Bronx News Roundup: Stories From Bronx Journalists

by David Cruz

The Norwood News is putting its aggregator cap on to bring you Bronx News Roundup, a collection of some of the stories Bronx journalists around the borough are working on.

First up, in light of the freezing temps we’ve been feeling around the borough lately, News 12 The Bronx is reporting on sub-zero conditions at International Leadership Charter School that’s compounded by a running air conditioner.

Over in Hunts Point, food workers are threatening to walk off the job at the Hunts Point Produce Market if they’re denied a $5 raise, reports the Daily News.

Winnie Hu of the New York Times profiles the borough’s first-ever senior center specific for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

A report by Scouting NY calls the 180th street subway station the prettiest throughout the city.

Gary Axelbank of BronxTalk speaks with some no-nonsense activists in the Woodlawn section.

And the 49th Precinct in the East Bronx paid its respects to the December killing of two Brooklyn cops with a vigil.

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