Bronx News Roundup: Espada Sentenced, MLS Borough Battle, BX Science Principal Steps Down & More
Here's your Bronx news roundup for the day:
Here's your Bronx news roundup for the day:
The Walton High School Campus girls softball team dominated its B Division opponents last year. This year, after a jump up to the A Division, the Wildcats are working overtime to keep up with the higher level of competition.
With help from an eclectic group of local supporters that includes painters, students, a bike gang and Gothic tattoo artists, the Lutheran Church of the Epiphany in Norwood is bringing the holiday spirit to families in need despite its own financial burdens.
Neighborhood Notes: Bronx Park Skatepark Reconstruction, OD Prevention Training, Recruitment Drives, Housing Lotteries & More!
Various Bronx elected officials joined survivors of abuse that allegedly occurred in various youth detention centers across The Bronx, on Tuesday, April 30, to announce the filing of more than 150 civil lawsuits against The City of New York made possible by a law passed by the New York City Council in 2021, which extends the statute of limitations, granting survivors of gender-motivated violence an additional two years to pursue civil actions.
Neighborhood Notes: Food Symposium, Business Seminar, Naloxone Training to Prevent Overdoses & More!
A fire broke out in the historic Kingsbridge Armory on West Kingsbridge Road and Jerome Avenue in Kingsbridge Heights on Saturday afternoon, April 20, but appears to have been brought under control.
Friends, former Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Hip Hop legend Fat Joe, gathered at Lehman College on March 26 to discuss their respective professional lives, as well as their upbringings and their ongoing commitment to improving The Bronx. The annual event at Lehman, ordinarily held in the form of a lecture, was, this year, called, "Hip Hop with a Heart: The Civic Mind of The Bronx." The lecture series itself dates back to 1970.
A 2023 City law which prohibits owners of commercial premises from knowingly leasing such commercial premises to, or otherwise allowing the use of such premises by, unlicensed smoke shops went into effect last July but is not being actively implemented, according to the city council.