In celebration of Arbor Day, SoBro’s Green-Jobs and Greater Environment (GAGE) participants plant trees with Parks Department gardeners Ida Levy at St. James Park (pictured above). Two days later, they did the same at Williambridge Oval Park. The Norwood News applauds these efforts.

Fordham Prep senior Philip Spano flew to Miami last month to get a behind-the-scenes look at professional golf and write about his experiences on a daily blog. "One thing was: It was pretty awesome," Philip said in an interview the day after he arrived back in his home in the east Bronx.

Eager students can’t wait to talk about the project they have helped run at PS 94. Many of the school’s students helped raise money and awareness for Pennies for Patients, a three-week project for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society, a charity that helps children diagnosed with blood cancer.

Students and staff at two Bronx colleges are looking to change the world for the better, one low-energy light bulb, one newly planted tree, one recycled shopping bag at a time.

Food is a way to cultural understanding, says Eunju Baek Kim, a native of Korea and owner of KBBQ on West Kingsbridge Road.   Think about it, we all have to eat. Why not explore other cultures by trying their food?   Before opening KBBQ last fall, Kim worked for the Korean government for 10 years, researching ways to introduce Korean food to the rest of the world.  In other words, she not only knows authentic Korean cuisine, but she’s trained to bring her country’s food to Bronxites.   When you walk by KBBQ, succulent-looking barbeque chicken and ribs are

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

Onstage JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center hosts several programs in May including Israel Independence Day on May 7 at 5:30 p.m., featuring Israeli folksinger and guitarist Tamar Rosenfeld, preceded by a Middle Eastern meal at 4:30 p.m. Also join a Mother’s Day Celebration at the Center on May 16 from 1 to 2 p.m. preceded by lunch at noon. The suggested contribution for each meal is $3. Also scheduled is a trip to Caramoor Center for Music and Arts on May 14 to see “Carmen” and “La Traviata” followed by a picnic on the grounds and a house tour. The

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Federal authorities postponed embattled Bronx State Senator Efrain Gonzalez’s trial for corruption and fraud charges until Oct. 6, a month after this year’s state Democratic primary election, setting up what could be a showdown with another local politician with a checkered past.

About 100 students who would typically go to PS 94 in Norwood this fall will instead take buses to PS 23 and PS 159 in Tremont, while the city spends the next two school years building a new early childhood center adjacent to the elementary school.