Dart Westphal, president of Mosholu Preservation Corporation and publisher of the Norwood News, was honored by the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) at its 2008 Living Legends awards ceremony on Nov. 13. The award was bestowed upon “four individuals who have dedicated their lives to making the Bronx a better and stronger place.” In addition to Westphal, CAB gave the Living Legend Award to Eric Soto, director of Bronx public affairs at Con Edison; Verona Greenland, president and CEO of the Morris Heights Health Center; and Fr. John Grange, longtime pastor of St. Jerome’s Church and current pastor of St. Athanasius Church.
The ceremony was held at CAB’s community center on the Grand Concourse.
The Mount Hope-based CAB, founded in 1972, is the largest settlement house in the Bronx and provides numerous services and programs toward its goal of “improving the economic and social well-being of individuals, families and communities who are most in need.”
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