Two weeks after parishioners at a North Fordham church were angered by the absence of police brass at a packed meeting about area crime, the 52nd Precinct’s commander, his top lieutenants, a narcotics detective and captain showed up to take their lumps, answer questions and generally make amends.

Earlier this month, the House passed a bill that Democratic proponents say will save 23 million middle-class families from paying higher taxes. But President Bush is once again threatening to veto the bill as Congress continues to remain locked in a bipartisan stalemate.

State Senator Jeff Klein, who represents parts of the Bronx and Westchester, continues to lead the charge against the mortgage lending crisis ripping through the Bronx and the rest of the United States, and causing many people to lose their homes.

Council Member Oliver Koppell recently co-sponsored a bill that would provide free legal representation in New York City housing court to elderly low-income tenants. Koppell, a lawyer by trade, said in a statement that, according to legal advocates, the proposed law would be the first of its kind.

Last issue, the Norwood News reported that local immigrants were in agreement that Governor Eliot Spitzer’s revised three-tiered licensing plan was not only a copout, but it would be bad for immigrants and national security. Hours before the story hit northwest Bronx newsstands, Spitzer announced in Washington, DC, he was abandoning the plan, citing widespread opposition.

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, a member of the Health and Mental Health committees, spent a recent Friday morning as "Resident for a Day" at New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s Allen Pavillion.

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

Following their arrests in September, two young Bronx men with lengthy criminal records now face up to 25 years in prison for allegedly shooting Norwood resident Michael Santiago, who is now paralyzed.

Unionized meat department workers and the owners of Foodtown supermarkets reached a tentative contract agreement on Nov. 21, ending a brief labor strike that turned into a brief lockout by ownership.