Last winter, the Norwood News reported that a majority among the Fordham Hill Owners Cooperative’s Board of Directors had begun making a string of sweeping changes at the high-end University Heights housing cooperative.

The construction of a new track and field at Williamsbridge Oval Park in Norwood and three new synthetic ball fields at Harris Park in Bedford Park has heated up a debate among local residents about which surface – grass or synthetic turf – is better and safer for city parks.

For more than a month late this past summer, there was a makeshift memorial outside of the Norwood apartment building where a mother mourned the loss of five of her six children who died together in a horrific Virginia car crash.

The times they are a-changin’ at Community Board 7 in the northwest Bronx. But it hasn’t been easy.

In early January of 2007, Dr. Leandro Lozado, who ran a pediatric health clinic on Kingsbridge Road, was found murdered in his Westchester County home with several bullet wounds, including two to the head.

The kind of violence associated with summer in the city didn’t wait for the official beginning of the season. In May, four young Ghanaian American men were shot outside of the Tracey Towers apartment complex early on a Friday night.

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

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

Santa’s sleigh, powered by support from Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera and the Bronx Central Council for Economic Development, touched down on Bainbridge Avenue at North Fork Bank on Dec. 15 delighting these area kids and many more. The first 50 kids who visited Santa received a free gift and photo, and parents received coupons for savings at area stores.