Out & About: Holiday Train Shows Rolls into the Bronx

Editor’s Pick Motown Music at NYPL The public is invited to enjoy A Musical Tribute to the Music of Motown, performed by NYC pop/jazz vocalist Cody Childs and the Ladies of Soul, Nov. 19 at 2:30 p.m., at the Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org. Onstage Lehman College’s Center for the performing Arts, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents Dracula, performed by Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 to $75. The $75 VIP tickets include a pre-concert wine and hors d’oeuvres reception from 4

By DAVID CRUZ

Back in 2003, Gonzalo Duran had wrapped up wrestling practice at DeWitt Clinton High School when a military recruiter passed him by. The recruiter asked him a question: do you want to join the United States Marine Corps. (USMC)? “I said, ‘okay,’” Duran says, recalling a critical point in his life that changed his trajectory. Eight years later, after serving eight years in the USMC., rising to the rank of sergeant, and being one of the thousands of military troops deployed to fight in the Iraq War, Duran, now a military veteran, saw the need to do right by his

By DAVID CRUZ

Two neighborhoods falling within Community Board 7 will be the subject of an independent rezoning study by the board, in a move that revisits a request community stakeholders made years ago when rezoning efforts were happening in other parts of the district. But the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP), the agency tasked to devise the overall makeup of neighborhoods, will likely reject any plans to down-zone, a request community stakeholders have long sought. The board has now scheduled a brainstorming forum for Nov. 16 to gauge residents on how sections of Kingsbridge Heights and Bedford Park, home

Hello Fellow Readers! The latest edition of the Norwood News, serving Norwood and other Bronx communities, is out with plenty of neighborhood news you can use. We’ve packed the paper with coverage on the historic general election, and our take on what lessons may have been learned. We first begin with a local story on a move by Community Board 7, the all-volunteer civic panel, looking to take the wheel in deciding Bedford Park’s future look. The Board has hired a consulting firm to carry out an independent study on the needs for the neighborhood, home to a hodgepodge of two-story

This presidential election will undoubtedly be pored over in history books for decades, examined by political scientists for its penchant for division over unity. It saw one of the unlikeliest of Republican presidential candidates, now President-elect Donald Trump, square off against Hillary Clinton, an entrenched politician whose road to the White House was indeed bumpy. Their common denominator? They were pretty unpopular outside their base. The race, bombarded into American minds to the point of exhaustion, also led to a civil war among Americans, turning political graciousness into a dysfunctional affair among the pols. It stands to reason that partisanship,

By WENDY JOAN BIDDLECOMBE and DANIELA BEASLEY

Donald Trump defied expectations winning the U.S. presidency in one of the more decidedly nasty election cycles in recent memory, changing the political landscape for the next four years. In the lead-up to the polls closing at 9 p.m. on Election Day, where Bronx residents overwhelmingly voted for Mrs. Clinton, the Norwood News visited several sites in the neighborhood, observing voters casting their vote without much of a wait. Outside PS 86 on Reservoir Avenue and 195th Street in Kingsbridge Heights, a steady stream of voters congregated under the scaffolding after casting their ballot. Arturo Sealy, 53, hadn’t planned to

By DAVID CRUZ

With the presidential race, one of the more hotly contested presidential races in recent memory, upon us, the Norwood News is sending out a friendly reminder to vote. If you don’t know where to vote, here are some helpful resources: To get to know the positions of each of the presidential candidates, go to ontheissues.org. Or click here. For those who don’t know where to vote, check out this link courtesy of the New York City Board of Elections, which will look up your polling site for you. Hint: if you know your Assembly or Congressional district by memory, you can skip the long lines and

By DAVID CRUZ

Lehman College, which largely serves a Hispanic student body, is set to receive more than $1 million in federal funding for its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs, in a move to close the gap between STEM-related jobs and minorities. The funds will be used to sponsor extra classroom help for students attending Bronx Community College and Hostos Community College, two-year colleges, and looking to earn a STEM degree from Lehman College. “This award will accelerate Lehman College’s efforts to advance its role as an engine of upward mobility,” Dr. Harriet Fayne Lehman College’s provost, said in a statement. “Through

iPhone Thief on the Loose NYPD needs the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of snatching an iPhone 6 Plus from a 51-year-old victim on Oct. 9 at 20 E. 190th St. at around 3 p.m. The suspect (photo left) is described a dark-skinned Hispanic around 18 years old, standing at 5’ 8” and weighing 150 pounds. He was last seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Suspect in Shooting Death Police are hunting for a man