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.

The Norwood News would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Here’s hoping for a year of good news in the northwest Bronx in 2008.

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