Change begins at the top for the Academy of Mount St. Ursula in Bedford Park. With new appointees to the positions of president and principal, two new faces will be given their opportunity to shape the next chapter of the 153-year history of the all-girls catholic high school.

A dramatic bare-knuckles battle over the leadership of the Bronx Democratic Party suitably unfolded on Sunday night in the borough’s most famous theatrical venue which now also hosts professional boxing matches.

While it appeared at press time that the party’s longtime leader, Assemblyman Jose Rivera, had been unseated in the high-stakes political showdown at the Utopia Paradise Theater, a judge was expected to have the final say later in the week.

Despite significant pressure from the Bush administration and an imploding financial market, federal lawmakers had yet to reach an agreement on a proposal to use $700 billion in taxpayer funds to bail out Wall Street banks and investment firms as of press time on Monday night.

In the Bronx, Congressman Eliot Engel (17th District), a Democrat, voted for the bill, while Congressman Jose Serrano (16th), also a Democrat, voted against the bill.

The Coalition for Muslim School Holidays met recently in the Bronx Courthouse Rotunda in preparation for a City Council hearing on the possibility of the inclusion of the holy days of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha in the official public school calendar as holidays.

New legislation attempting to limit the abuses of telephone calling card companies has cleared another hurdle in the House of Representatives, moving it one step closer on its way to requiring stricter government regulation of how the $4 billion industry treats its consumers.

A listing of public and community meeting in the northwest Bronx.

Health leaders and members of the Bronx’s Southeast Asian community gathered at the Bronx Library Center on Kingsbridge Road on Sept. 18 to discuss the health issues affecting the borough’s Vietnamese and Cambodian populations.

A number of advocates, education policy experts and principals have criticized the progress report’s test-centric approach. But the DOE says that, according to the department’s research, those scores often determine a student’s ability to succeed in high school and are a big help to schools.

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