I grew up on DeKalb Avenue, near Mosholu Parkway, graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School and then NYU. For me and for all my Diaspora classmates across the U.S. who really want to know, please tell me what in the world does Norwood stand for? No such geographic reference was known into the 1970s. Where did the word come from? Who coined it? It can’t be north of Woodlawn because that would be Yonkers. We referred to our neighborhood as East Riverdale. Inquiring minds want to know. Thanks. David Hubler Falls Church, VA

Thousands of Latinos displayed their colors along the Grand Concourse during the 20th Annual Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade, held on Sunday, May 18.

City officials joined Jewish Home Lifecare representatives at the groundbreaking of a $16 million apartment building for low-income seniors in Kingsbridge on Monday, May 19.

A listing of programs, services and community events in the northwest Bronx.

A listing of entertainment and community events in the northwest Bronx.

Lawyers for Maria Garcia’s landlord took her to Housing Court on three separate occasions to force her to pay rent she didn’t owe. In the end, a judge ruled in her favor and against her landlord, telling her not to pay any rent until she received compensation. Garcia’s case underscores what is happening to tenants at 2720 Grand Concourse, a rent-stabilized building owned by Jacob “Jake the Snake” Selechnik.

Nothing comes easy these days for Haile Rivera, a University Heights resident who gave up a relatively comfortable life in the Bronx two months ago to go on the road working for peanuts as a political foot soldier for the Obama campaign.

DeWitt Clinton’s men’s tennis team roared through its regular season schedule this year, finishing without a single blemish on its record. The team has managed its incredible run on the backs of savvy play by veteran juniors and seniors, good coaching, and help from an unexpected source – a retired businessman who lives over an hour from the Bronx.

Going into their final match against arch rival Christopher Columbus High School (9-1 going into the match), Clinton’s players gave some credit to the high school varsity gods, who gave the players an unseasonably windy and cold afternoon that warranted wearing their brand new varsity sweatshirts while they played.