Bronx Jazz Scene Back in Swing at Historical Society

Bronx jazz venues like Club 845 and the Blue Morocco are long gone, but the stories of the musicians who put them on the map are now living on at the Bronx County Historical Society, thanks to David Carp, a prominent music journalist and librarian, who officially handed off his collection of 200 interviews at an event earlier this month.

Armory Guard Soldiers Wait for Supplies

Fighting in a foreign land for the first time in their unit’s history, members of the Army National Guard 145th Maintenance Company, based out of the Kingsbridge Armory, are currently housed at the Tallil Air Base in Iraq, while needed supplies sit at a U.S. military base in Georgia.

Three Murders in 52nd Over One-Week Period

Disrupting a relative period of calm in the 52nd Precinct, there were three murders in just two weeks in 52nd Precinct from April 9 to 16. There had been only one murder in the first three months of the year, a March 17 shooting at a barber shop on Webster Avenue.

Adult Ed Programs Could Face Massive Cuts

Teacher Karen Griswold switched a recent session of her adult literacy class from the usual focus on reading and writing to a lesson in mathematics. Sitting in a circle, students took turns listing the proposed federal cuts that could decimate their education program.

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.