Bronx Irish Heritage Month Celebration at Rambling House

Last Thursday, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. hosted an Irish Heritage Month Celebration at the Rambling House in Woodlawn. Thanks to the BP’s office for putting together this video. As spokesman John DeSio would say: production value!

Bronx Notes: Community Board 7 Youth Services Meeting Tonight

Community Board 7’s Youth Services Committee will meet tonight, Monday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Board office, 229A E. 204th St. For more information, call (718) 933-5650 or visit www.bronxcb7.info. 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.

Construction Begins on Low-Income Development Mosholu Gardens

Two Fridays ago, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for Mosholu Gardens, an eight-story housing development with 63 low-income units located at 245 Mosholu Parkway North, in the Norwood neighborhood of the Bronx.

Stop & Frisk Rates Spark Call for Reform; A Bronx Man Tells His Story

Whenever he ventures out into his University Heights neighborhood, whether by car or foot, Blandon Casenave thinks there is a strong possibility he might be stopped and searched by police for no other reason than the color of his skin.

Bronx Sports Report: Borough Catholic Boys Teams Representing and Other HS Hoops Updates

The Evander Childs Campus boys team would prevail in their match-up, captured in the slideshow above by photographer Adi Talwar, against Benjamin Banneker Academy, 58-42,to move into the PSAL Boys A Division quarterfinals.

All-Girls Academy Works to Be ‘Charity Champions’

The Academy of Mount St. Ursula, the oldest Catholic girls school in New York, located in Bedford Park, has entered a contest in order to win seed money to continue supporting its students’ charitable work at the Concourse House.

Bronx Notes: Saturday Flea Market in Bedford Park

The Bedford-Mosholu Community Association will host a flea market fundraiser tomorrow, Saturday, March 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, located at Bedford Park Boulevard and Decatur Avenue.

After Renovations, Poe Cottage Opens Its Doors

Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, where the famous writer spent the final years of his life, recently reopened after more than a year of renovation.

Fordham University Students To Lead Anti-Racism Rally

A group of Fordham University students known as the Collective of Concerned Students of Color and Anti-Racist Allies is leading a rally this evening to bring awareness to a recent spate of hate crimes on the Jesuit school’s campuses.