Following a string of missteps, including five contractor defaults since 2003, the St. James Park House, including all the surrounding paths and garden beds, is finally completed and ready for inspection, Parks Department officials said.

The money was imaginary, but the lessons were real for the students at St. Brendan School who participated in the Stock Market Game this spring. The Norwood school had 65 teams of three competing with over 750 other teams in the region and boasted several teams who were at the top of their divisions.

On the last day of school at St. Philip Neri, art teacher Eveline Suarez happily paraded around the heavily-decorated hallways of her building and pointed out all the beautiful artwork her students had produced over the course of the year.

In its final days of this summer’s annual outdoor performances, the New York Philharmonic comes to the Bronx’ Van Cortlandt Park on Monday, July 16 at 8 p.m. The concert includes “Le Corsaire Overture” by Berlioz, Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto” and Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 6, Pathetique,” followed by a fireworks display. Enter the park on Broadway near 251st Street. For more information, call (212) 875-5709 or visit http://nyphil.org.

The Bronx Arts Ensemble highlights the Latin flavor of the Bronx in the next two free performances of their summer concert series.

The incumbent at the top of the ticket won, but it was an evening of change nonetheless at Community Board 7. The veteran district manager, Rita Kessler, announced her resignation and Greg Faulkner, who became chairman two years ago after former chair Nora Feury resigned from the position just weeks before the election, defeated longtime board member Don Bluestone by an unofficial vote of 25-9 (official counts are not publicized).

They all came back to take the stage they knew so well. Almost every star in the house – and there were many – at the 10th annual Bronx Ball at the Loew’s Paradise Theatre, had a story to tell of sitting in the fabled movie house’s balcony with their favorite girl.

Montefiore Medical Center employee James Adeola’s vacation got off to a dramatic start when he saw a young boy walk straight into the side of a commuter bus the morning of June 14.

Robert Klein, Dion DiMucci and Danny Aiello (far right) were among the stars who turned out for the 10th annual Bronx Ball at Loew’s Paradise on Saturday night. Aiello and Klein had been inducted in previous years. Dion was one of the inductees this year.