I write in response to Don Bluestone’s op-ed ("What We Lost in Defeat of Armory Proposal") in the Feb. 11 edition of the Norwood News.

Surely everyone realizes that defeating "The Shops at the Armory" is a bittersweet victory. Sweet in that our City Council voted as we the voters asked them to, as they did not when they voted on the filtration plant and the new Yankee Stadium; bitter, in that we are back to the drawing board in our 10-year effort to have the Armory appropriately developed.

It’s not easy being the son of a former politician who is best known for being indicted by federal prosecutors. But Carlos Gonzalez, the son of ex-State Senator Efrain Gonzalez, is determined to make his own name for himself in Bronx politics.

More than 1,000 invited guests jammed the Dreiser Loop Auditorium in Co-op City for Bronx/Queens Congressman Joseph Crowley’s 11th Annual Black History Month celebration, which this year featured keynote speaker former President Bill Clinton.

More than 1,000 invited guests jammed the Dreiser Loop Auditorium in Co-op City for Bronx/Queens Congressman Joseph Crowley’s 11th Annual Black History Month celebration, which this year featured keynote speaker former President Bill Clinton.

Councilman Fernando Cabrera, who is in Israel this week on a junket with Speaker Christine Quinn, wants to open up the process by which nonprofit organizations receive discretionary grant allocations.

A listing of community meetings for our readers in the northwest Bronx.

A listing of arts, entertainment and recreational events for our readers in the northwest Bronx.

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

Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter, a Bronx activist who became the face of last year’s strong community push for living wage jobs at the Kingsbridge Armory, is exploring the possibility of making a run at the state Senate seat occupied by Pedro Espada, Jr.