As part of its new stadium deal with the city, the Yankees baseball club signed a community benefits agreement that included a stipulation: every year until 2046, the team will funnel $1.25 million ($800,000 in grants and $450,000 in tickets, merchandise and equipment) back into the Bronx community through a fund that would give the money to various nonprofit groups.

Now, 17 months after stadium construction began, none of those funds have made it back into the community.

But things are moving along swiftly after a New York Times story in mid-January criticized Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion for dragging his feet.

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

In a city of more than eight million people, keeping the streets clean is a constant battle. But now the New York City government, in partnership with community groups, merchants and property owners, is sending out reinforcements.

With the basketball playoffs a week away, the John F. Kennedy Knights boys team is looking to make another deep run into the city tournament.

Army Private First Class and native Bronxite Jonathan Caceres is coming home from active duty in Iraq for 18 days in February – just enough time to marry his fiancée Serena Ramirez at the Inn at Fox Hallow on Long Island on Feb. 17.

In an effort to help involve parents in their child’s arts education, the Center for Arts Education, a New York City nonprofit, recently awarded a handful of local schools with grants for the spring semester.

Bronx Blood Drives The Hudson Valley Blood Services are hosting blood drives in the Bronx during February. The blood drives will be at Love Gospel Assembly, 2315 Grand Concourse, on Monday, Feb. 11, from 2:30 to 8 p.m.; Monroe College-King Hill, 2501 Jerome Ave., on Tuesday, Feb. 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; St. James Park Recreation Center, 2530 Jerome Ave., on Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; 52nd Precinct, 3016 Webster Ave., on Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 10:30 am. to 6:30 p.m.; and Evander Childs High School, 800 E. Gun Hill Rd., on Thursday, Feb.

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Onstage  A free hand-crafted shadow figures show presenting Jack and the Beanstalk will be featured as a four-part mini series including short stories, vignettes and songs from children’s literature, traditional puppet theatre, and the puppeteer’s imagination. This presentation takes place at the Mosholu Beacon Youth Center at PS 8, 3010 Briggs Ave., on Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. Please arrive at 12:45 p.m. for seating. For more information, call (718) 329-0595/6.    The Bronx Library Center hosts Flamenco Music and Dance by Gazpacho Adalu, a flamenco fusion band, a blend of Adalusian, Hispanic-American, jazz and North African music, Feb. 9

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For those who knew, loved and worked with the late Dr. Leandro Lozada, the pain from his abrupt and senseless death is still fresh, like a scab that has yet to harden. Just over a year ago, Lozada, the pediatrician who founded and ran Hispanic Pediatrics, a children’s health clinic across the street from Poe Cottage in a rough section of North Fordham, was brutally murdered in his Westchester County home.