Councilman Oliver Koppell recently hired Adam Dubin as Coordinator of Special Projects and Community Development to serve in his Riverdale district office and in his Norwood satellite office at Mosholu Montefiore Community Center.

The deadline to register to vote if you want to vote in New York City’s Feb. 5 presidential primary is Jan. 11.

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

Citing conflict of interest concerns, the leadership at Community Board 7 shuffled around its committee chairs. Board Chair Greg Faulkner, in continuing what he calls his reformist agenda, said the Board wanted to avoid any appearance of impropriety and, at the same time, inject fresh blood into the committees.

Juan Carlos Villamar came to the United States from Peru four years ago. His wife, Clara Pichardo, emigrated from the Dominican Republic six years ago. Neither of them arrived in America with any experience owning a business. But two months ago, the couple decided to pursue a lifelong dream by opening their own deli in Bedford Park.

In the northwest Bronx, Signature Bank, Mosholu Preservation Corporation and Ariva present a free tax preparation weekend for low-income Bronx residents on Saturday, Feb. 2 and Sunday, Feb. 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 3400 Reservoir Oval E.

On the weekends of Jan. 12 and 13, and Jan. 19 and 20, service between the Woodlawn and Bedford Park Boulevard stations will be suspended from 4 a.m. Saturday through 10 p.m. Sunday and replaced by shuttle bus service between the two stations.

Last issue, we reviewed the top stories of 2007. Here, we review the stories of 2008, written from the imaginary vantage point of January 2009. Yes, it is mostly wishful thinking, but it is all in the realm of the possible if citizens, residents and elected officials act in concert in the best interests of our neighborhoods and the Bronx as a whole.

Take a glimpse into the future according to the Norwood News.

As president of Women in Progress, Inc., I have a strong interest in educating low-income women at an increased risk of developing HIV/AIDS. Many of these women in the Bronx have recently been released from prison and need someone to look out for them and their health. Increasingly, I am concerned about an issue commonly called “therapeutic switching,” in which medicines that have been prescribed for a patient are switched with a less-expensive substitute. The problem lies in the switch, because the drug that the patient is switched to is not always an exact formulation of the original. Many times,

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