In response to a recent shooting in the area and a general uptick in violent crime, the Police Department installed a Skywatch surveillance tower on the corner of 194th Street and Marion Avenue.

Two Bronx politicians are picking up the torch from the living wage campaign that was at the heart of last year’s battle over the Kingsbridge Armory.

City Council Members Oliver Koppell and Annabel Palma – both of the Bronx -introduced the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act on May 25, a bill that would require most development projects receiving city subsidies to pay workers eventually employed there a living wage – $10 an hour with benefits or $11.50 an hour without.

A group of housing advocates who tried to attend a "town hall meeting" held by State Senator Pedro Espada say they were physically barred from entering the building, according to two people who attempted to join the meeting.

Former State Senator Efrain Gonzalez’s last-ditch effort to withdraw the "guilty" plea he entered last spring backfired earlier this month, as a federal judge sentenced him to seven years in prison for fraud involving two nonprofit organizations.

Mother’s Day ended horribly for Wanda Marrero after a fire in a troubled Norwood area apartment building left her and her family homeless.

"I remember smelling smoke, and my daughter telling me ‘Mami, there’s smoke coming in the house!’ When I looked there was smoke in my living room," said Marrero, as she sat on the stoop of the building she once called home, several days after the fire. "I got all the kids and ran outside."

•    Community Board 7 will hold its general board meeting on Tuesday, June 15 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Botanical Garden’s Visitors Center Café located at 2900 Southern Blvd.  For a listing of Community Board committee meetings or for more information on upcoming meetings and events, visit bronxcb7.info/calendar or call (718) 933-5650. •    The Croton Facilities Monitoring Committee is scheduled to meet on Thursday, June 17, at the DEP’s community office, 3660 Jerome Ave. •    The 52nd Precinct Community Council will meet on Thursday, June 17 at 7 p.m. at St. Ann’s Church at 3519 Bainbridge Ave. For

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Residents around Devoe Park say noise and gambling problems continue to plague the heavily used park. In response, police say they are sending extra patrols into the park and are instituting a zero tolerance policy after park hours.

Miguel Burgos, a six-year veteran of the NYPD and a member of the 52nd Precinct, is awaiting trial on Sept. 7 following his arrest on charges of conspiracy to commit armed robberies last February.

Culminating a slew of Bronx Week activities, thousands descended on Mosholu Parkway on Sunday, May 23 for the annual Bronx Parade and Festival.