Noted playwright Felix Leon (1915-2007) passed away on Nov. 11 at the age of 92. Born to Lithuanian Jews in the Pelham area, he was a lifelong Bronxite who lived on Reservoir Oval in Norwood for the last 35 years.

In September, Sayeeda Rashid, a graduate of DeWitt Clinton High School in Norwood, began her first year at Mount Holyoke College, an all-women’s liberal arts school in South Hadley, Mass. Rashid plans to study medicine and physics.

Bronx leader Robert S. Garcia was honored with a Puerto Rican Heritage Award from the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Inc. for his work, contributions and leadership within the Puerto Rican community.

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

A list of entertainment and recreational events in the northwest Bronx.

It’s real simple, says Frank Wilkes. Without POTS, a soup kitchen and northwest Bronx institution for the past 25 years, "people would have starved." This year, soup kitchens like POTS are seeing a spike in usage, but the government is lagging in getting them more help.

Ending an exhaustive months-long search on Tuesday night, Community Board 7 approved the selection of Bedford Park resident Fernando Tirado, who joined the board as a member in June, as its new district manager.

Sirens blare and a slow heartbeat pounds. A projection screen on stage flashes an all-too-familiar and unsettling scene: a steady downpour descends on a makeshift memorial of cardboard boxes housing flickering candles and damp letters. This is the cold aftermath of violence that begins “Ain’t Easy.”

If crime is news in the Bronx, then there is news in North Fordham – or Sector George as police call it – every day and every night, even if network news cameras aren’t there to record it. In their place, 24-hour surveillance cameras in many area apartment buildings continuously document the criminal activity in real time.