Police nabbed one of their own on a recent Saturday afternoon for stealing at a large retail store in the west Bronx.

Officers arrested two people on Nov. 29 for harboring guns in the northwest Bronx.

A fight on Gun Hill Road involving at least eight people, a golf club, a knife, a stolen Sidekick cell phone and an exchange of accusations, led to the arrest of four men on Thursday, Nov. 29.

A listing of neighborhood events and programming available to our readers in the northwest Bronx.

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

More than 125 people showed up for the Fordham Road Business Improvement District’s third annual “Sparkling the Heart of Fordham” tree lighting ceremony at Bryan Park on Nov. 30 (top). The Fordham University Choir performed at the ceremony. A few days later, the Bronx Veterans Affairs Hospital on West Kingsbridge Road lit its Christmas tree for the 10th consecutive year on Monday, Dec. 3. Volunteers from the AmVets Ladies Auxiliary, Post #38, served hot chocolate and donuts to about two dozen patients and staff.

Frigid temperatures and the promise of rain were not enough to stop parishioners and visitors from attending Fordham United Methodist Church’s seventh annual production of George Frederic Handel’s "Messiah" last Sunday evening.

After an eight-month search, Montefiore Medical Center’s board of trustees chose a home-grown veteran executive, Steven Safyer, to replace Spencer Foreman, MD, who is retiring at the end of this year after almost 22 years, as its president and chief executive officer.

A team of ambitious local educators are in the final stages of creating an innovative new school in the northwest Bronx. After receiving city approval in October, all the school needs is a go-ahead from the state and a place to call home.