Opening of Poe Park Visitor’s Center Delayed Indefinitely

The edgy new $4.5 million, bird-shaped Poe Park Visitor’s Center, once on pace to open four months ago, remains shuttered and is not scheduled to open any time soon as the Parks Department scrambles to figure out how to staff it, according to an article today in the New York Times.

Free Women’s Health Screening

The Montefiore Medical Center will offer medical screenings and information at the fourth annual Dr. Edward S. Greenwald Women’s Health Screening on Saturday October 28 from 8 am – 12 pm. The screenings are open to all women in the community, with or without health insurance, and will include breast exams, Pap smears for women 18 and older and Mammograms for women 40 and older (eligible to women that have not received one in the last 12 months), as well as free education on how to perform a breast self-examination. All services will be provided free of charge for women

Comptroller Visits BCC, Highlights Bronx Unemployment Woes

Last week, City Comptroller took a little mini-tour of the Bronx.

Calling All Local Youth Leaders–Apply Now For Yankees Award!

The staff over at Community Board 7 is looking for local youths to nominate for the Yankees’ Youth Leadership Award, a $750 prize for upstanding young Bronx residents doled out each year by the Yankees Community Council. The deadline is Oct. 31. Each Bronx Community Board gets to submit the names of five nominees, and CB7 District Manager Fernando Tirado says they’ve yet to receive any applications. Applicants must reside within the district–for CB7 that means the neighborhoods of Bedford Park, Norwood, Fordham, Kingsbridge Heights and University Heights–and each youth selected is required to complete 50 hours of community service

New Bronx Documentary Center Highlights Work of Slain Photojournalist

This weekend marked the opening of the Bronx Documentary Center, a new gallery and educational space in Melrose showcasing works of photography, film and multimedia. The center’s first exhibit, titled “Visions: Tim Hetherington,” is a personal one, featuring a series of photos by Hetherington, an acclaimed photojournalist who was killed in April while covering the conflict in Libya. Bronx Documentary Center founder Michael Kamber, a distinguished photographer for the New York Times who owns and lives in the landmarked South Bronx building where the gallery is housed, was a close friend of Hetherington’s. In the Times’ “Lens” blog, Kamber writes

By David Greene This past Saturday, demonstrators from the nascent Occupy the Bronx movement joined forces with old guard grassroots organizers from the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition to collectively call out big banks for their role in creating in the country’s economic crisis. But first, each group held their own separate assemblies on opposite ends of Fordham Road.

We Toured de Bronx

Early Sunday morning thousands gathered on 161st street for the start of the 17th annual Tour de Bronx. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. welcomed the huge crowd of people, coming from the five boroughs, Westchester County and even as far as Stamford, Conn., to take part in the annual ride.

Clinton Edges JFK in Emotional Win

The hotly anticipated match-up between old football rivals the DeWitt Clinton Governors and the John F. Kennedy’s Knights ended with redemption for Kennedy coach turned Clinton Defensive Coordinator Alex Vega, according to the NY Post.

Bronx Celebrates ‘Food Day’ With New School Health Initiative

Today is officially Food Day in New York City–the first annual government-sponsored day to celebrate “real food and healthy eating,” marked by events across the five boroughs with a focus on nutrition. In the Bronx this morning, Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., and State Sen. Gustavo Rivera were at Mount St. Ursula Academy in Bedford Park to kick off a new health initiative for local schools. The Family Health Challenge, developed alongside the Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center and the Committee of Interns and Residents, asks students and their families to set small goals for themselves–cut out soda one