Miscues in Search for Delivery Man

Ming Kuang Chen, the Chinese delivery man who was trapped in a Tracey Towers elevator for more than three days earlier this month, appears to have been the victim of a remarkable series of lapses in the security system and the police search, the Norwood News has learned.

Tracey Tenants Tired of Elevator Ups and Downs

For years, Tracey Towers tenants have said silent prayers before boarding their elevators, hoping they didn’t end up getting stuck between floors or surging way beyond their desired destination only to plunge right back down to the lobby.

Friends and relatives of the five Norwood siblings who were killed in a horrific car accident last month gathered Friday night to say final goodbyes at McCall’s Bronxwood Funeral Home on Bronxwood Avenue in Wakefield.

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PS 86 Community to DOE: Don’t Fix What Isn’t Broken

The entire PS 86 community — parents, faculty, students and alumni — came out in force recently to vehemently oppose two city proposals that would dramatically change the landscape of this overcrowded, but successful school. Hundreds of PS 86 supporters gathered on Nov. 18 at a Community Education Council of District 10 meeting to demand the Department of Education stop proposals to eliminate the school’s 6th grade and re-zone it to reduce the number of families who could send their children there.

Free Snuggies and More as Retailers Gear Up for Holidays

Local retailers from Fordham Road to Gun Hill Road and Jerome Avenue kick-started the holiday shopping season last weekend with late-night preparations and Black Friday bargains. Garl Robinson, the general manager of P.C. Richard & Son, the electronics emporium on the Grand Concourse and Fordham Road, said that he was up at 3 a.m. on Black Friday getting the store ready while customers were already forming a line outside. “It was fantastic,” said Robinson. “Everything went well.” His main goal was to have every customer leave the store with a P.C. Richard bag in hand. Unlike most stores that have

Filter Plant Contractor Admits to Fraud

One of the primary contractors that worked on the enormous Croton Water Filtration Plant being built in Van Cortlandt Park admitted on Monday to committing fraud in reporting its sub-contracting of minority and women-owned businesses. Schiavone Construction, which performed much of the tunneling and trucking during the early phases of the filtration plant project, agreed to pay the federal government $20 million in penalties. The company now doing the bulk of the construction work on the filtration plant, Skanska, is also under investigation for similar misdeeds.

Teen Fitness Program Wins $20,000 Grant to Expand

On a recent Tuesday afternoon, about a dozen teenagers darted back and forth across the gymnasium at PS 8, their sneakers squeaking on the polished floors. Running drills were followed by several minutes of jumping jacks, then a game of basketball. Despite what looked like rigorous exercise, the kids were joking and smiling. The teens are part of “B’N Fit,” a year-round intensive fitness program run by Montefiore Medical Center and the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center that aims to help adolescents lose weight and embrace a healthy lifestyle. This month, the program scored $20,000 from the Coca-Cola Foundation to expand its service — part of a $300,000 pot of funds that the beverage company gave out to organizations this year in the form of “Healthy Active Living” grants.

Monroe Soccer Places Fourth Nationally

In its most successful season ever, Monroe College’s men’s soccer team came within two games of winning the national junior college championship. At the national tournament in Tyler, Texas, in mid-November, the second-seeded Monroe Mustangs won their first game against Otero Junior College (Colo.), before going down in the semi-final to Cincinnati State, 2-1, in double overtime. “We lost to a deep and classy team,” Coach Marcus Dibernardo told the Monroe Mustangs website. “Yes, it doesn’t feel very good now, but soon we’ll realize that we had a great season.”