Battle Cry for Justice for Junior Continues Year After Vicious Murder

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Within moments of Leandra Feliz emerging from a vigil held at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Belmont, on the evening of June 20, ahead of a planned procession to mark the first anniversary of the murder of her 15-year-old son, Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz, the heavens suddenly burst open. Feliz’s face broke into a broad smile, amid applause from onlookers, as she raised her eyes and arms skyward in an apparent secret moment of connection with her deceased son. Dressed in jeans, boots and a t-shirt depicting an image of Junior, she faced off against the media

The Buzz of a New Mural, Courtesy of UNHP

By MICHAEL TURAY

Alfredo Bennett, commonly known as the Royal KingBee, led the ceremonial ribbon cutting that unveiled his eye-catching mural on a brickwall at 45-57 W. Tremont Ave., a 51-unit apartment complex near Kingsland Plaza in Tremont, on June 19. A round of applause and loud cheers followed as the Bronx native grinned proudly. The mural–a kaleidoscopic honeycomb that includes KingBee’s signature metallic-style bee–included with phrases such as “Reclaim” and “Save our Swarm” spray painted. In a way the mural captures the story of the apartment building, which, in the 1990s, had been completely rundown. This new display is a far cry

Neighborhood Notes: Free Immigration Service

Editor’s Pick It’s My Park Partnerships for Parks presents It’s My Park at Mosholu Parkland’s Welcome Garden, Mosholu Parkway North and Bainbridge Avenue, June 22 from noon to 3 pm. Activities include face painting, storytelling, acoustic guitar music, and planting on the sidewalk gardens. For more information, visit www.partnershipsforparks.org/calendar. Onstage Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents bachata artist Frank Reyes, June 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45 to $85; $125/VIP (includes preconcert wine and hors d’oeuvres reception at 6:30 p.m. in the Havana Café). For more information, call (718) 960-8833/4/5. The NY Botanical

By PROF. ANTHONY RIVIECCIO, MBA PFA

When I graduated with my BA from college in Business Economics, I did what every person did in 1987: got a business entry desk job or a job in Wall Street. Starting on Wall Street from 1992 to 1997, I learned the “hidden secret” about how some can make” a million dollars real quick! Stockbrokers got paid, not based on their advice and expertise, but on the product they sold for a commission. Now is that in someone’s best interest? This was how Wall Street was born in the 1920s, but in the 1970s there was a “no commission” movement.

By SHA-NIA ALSTON & SÍLE MOLONEY

When Dr. Joan Kong arrived as the new principal of PS 11X in Highbridge in September 2011, the first thing she checked out was the school’s library and immediately assessed that it was not fit for purpose. “This is not a library,” she said, at that time, to Roseanna Gulisano, the school’s librarian. “So we are going to start from here and we are going to make this a real library, where kids have the opportunity to read, to enjoy reading, to love books and have the opportunities that they wouldn’t have gotten at home or [by] going to the

Long Lives Celebrated at St. Patrick’s Home

By CHRISTY RAE AMMONS

When Dan O’Sullivan, a 100-year-old resident of St. Patrick’s Home, first saw his niece who came from Ireland to surprise him at the Home’s Centennial Celebration on June 18, he cried out, “Oh, thank you, Lord,” and rose to greet her. Both of their eyes were filled with tears as they embraced. His niece, Mairead Stringer, is a kind of surrogate daughter, since O’Sullivan has no children of his own. Originally from Cork, the second largest city in Ireland, O’Sullivan came to the United States when he was 47, and worked as a taxi and limousine driver. “He was looking

By DAVID CRUZ

Dear Fellow Readers, The year’s thirteenth edition of the Norwood News is out with plenty of great community news stories to dive into. There’s almost something happening in this corner of the Bronx, and we’ve captured a good chunk of it. And as usual, we’ll start with page one! Our front-page story focuses on more additions slated for the Jerome Avenue Men’s Shelter, which will now see a drug treatment center offered to those not housed at the shelter. Read the story by Jose A. Giralt. Read why the move has irked Community Board 7. Inside the cover you’ll find a piece on a barely

Carving a Bright Future Through the Culinary Track at Project Renewal

By SHA-NIA ALSTON

Norwood resident Ronald Adam’s life has taken a turn for the better. Adams, formerly incarcerated after spending 45 years in prison, graduated from the culinary arts training program at Project Renewal, a social services firm that aims to combat homelessness. For Adams, this is not just a graduation but a milestone. It’s the first time he graduated from anything. Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC) recently hired Adams as a full-time chef after finishing a three-month internship with them. “They love my cooking; they come back for seconds,” Adams said, referring to the senior citizens he cooks for at MMCC’s

By DAVID GREENE

NYPD detectives are combing through surveillance video after a couple walking down East Gun Hill Road was attacked by a group of men. The man was stabbed multiple times and remains hospitalized and in serious condition. Police were called to 291 E. Gun Hill Rd. near Perry Avenue at 9:10 p.m. on June 14. Officers from the 52nd Precinct responded and found the unidentified 24 year-old victim with multiple stab wounds. Police apparently rushed the man to nearby Montefiore Hospital, as EMS responded, but the victim was already removed. Police say the unidentified victim remains in serious, but stable condition. According