighborhood Notes page. Send your neighborhood notes to us at norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org.

Riverdale C-Rock Jumpers Beat Heat and Heights

While we’re hard at working grinding out the next print edition of the Norwood News, take a look at this fantastic footage, set to an Arcade Fire song, of a Riverdale right-of-passage: kids jumping off cliffs of various heights into Spuyten Duyvil Creek.