At the final 2008 meeting of Community Board 7, board members introduced a new annual award and, at the same time, took time to honor two board stalwarts: Don Bluestone and Barbara Stronczer.

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

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

From the beginning, the city Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) federally-mandated Croton Water Filtration Plant has been unpopular and poorly executed. But in 2008, three years into what could turn out to be a seven-year construction slog, things took another turn for the worse. The ever-swelling cost of the project broke the $3 billion mark, nearly tripling the DEP’s original cost estimate. Agency officials continue to say it’s due to skyrocketing construction costs. But an analysis this fall by the city’s Independent Budget Office found that nearly half of the cost overruns couldn’t be accounted for by a rise in

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From the beginning, the city Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) federally-mandated Croton Water Filtration Plant has been unpopular and poorly executed. But in 2008, three years into what could turn out to be a seven-year construction slog, things took another turn for the worse. The ever-swelling cost of the project broke the $3 billion mark, nearly tripling the DEP’s original cost estimate. Agency officials continue to say it’s due to skyrocketing construction costs. But an analysis this fall by the city’s Independent Budget Office found that nearly half of the cost overruns couldn’t be accounted for by a rise in

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Samira Ahmed, 15, a successful student-athlete at Mount St. Ursula Academy, died tragically on Dec. 15, after collapsing during a basketball game. School officials don’t yet know the cause of death and are awaiting the results of an autopsy, said Cecilia Grande, a school spokesperson.

A plainclothes police officer, responding to reports of a dispute involving a gun at a North Fordham apartment building, fatally shot a 40-year-old man, who police said was wielding a baseball bat.

Family members and other witnesses said the officer used unnecessary force to the stop the man and now a Bronx grand jury is set to investigate the shooting.

On a dark and stormy night two weeks ago, local students, parents and teachers spoke out at PS 118’s rickety old auditorium, telling real-life overcrowding horror stories.

At the Leadership Institute, students try to learn in windowless gymnasium storage closets while kids yell and play just outside the door. At PS 8, teachers present lessons in locker rooms filled with moldy water-bug-infested shower stalls.

With construction projects scaled back, the Department of Education is attempting to address overcrowding at PS 8, PS 56, PS 86 and PS 246, by rezoning three other local schools, PS/IS 20, PS 54, and PS 340.