For two dozen kids at PS 94 in Norwood, the motto is: step loud and step proud.

Sally Nnamani, Lehman’s superstar senior and a former conference player of the year, came up just one point short against arch-rival Baruch.

Richard Diovisalvo (bottom right) won the in-house power-lifting championship, known as the James McCree Power Lifting Championship, at Mosholu Montefiore Community Center last week. McCree, a retired Montefiore nurse, has trained adults at MMCC in the art of the bench press and squat for the past seven years. McCree (top right) is training local lifters for the Big Apple Championship to be held on May 23 in Manhattan.

Dressed in professional attire, two teams, the juniors versus the seniors, assembled on stage. One by one, students walked to the podium with three minutes on the clock to deliver provocative and emotional speeches delving into controversial issues of social inequality, racial identity, and ethnic pride.

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

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

In late October, when Henry Perry walked down into the lobby of his Mosholu Parkway building, the same lobby of the same building he’s lived in since 1968, he noticed something dramatically different. There was a security guard sitting there.

Overnight, his building had become half homeless shelter.

This week the city will begin discussing how much public financing to award the Related Companies in exchange for buying and renovating the Kingsbridge Armory into a giant shopping mall. With the inclusion of public financing for the Armory project, community groups believe they will have added leverage to negotiate a substantial community benefits agreement

After almost 15 years in the neighborhood, the Blockbuster video store on East 204th Street has closed its doors due to rising rent, according to a spokesperson for the national chain. The store’s closing took both neighbors and employees by surprise.