The winners of the annual Tiger Day reading challenge at PS 94 ("The Magnificent 7" pictured, from left to right,Caius Gillett, Kayla LaTorres, Anna Williams, Mahrukh Jaura,Maisha Haque, Melanie Carrasco, JImmy De La Cruz) read at least 10 nonfiction books, including five biographies, and completed a project to showcase their favorite book. The children read a wide variety of books about famous figures, including Martin Luther King Jr., Helen Keller and President Obama.

A listing of community events, programs, services and other useful information for our readers in the Bronx.

A listing of arts, entertainment and learning events for our Bronx readers.

The city’s Parks Department announced last week that it was setting up a Central Park-like Conservancy in Van Cortlandt Park.

This is a bad idea.

Up until now, the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park have acted as independent caretakers of the park responding to community concerns, helping to organize upkeep, maintaining trails, advocating for park interests, fundraising, providing important programming and maintaining ongoing communication with the Parks Department.

So why does the city feel the need to add on a Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy, right in the middle of the biggest economic downturn in a generation? One possible explanation is vengeance.

Mayor Bloomberg is mad at the Friends because they decided to oppose the siting of the Croton water filtration plant at Mosholu Golf Course. Unlike the mayor, they believe that the land use review process should be adhered to, that parks are not for sale, and that if land at Van Cortlandt Park can be alienated then it can happen elsewhere.

The Fordham Bedford little league season, featuring these excited young Yankees, started last Saturday morning with a parade down to the ball fields on Jerome Avenue near Walton High School.

Hopes faded last week that a revamped Kingsbridge Armory will bring well-paying jobs to one of the poorest neighborhoods in the Bronx.

During a closed-door meeting at the offices of Community Board 7 in Bedford Park, Jesse Masyr, a lawyer for the Armory’s designated developer, the Related Companies, told community representatives that the project would not go forward with guarantees for living wage jobs – $10 and hour, plus benefits, as defined by the City Council.

With an Army Reserve Center in Wakefield closing and the city controlling the redevelopment process for the building, activists see new hope for schools at the Armory.

Childcare advocates and parents across the city are upset as the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), which funds one of the largest subsidized daycare systems in the country, closes kindergarten classrooms and cuts funding for pre-K in an effort to close a $62 million budget gap.

Ruben Diaz Jr., a 36-year-old career politician from Soundview, will officially become the new Bronx borough president on Friday after winning a special election on April 21 to replace former B.P. Adolfo Carrion.