Staff of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition don’t like seeing their names in print. In fact, the grassroots group has a strict policy that organizers aren’t to be quoted in the media. That’s so residents, the "leaders" of the organization, can speak for themselves.

After 19 years on the job, Mary Dailey officially stepped down as executive director of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition in May. Dailey is a hard act to follow, but James Mumm comes to the position with a wealth of local organizing experience.

Twice a day, college freshman Ramon Acosta, 18, exercises at the Joseph Yancey Track and Field in John Mullaly Park.

Veteran Community Board 7 (CB7) chair Nora Feury presided over her final meeting last week, officially handing over the gavel to board member Greg Faulkner while she faces allegations of embezzlement.

As blasting continues in Van Cortlandt Park, and the hole in the former driving range deepens, one environmental group holds out hope that it can convince a an appeals court that there is a better filtration technology than the one the city is planning to use.

On Friday, June 17, under a tall white tent on a well-manicured lawn in front of the William D. Walsh Family Library at Fordham University, community advocates from around the world and a panel of high ranking global leaders engaged in a dialogue about how best to develop the world.

Hundreds of parents and teachers stopped traffic on the Grand Concourse at a rally earlier this month for safer streets near Bronx schools

Thousands of Bronxites celebrated Bronx Week earlier this month through cleanup campaigns, business and cultural events, a festive parade along Mosholu Parkway, and the annual Bronx Ball. Nine celebrities who got their start in the borough were inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame. The seventh annual tribute went to Hollywood columnist Army Archerd, hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow, Sopranos actor Dominic Chianese, the doo-wop group the Chiffons, Latin musician Joseito Mateo, salsa legend Eddie Palmieri, former NBA star Ed Pinkney, former CBS correspondent Daniel Schorr, and a posthumous honor to Latin pianist Charlie Palmieri.

Nora Feury, the chair of Community Board 7 for the past 17 years, stepped down last week in the face of accusations that she and an associate stole over $800,000 from their Bronx Head Start program, which is overseen by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. Greg Faulkner, the only Board member who was running against Feury for the chairmanship, is expected to replace Feury during elections next week.