On a Tuesday afternoon in a University Heights classroom, the adolescent members of PS/MS 15’s chess team sit quietly practicing their craft.

The classroom, which doubles as the dean’s office, is decorated with photos of chess masters, a small army of trophies and, of course, chessboards on every table. The space serves as the incubator and training ground for some of the nation’s best junior high school chess players.

Lehman College dedicated a brand new, state-of-the art media center on April 23, the culmination of 11 years of planning and $16 million in funding.

Bronx River lovers traveled down the northern borough’s rapidly improving central waterway last Saturday afternoon for the 11th Annual Bronx River Flotilla.

Anthony Mele, 51, a Rockland-based businessman and Army vet who solidly identifies himself as an organizer with the burgeoning and conservative tea party movement, is challenging Congressman Eliot Engel.

In recent weeks, a slew of Bronx politicians have come out forcefully against a new Arizona strict immigration law, saying the legislation is "anti-immigrant" and unconstitutional. Many are calling on the federal government to enact broad immigration reform to prevent such laws from popping up in other states.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is drowning embattled Bronx State Senator Pedro Espda, Jr., who represents all of the Norwood News coverage area, in civil suits.

While Pedro Espada fends off multiple law suits, Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter, the Fordham Hill activist taking Espada on for the 33rd Senate District seat, is gaining momentum, picking up a big labor endorsement and scheduling fund-raisers with deep-pocketed Democratic donors.

•    On Thursday, May 6, there will be a Water Board public hearing on water rate hikes from 6 to 9 p.m. at PS 14 located at 3041 Bruckner Blvd. •    There will be a Community Education Council Public Hearing on Wednesday, May 12 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at PS 54, 2703 Webster Ave. The topic will be Education Budget Allocations. •    The 52nd Precinct Community Council will meet on May 27 at 7 p.m. at Scott Tower, 3400 Paul Ave. Guest speaker will be Ms. Diane Brown, Sexual Assault Treatment Program. For more information, call (718) 220-5824. •   

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