Bronx Notes: Senior Safety Day, Wed., March 21

On Wednesday, March 21, Bronx Community Board 7 is hosting a Senior Safety Day. The event will start at 2 p.m. at Scott Towers, 3400 Paul Ave. Guests will include representatives of the 52nd Precinct and Bronx DA’s Office. They will be providing safety tips for seniors.

Bronx Breakdown: A Redistrict-culous Process

Here’s what the New York State Legislature wants you to know about redistricting: (silence … birds chirping, crickets singing, the ghost of Guy Velella chuckling) In other words, nothing.

Bronx Notes: The Planting of the Green at Williamsbridge Oval Park

Tomorrow morning, Mosholu Preservation Corporation (the nonprofit that publishes the Norwood News) is holding a planting and clean-up event at Williamsbridge Oval. Those who want to participate in beautifying Oval Park should meet up at 11 a.m. at the park’s north entrance, between Putnam Place and Reservoir Place.

Bronx Sports Report: The Madness Begins!

The “One Shining Moment” montage at the end of every NCAA Basketball Tournament is probably my favorite three minutes of television all year. I’ve included last year’s rendition above because (1) It’s awesome and (2) It features several highlights and smiles from Bronx boy Kemba Walker who ruled last year’s Big Dance when he led the University of Connecticut Huskies to an improbable run to the title.

Bronx Notes: Discussion on School Re-organization Plans

To talk about the re-organization of MS 80 and other Bronx schools, Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is inviting elected officials, education activists, community leaders and parents to a forum next Thursday, March 15, at 6 p.m., at the Morris Educational Campus Auditorium, 1110 Boston Road. Elaine Gorman, the chief executive of the DOE’s turnaround program, will be on hand to speak.

Bronx Week 2012 To Kick Off May 10

This spring, Bronx Week will start on May 10 and run through May 20, culminating, as always, with a weekend of festivities that will include the Bronx Ball, a parade and street festival (usually on Mosholu Parkway) and inductions into the Bronx Walk of Fame.

Bronx Notes: Charter School Open House

Tech International Charter School invites students in the 5th grade interested in becoming part of its middle school, and their parents, to its open house at the Kingsbridge Library, 291 W. 231st St., Wednesday March 14, from 6 to 7 p.m.

Be Healthy! Wednesdays: Bronx Advocates Condemn Proposed Tabacco Control Cuts

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. Anti-smoking groups in the Bronx and across the state are deriding a proposed budget plan that would slash tobacco control funding by $5 million this year, a cut they say could reverse the strides New York has made in getting residents to quit the habit and could lead to more young people taking up smoking. “While we have seen a decrease in smoking rates, we still have over 850,000 smokers, many of whom are the most


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