The Norwood News Guide to Bronx Week 2009

Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to charge a five-cent fee on plastic bags is asking for too little money, I think, for each bag if he is trying to make a change. I am kind of afraid that I will not be ready for these changes and that I may forget to bring my own bags to the supermarket, but I care about the environment enough to take a chance.

In Bedford Park, many single-family houses are slowly falling into disrepair or being replaced by multiple-story apartment buildings.

On Perry Avenue, however, between Bedford Park Boulevard and East 201st Street, there remains a row of nine quaint, well-preserved Victorian houses and the city wants to keep it that way.

At a relatively new Bronx elementary school on Webster Avenue, not far from Fordham Road, students are learning how to take care of the trees in their neighborhoods and gaining an understanding of why it’s important.

Bronx Community College’s 49th graduating class celebrated its commencement ceremony Friday, May 29 in front of 3,000 proud friends and family members.

The Norwood News’ arts, entertainment and community events calendar for our readers in the Bronx and beyond.

A listing of events, services and programs for our readers in the northwest Bronx.

Two years ago, Juan Torres, 50, enjoyed his job as a machine operator at the Stella D’oro cookie factory in Kingsbridge. He could provide his children with simple purchases like new clothes for school and tickets to Great Adventure, and his family with trips to the Dominican Republic, where he was born.

But this year, for the first time, Torres had to tell his children that none of that would be possible.

Community groups and new Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. are combining forces to negotiate an agreement that would provide additional community benefits from the coming redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Amory.

If successful, the collaboration between the Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Alliance (KARA), Community Board 7 and the borough president’s office, could become a new model for large-scale development projects in New York City.