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Albert Rivera could be forgiven for not being able to remember the piece he played at his first Carnegie Hall gig- he was only 12 years old at the time. And he’s played there twice since. Now only 23, Rivera’s path from local prodigy to touring musician, recording artist and teacher has made for a thrilling trajectory, like a snippet of a solo played by his hero, jazz legend John Coltrane.

The blizzard of ’06 was especially cold for residents of the Fordham Hill Cooperative last weekend as they were caught in the middle of a labor dispute pitting maintenance workers against the management company.

Elected officials are championing a community benefits agreement signed for the new Bronx Terminal mall as groundbreaking, but some community groups say the precedent-setting nature of the pact is exactly what they’re worried about.

A suspicious fire and ongoing maintenance issues at Tracey Towers have sparked anger among residents and a rebellion against tenant leaders.

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz is speaking out against the controversial practices of the Pinnacle Group after he discovered the management company aggressively went after two vulnerable tenants in his district.

Rookie cop Eric Hernandez, a beat officer from the 52nd Precinct’s Operation Impact, was laid to rest nearly two weeks after being shot in error by a fellow officer responding to an assault at a White Castle on Webster Avenue.

As the Norwood News reported last issue, the construction of 21 new schools in the city’s capital plan have been scrapped by the Bloomberg administration because state money is not in the pipeline.

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz deserves credit for being the first elected official in the Bronx to utter a public word about the contemptible practices of the Pinnacle Group.