We thought it would be useful to explain the roles of the different sections on the editorial and opinion pages and how we choose what to print here. Credit goes to Bernard Stein, former editor of The Riverdale Press, for suggesting this in a workshop we attended several years ago.

The recent news reports from Israel and Palestine have been depressingly familiar: a Palestinian suicide bomber strikes. Israeli soldiers take over a West Bank town. Palestinians send rockets into Israel. Israel responds by destroying seven alleged weapons factories with helicopter gunships and amasses troops at the border for an invasion.

For as long as there’s been the New York Public Library system, there’s been the summer reading program, to encourage city kids to continue learning when school is not in session. This year’s program theme is "Tune In at Your Library," and the Fordham branch has a number of eager participants

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.