City Launches $44 Million Phase 5 Grand Concourse Upgrade

Phase 5 of the reconstruction of the Grand Concourse in the Fordham/Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford Park sections of The Bronx kicked off Aug. 25, as announced by NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), and the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC).

Op-Ed: Bad Bunny’s Impact on Puerto Rico, Good and Bad

By GENE ROMAN
Musical megastar Bad Bunny’s 21-day musical residency in Puerto Rico pumped $200 million dollars into the U.S. territory’s local economy. “It is a rare example of fame being used for good,” writes Adrian Horton of the Guardian. While Bad Bunny’s concerts are making the cash registers ring, his political speeches are making life harder for the 3.2 million U.S. citizens living in the unequal and undemocratic territory of Puerto Rico.

Kingsbridge Heights: National Night Out Against Crime Held in Poe Park

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY
This year’s National Night Out Against Crime sadly coincided with the tragic death of 14-year-old Ángel Miguel Mendoza Hernández who, as reported, was fatally stabbed in a gang assault in the Williamsbridge Oval park in Norwood on Tuesday evening, Aug. 5, around the same time that the annual event was taking place in Poe Park in Kingsbridge Heights.

Health Check: The ABCs of Flu Season

By CLAIRE GARON
The thermometer reads 101.4, you’re surrounded by a lake of used tissues, and even your fingers and toes ache! You have the flu. You canceled a fun weekend getaway and had to arrange with your mom to get the kids to school. Fast forward two weeks, you still feel weak and haven’t been able to get back to your exercise routine.