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Another Man Found Dead in Van Cortlandt Park

By DAVID GREENE
An unidentified man was found unresponsive inside Van Cortlandt Park on Sunday, with one police officer at the scene describing the death as “suspicious,” while a police spokesman later said the body showed no obvious signs of trauma.

NYPD Attempts to Put the Brakes on Those Riding Illegal Bikes Once Again

By DAVID GREENE
MOTORIZED BIKE AND ATV riders take over Grand Concourse at Van Cortlandt Avenue in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on Sunday, March 26, 2023, later crossing Mosholu Parkway and into Norwood. Video by David Greene via YouTube Nearly a year after the NYPD rolled out a new initiative to help crack down on illegal All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) dirt bikes, and scooters, the NYPD’s Community Response Team is back with over 300 officers from around the city, and are now working together to track riders caught using them.   During a press conference covering several different crime-related topics on


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Body of Man Discovered in Wooded Section of Mosholu Golf Course

By SÍLE MOLONEY
On Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at approximately 10.40 a.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding an unconscious, aided person in a wooded area of the Mosholu golf course, in the vicinity of East 233rd Street and Jerome Avenue in the 50th precinct.   Upon arrival, police discovered the remains of an unidentified man, lying on the ground at the location. EMS responded and pronounced the individual deceased at the scene. The identity of the deceased is pending family notification. The medical examiner is to determine the cause of death.   The investigation is ongoing.  

Uprooted Trees in Mosholu Park Reignites Debate over Golf Club-House Site Boundary

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Just like her neighbors, 74-year-old Norwood resident, Silvya Parodi relies on the leafy surroundings of Mosholu Park for her physical and mental well being. Prior to the enactment of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s statewide PAUSE order, the vast, tree-lined, green zone served as a welcome sanctuary from the City’s daily hustle and bustle.   When the shelter-in-place restrictions came into effect in March, that lifeline to nature became even more vital to Parodi, and a local community craving some semblance of normalcy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Sometimes I go sit in the park and talk to some old person that is


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A Parking Lot in Place of Greenspace, All for Mosholu Golf Course

By SÍLE MOLONEY  
What’s happening in the southeast corner of Van Cortlandt Park? That’s what local residents and activists were asking since barricades were spotted in recent weeks along Jerome Avenue by East 212th Street in an area adjacent to the now infamous Croton Water Filtration Plant (CWFP), the most expensive public works project ever built by the city, one which went years behind schedule, cost taxpayers roughly $4 billion when it was finally completed in 2015, and now supplies the city with between 10 and 30 percent of its water. After some back and forth with various city agencies, it turns out


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Bronx Teens Get CPR Training Via Workshop at Mosholu Golf Course

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Bronx Teens Get Certified in CPR Training is an innovative service project designed to increase the number of teens certified in the life-saving technique taught globally. Sachi Penha, who at 16 is a certified life guard, a member of the First Tee and the LPGA Big Apple Girls Golf Program located at Mosholu Golf course in the Bronx, wanted to do something that she felt could positively impact her community. “According to the American Heart Association- people who live in African-American, Hispanic, and lower-income neighborhoods are more likely than others to die from a cardiac arrest, ” said Sachi, “but when


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Clock Ticks for The First Tee Event Set for March 6

By DAVID CRUZ
Fore! The next Tiger Woods could be at a golf outing in Mosholu Parkway. And so can be young athletes whose burgeoning skills can be refined through the game of golf, according to Tee Time, an international program that uses the game of golf as a character-building apparatus. The First Tee has a local chapter, The First Tee of Metropolitan New York City, which opened in 2001 at the Mosholu Golf Course, a sprawling public course. For Peter Aloisio, head coach of The First Tee at Mosholu Golf Course, drawing parallels to the game of golf and personal integrity are


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