In an article in our last issue (June 14-27) about the New York Botanical Garden’s plans for a new parking garage, we mistakenly reported information about the monthly membership fee the Garden will charge for overnight parking. According to Garden officials: “Pricing of the monthly membership for community access to overnight parking in the New York Botanical Garden’s new parking facility has not been determined yet.

Mayor Bloomberg first changed his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican before his first mayoral run. Now, he’s neither. Amidst rumors that he may enter the 2008 presidential election, he became an Independent, which means he has no party affiliation at all.

At the VIP Café on Gun Hill Road, following the annual meeting of the Jerome-Gun Hill Business Improvement District, Council Member Oliver Koppell sat at a back table, looking satisfied, having just finished a free meal and basking in the glory of what he called the “best budget in the history of New York City.”

The Norwood News looked at the latest test results for 21 local schools and here are a few highlights.

Picture a mega mall on Kingsbridge Road, complete with a multi-screen cinema, food court, gymnasium and several floors of retail stores. It’s being called "a destination" by developers who submitted proposals to turn the landmark Kingsbridge Armory into a local hub of shopping, entertainment and community space.

The Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC) will add a new school to its roster of Beacon Youth Centers when it begins operating the after-school program at PS 86 this fall.

The bulk of the borough’s political leadership quickly got behind Mayor Bloomberg’s environmental master plan known as PlaNYC, including the controversial congestion pricing proposal. We know the mayor’s in a hurry to get congestion pricing through the state legislature because of a deadline to be eligible for federal funds, but why are Bronx elected officials running all the stop signs to get behind the rest of PlaNYC?

Several of Community Board 7’s new officers and other members gathered together to march in the Bronx Week Parade last Sunday on Mosholu Parkway. 

As we report in this issue, the Board has a lot of work ahead this summer, including reviewing and commenting on proposals for redeveloping the Kingsbridge Armory and hiring a new district manager. We wish the Board the best of luck as they begin addressing critical community issues.

It is an unfortunate fact of life that we no longer live in innocent times. With cable TV, computer porn, and R-rated movies, very little is left to the imagination, and young people, who seem to get younger and younger, are more influenced than ever by what they see, especially teens with raging hormones who are more likely to want to "test the waters."