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Stories by Edition: April 22, 2010 (12 Stories)

Slaying Still Unsolved - Paul Garrison vividly remembers the last time he spoke to his lover and longtime companion Michael Lorge, the Norwood resident who was brutally and mysteriously murdered on Valentine's Day 2009.

More than 14 months later, the murder remains unsolved, leaving Garrison and others struggling to make sense of Lorge's sudden, violent death. | Read the Story

Montefiore Gets Behind 'Soda Tax' to Fight Obesity - At a recent press conference in the lobby of Montefiore Medical Center's Children's Hospital, Dr. Philip Ozuah held up a big bottle of soda. "Every day in my practice, children come into my office holding one of these," he said. | Read the Story

Two Candidates Mount Challenge to Espada - Things are heating up in the State Senate race for the 33rd District-the seat currently occupied by Democratic majority leader Pedro Espada, Jr. | Read the Story

Cuomo Sues Espada for Theft - | Read the Story

Supporting the 'Sugar Tax' - Childhood obesity in the Bronx is a crisis. There are many reasons for this including a general lack of physical activity and access to nutritious food. But one reason no one can argue with is that kids consume too much sugar, and the biggest source of that sugar is soda. | Read the Story

Baseball Season Preview - With the high school baseball season just starting to heat up, local teams are busy working out the knots and kinks of the long hiatus. This corner of the borough will be duly represented by its usual teams. | Read the Story

Immigration Center Combats Census Fears - According to the latest survey from the Census Bureau, the Bronx is among the top 10 most diverse cities in the country. Some 31 percent of its 1.4 million residents are immigrants, the survey says. Initially, the bureau and city officials felt the immigrant community, especially those without visas or green cards, would not participate in this year's full census count because of fears that they might be deported. | Read the Story

Through Fits and Starts, Filter Plant Coming Together - Bernard Daly, the project manager for the city's massive water filtration plant project under way in Van Cortlandt Park, is relentlessly upbeat. Despite the cost overruns, delays, federal fines and accusations of impropriety in the siting of the plant on public parkland, Daly looks out over the sheer vastness of the $3 billion undertaking and beams. | Read the Story

Memorial Ride for Megan Charlop - On April 10, dozens of friends, family and co-workers of Megan Charlop gathered with their bicycles in front of the Bronx Museum of History (Valentine-Varian House) on Bainbridge Avenue. | Read the Story

Neighborhood Notes - | Read the Story

Out & About - | Read the Story

With Espada's Help, PS 86 Kids Head to Japan - Students at PS 86 in Kingsbridge will have the opportunity to expand their horizons beyond the Bronx and all the way to Japan, thanks to a late contribution from State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. | Read the Story