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Your Health Matters: Reduce Type 2 Diabetes and Childhood Obesity

Something needs to be done about the sharp increase in reported cases of Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents over the last two decades.

A Place Where Mexican Cowboys Can Suit Up

Along the ethnically-diverse enclave that is the stretch of the Grand Concourse between 182nd Street and Fordham Road, lies African grocery stores, Dominican barbershops and a scene out of a Mexican-flavored Wild West movie.

Crucial Featherbed Lane Program May Close

Many families rely on the afterschool program at Featherbed Lane Improvement Association. However, earlier this month, funding for Featherbed Lane was completely gutted.

Senator Looks to Shed Pounds, Promote Healthy Living

State Senator Gustavo Rivera and Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and numerous organizations are joining together to launch the Bronx CAN Health Initiative.

Students Hit the High Seas for a New Learning Initiative

As part of a new learning initiative that takes kids out of the classroom and into the real world, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Special Education students at PS 306 set sail on a day-long fishing trip. It marked the culmination of this year’s Classroom Without Walls program.

Rally for 15-year-old Shooting Victim

Local residents say witnesses need to come forward with information about the shooting of 15-year-old Yvette Marie Torres, who took a bullet to the back of her head while apparently trying to break-up a fight during a party in the Fordham area on June 11.

Success Among Many Benefits of Rugby at MS/PS 279

By FAUSTO GIOVANNY PINTO In the concrete courtyard of PS/MS 279 in Morris Heights on a school day afternoon, coach Mike Rosario screamed at the Bronx’s most successful youth rugby team. “You already know!” he yelled. “Yes! Yes!” a varying range of pubescent middle school boys and girls yelled back, as two teams of five [...]

Local Politicans All Ears at Recent Town Hall Meetings

This spring, in a departure from recent history, local elected officials are holding town hall meetings throughout the northwest Bronx and asking residents to voice their concerns, questions and conundrums.

Firefighters Contain Blaze, Save Row Homes

Firefighters battled heavy flames, thick black smoke and layers of junk to contain a blaze in a Morris Heights row house in early May, saving homes surrounding it in the process.

Living Wage Bill Gets a Hearing

The City Council held a long-awaited hearing on a controversial living wage bill last Thursday, with both sides of the debate testifying about the potential effects of the legislation in a session that lasted over two hours.