Williamsbridge Oval Park was home not just to 40 or so volunteers for It’s My Park Day on Oct. 23. The canine class was also invited for the companion “Bark in the Park” event.
After a morning of greening and cleaning the Oval, organized by the horticulture program of Mosholu Preservation Corporation, the nonprofit that publishes the Norwood News, dog owners dressed up their pooches for a dog costume parade. They also learned about the various pet services such as spay/neuter programs, vaccinations, licensing, and proper “petiquette.”
Friends of Williamsbridge Oval organized “Bark in the Park.” “I think there were 45 registered dogs for the parade and, at least, 100 humans there,” said Elisabeth von Uhl, a member of Friends.
For It’s My Park Day, local residents and students from the Marble Hill School for International Studies and their nonprofit partner, buildOn, planted bulbs, cleaned up pathways, and painted benches.
admin
Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.