Kids Health Fair Mosholu Montefiore Community Center is sponsoring the Children’s Health Fair 2007 on Sunday, May 20, from noon to 3 p.m. There will be health screenings and education, as well as giveaways, refreshments and entertainment. Admission is free and open to children ages 12 and under when accompanied by an adult. Come rain or shine to the corner of Gun Hill Road, one block east of Jerome Avenue. For more information, call (718) 882-4000 ext. 0. Children’s Safety At MS 80, on Thursday, May 17 from 4 to 9 p.m., the Children’s Collective presents a Community Night Out

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Congressman Jose Serrano, a vocal opponent of the U.S. war in Iraq, saw a silver lining in the defeat of a resolution that called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. The measure lost 171 to 255 but Serrano said the effort made an important statement nonetheless.

On the surface, this latest incident is like any other violent scenario involving urban minorities. Assailant and victim are collapsed into one impression, the bottom line being: it’s tragic but they were bad kids and had it coming. This is the message we repeatedly get from the 11 o’clock news and the tabloid treatment of these stories.

With a pair of thrashings last Wednesday, the Dewitt Clinton Governor’s baseball and softball teams sent a message to the rest of their New York City competition: we will be a force to be reckoned with come playoff time.

After a nearly two-and-a-half month delay, the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment project is back on track and the city is moving quickly toward choosing a developer.

Just about three weeks after we featured the grafitti on this building at the corner of Briggs Avenue and East 201st Street as the Mess of the Month, men armed with power washers erased the mess. We thank the property owner and hope the vigilance continues.

The 52nd Precinct’s new commanding officer, Deputy Inspector James Alles (pronounced like bowling "alleys" he told his audience at a community precinct meeting) is installing a new patrol dedicated exclusively to addressing issues like noise and public drinking.

After two months of negotiations with a Bronx advisory group, city officials withdrew a controversial confidentiality agreement that would have prevented group members, including prominent elected officials, from speaking publicly about the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment proposals.