Public and Community Meetings •    The Bedford Mosholu Community Association will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. at 400 E. Mosholu Pkwy. So. Apt. B1 (lobby floor). All are welcome. •    The Croton Facility Monitoring Committee will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at the DEP Outreach Office, 3660 Jerome Ave. •    The 52nd Precinct Community Council will meet on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church, 2500 Jerome Ave. For more information, call (718) 220-5824.   Capital Expense Budget Public Hearing for Community Board 7 for the Fiscal Year 2012 will be

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The annual Tour de Bronx, one of the city’s largest cycling events, is always a big deal. But this year’s ride, on Sunday, Oct. 24, holds a special significance, as it will honor Megan Charlop, the longtime community health advocate and activist who died last March in a tragic cycling accident.

Since 1998, it’s been the law in New York State, that health insurance covers the costs of breast reconstruction for cancer patients who undergo a mastectomy. And while doctors will tout the benefits of the surgery, many women who are eligible don’t seek the procedure – often because they don’t know enough about it.

Now, a state bill signed into law this summer mandates that doctors discuss reconstructive options with patients, before they start treatment.

After sustaining major damage in a fire last December, Bank of America, the largest commercial bank in the country, reopened its branch on East 204th Street and Perry Avenue last month.

The discovery of high levels of lead contamination in the soil at Harris Field last year forced construction of six new ball fields to come to a halt. But after being closed several months, construction has resumed and workers are confident they have removed all of the contamination.

It’s now been a year since the horrific Bainbridge Avenue fire that destroyed 10 stores and damaged several others.

As we report in this issue, a couple of the stores have relocated, but most haven’t, and even some of the ones still standing are having a terrible time of it.

The landlord, Evelyn Jacobsen, who holds all the cards, is not returning calls from us or community leaders who are desperate to learn her plans so we can make some progress in filling this gaping hole in the local economy.

The problem is particularly acute because of the subsequent fire that demolished the strip’s only supermarket.

It’s now been a year since the horrific Bainbridge Avenue fire that destroyed 10 stores and damaged several others.

As we report in this issue, a couple of the stores have relocated, but most haven’t, and even some of the ones still standing are having a terrible time of it.

The landlord, Evelyn Jacobsen, who holds all the cards, is not returning calls from us or community leaders who are desperate to learn her plans so we can make some progress in filling this gaping hole in the local economy.

The problem is particularly acute because of the subsequent fire that demolished the strip’s only supermarket.

We want to extend a huge thanks to Jennifer Beaugrand and her crew at Mosholu Preservation Corporation. After a stormy, stormy summer, we are grateful for her and her crew’s hard work in clearing the fallen trees and branches from the area parks. Thank you. Friends of the Williamsbridge Oval  

It’s not surprising that Principal Diane Daprocida started to get a little emotional when she spoke last week to a crowd, which included her own parents and children, about the new early childhood center on PS 94’s campus in Norwood.

The crowd was on hand for the grand opening of the new center and it was a happy event. But the last two years were trying for Daprocida and the rest of her school community.