As you walk on King’s College Place off of Gun Hill Road approaching PS 94, the sound of children’s laughter fills your ears. It’s the sound of the school’s annual TIGER Day.

A listing of programs, services, events and announcements for all our readers in the Bronx and beyond.

A listing of arts, entertainment and recreational activities for our readers in the Bronx and beyond.

Paul Garrison vividly remembers the last time he spoke to his lover and longtime companion Michael Lorge, the Norwood resident who was brutally and mysteriously murdered on Valentine’s Day 2009.

More than 14 months later, the murder remains unsolved, leaving Garrison and others struggling to make sense of Lorge’s sudden, violent death.

At a recent press conference in the lobby of Montefiore Medical Center’s Children’s Hospital, Dr. Philip Ozuah held up a big bottle of soda. “Every day in my practice, children come into my office holding one of these,” he said.

Things are heating up in the State Senate race for the 33rd District-the seat currently occupied by Democratic majority leader Pedro Espada, Jr.

In a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said his office is suing State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. for allegedly stealing $14 million from the Comprehensive Community Development Corporation, a network of non-profit health centers Espada founded and heads up.  “Taxpayer money was given to this not-for-profit to provide healthcare services to underprivileged patients, but our investigation has found the funds flowed into the pockets of Senator Espada and his supporters,” Cuomo said in a statement. In a statement, Espada did not address the charges specifically, except to say they were “no where [sic] near commensurate

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According to the latest survey from the Census Bureau, the Bronx is among the top 10 most diverse cities in the country. Some 31 percent of its 1.4 million residents are immigrants, the survey says. Initially, the bureau and city officials felt the immigrant community, especially those without visas or green cards, would not participate in this year’s full census count because of fears that they might be deported.

Childhood obesity in the Bronx is a crisis. There are many reasons for this including a general lack of physical activity and access to nutritious food. But one reason no one can argue with is that kids consume too much sugar, and the biggest source of that sugar is soda.