Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz awarded Mosholu Preservation Corporation (publisher of the Norwood News) $35,000 for neighborhood improvements in the area surrounding the Jerome-Gun Hill Business Improvement District (BID).

Onstage • Lehman Stages’ SUMMERWORX Festival will present free family summer events. Next up is Shakespeare’s The Tempest from July 12 to 22 at 8 p.m. at Lehman’s outdoor amphitheatre. The college is located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard W. at Goulden Avenue. For more information, call (718) 960-8211/8109. • Lehman Chamber Wind Ensemble will present classical works at Lehman College’s Lovinger Theatre on June 30 at 4 p.m. The college is located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard W. at Goulden Avenue. For more information, call the college’s music department at (718) 960-8247. • Join the Bronx Arts Ensemble in

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With all the major projects and changes facing the northwest Bronx’s Community Board 7 – the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment, a massive water filtration plant construction project and the rezoning of Webster Avenue, just to name a few – the 141,411-resident district is going to need strong leadership.

New York Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca joined Victor Guerrero, 9, to read a poem at the kickoff of the New York Public Library’s annual summer reading program on June 7 at the Bronx Library Center on Kingsbridge Road.

As if running one of the biggest academic medical centers in the country wasn’t enough, Spencer Foreman, Montefiore Medical Center’s president since 1986, added dealing with the scourges of graffiti and dumping on area streets to his to-do list early in his tenure.

New York State has one of the four highest school dropout rates in the country, and that could cost the state billions of dollars, according to a study released by Bronx Assemblyman Peter Rivera in May.

Elevated levels of chlorine vapors in Gate House 5 at the Jerome Park Reservoir on Friday, June 8 triggered an alarm and treatment of at least one city employee, but authorities say the leak was contained and presented no risk to neighbors and the many schools in the area.

With the city’s blessing, plans for the New York Botanical Garden’s new parking garage are now official, although there still may be a few details to work out with the community.

Healthcare executives, union representatives and politicians, including Congressmen Joe Crowley and Jerrold Nadler, came together late last month at Montefiore’s Children’s Hospital to rally for Congress’ reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).