If not for his vivid eye color, Andrew Maestre might not have been so easily fingered as the prime suspect in the first murder case of the year in the 52nd Police Precinct.

Longtime Norwood resident Anna Rogovin, 91, was struck by a tractor-trailer last Thursday morning. After the accident, Rogovin made it through emergency surgery. Both of her legs had to be amputated. She is now breathing on her own and in stable condition.

Reports from the 52nd Police Precinct: Mystery Shooting at the X Bar…Cops Supervise Fat Joe Appearance…Sidekick Robberies Near Fordham.

Students sit on stools in a lab, all of their attention focused on the guest professor standing at the front of the classroom. He pulls a rubber ball out of a container of liquid nitrogen, and tosses it to the ground as if he were going to bounce it. Instead, the ball, frozen, shatters into pieces. The students think it’s awesome.

A crate of apples greeted parents and students at PS/MS 15 last week, as part of a school expedition on health and wellness. A long table was filled with healthy food – vegetables, whole wheat cereal and bars, juice boxes, and low-calorie snacks, all part of a free raffle.

Bright, colorful art projects decorate the art room at PS 340, from replicas of ancient Mayan masks to papier-mâché gourd bowls. They are all the work of the students.

Information is the lifeblood of our democracy. Yet, too few citizens know that they have the right to see much of the information that our government produces.

The American Society of Newspaper Editors and dozens of other press organization hope to change that with Sunshine Week, which began March 16.

It can’t come soon enough, as more and more public information is being declared off-limits by government agencies, especially at the federal level.

Though it’s sponsored by press organizations, this is an event for all New Yorkers and Americans to participate in.

Why? Because secrecy in government is antithetical to American democracy and is harmful to its citizens.

Re: “New Mega-Station at Gun Hill Road,” March 6–19 issue: Elliot Sander offered the Bronx even more hope in his March 3 State of the MTA address.  In addition to Metro North and the extension of the D train to Gun Hill Road, Sander stated that he hoped to extend the Second Avenue subway into the outer boroughs and even showed a diagram containing a Bronx extension. Amtrak offers such an easy, efficient and relatively inexpensive route that this proposal is very realistic. Sander also mentioned that the third track on Bronx lines can be used for more express service. 

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Re: “Card Companies Called Out,” March 6–19 issue: One doesn’t only have to make calls overseas using a prepaid calling card to get scammed. Using a calling card between states can cheat us out of part of the value of the card or number of minutes noted on the card. There are some calling cards that subtract minutes if they’re not used within a specific amount of time. For example, if the caller uses a card meant for 60 minutes, but speaks for less time, then puts the card aside for future use, he may be unpleasantly surprised to find

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