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Run-D.M.C. Legend, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Visits P.S. 207 Students

By ARIEL PACHECO
Grammy award-winning rapper and Hip-Hop pioneer, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, visited P.S. 207 in Kingsbridge on Friday, Oct. 14, to speak with elementary school students about how to deal with bullies, believing in themselves, and to discuss his new picture book, “Darryl’s Dream.”   A founding member of the legendary, Hip-Hop group, Run-D.M.C., who first emerged on the Hip-Hop scene in the 1980s, McDaniels, a Queens native who spent much of his youth in foster care, emphasized to the third, fourth and fifth graders at the Kingsbridge school, the importance of chasing their dreams.   An impassioned McDaniels, who was adopted


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Special Education Students Go for Gold

By EMILY SAWAKED
  Cheers wafted through the air on the field outside the New York Institute for Special Education in Pelham Parkway on Thursday, June 2, as special education students of all ages competed against one another for a gold medal.   The competitions consisted of track courses, shot put, softball throws, and long and short jumps, with the students split up into teams, designated by colors. The excitement of the day was clear judging from the determination and joy expressed on the young athletes’ faces.   Adolescents participating in the institute’s “readiness program” to 12th grade took part in a series


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Celebrating June at Kingsbridge Heights Community Center

By EMILY SAWAKED
 Brightly colored decorations and a bounce house full of joyful children made one Kingsbridge Heights location the most exciting part of the neighborhood to be in earlier this month. With banners celebrating Juneteenth and Pride alike, the 9th Annual Neighborhood Festival hosted by Kingsbridge Heights Community Center [KHCC] involved a lot of planning by the center’s team. While taking place on a smaller scale than in previous pre-pandemic years, the annual celebration was still a success.   An event that usually takes up the entire block where the center is located, at 3101 Kingsbridge Terrace in the Kingsbridge Heights section


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