Welcome back to today’s Bronx News Roundup. We’ve been on a short hiatus, but here are the stories we’re following this Monday, starting with the weather: Humid with scattered thunderstorms throughout the afternoon, high in the low 80s.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. is throwing his weight behind the proposal to turn the Kingsbridge Armory into a state-of-the-art ice sports center. The competing proposal features a town square-style market for local artisans, with a movie theater, climbing wall and restaurants, and both include a commitment to living wage jobs.  The city may make a decision as early as next month, the Daily News reports.

In an editorial, the Daily News blasts Diaz  for killing an earlier Armory plan that would have created 1,200 permanent jobs and turn the mammoth structure into a shopping mall. Diaz and community groups, including the Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Alliance, opposed the plan because it didn’t guarantee enough “living wage” jobs ($10 an hour, plus benefits) and it competed with local businesses. Diaz said the ice center proposal will generate 170 full-time living wage jobs. (The other proposal by Young Woo & Associates would generate an estimated 800 jobs, but only some of them would be living wage jobs.)

Meanwhile, Crain’s likes both plans, but says the ice center should get the nod because it would add more to the city economy. [Note: This is a subscription link, we only have the text because the Bronx Borough President’s office sent it over. Thanks.)

According to the Wall Street Journal, many politicians are backing the ice arena proposal because it promises more living wage jobs, though locals are split over whether which plan for the Armory best serves the community.

A Bronx woman, Kenah Huggins, drowned in a river in Puerto Rico over the weekend. [NY Post]

Senator Kristen Gillibrand was in the Bronx last week touting a bill she’s sponsoring, the Small Business Start-Up Support Act. Gillibrand says that the targeted tax breaks will help start-ups in the Bronx make it past their first year. [Daily News]

Olympian John Orzoco has returned home to the Bronx, and he already has his eyes set on the 2016 Games. [Daily News]

The Riverdale Press reports on Horace Mann protesters, including alumni, who are hoping to get the school to acknowledge and investigate into claims of sexual misconduct.

Six non-profit economic development groups in the Bronx, including the Mosholu Preservation Corporation (the nonprofit that publishes the Norwood News!), have received city grants to revitalize commercial activity in their communities. [Bronx Times]

The Post is reporting that a Bronx judge rejected a plan to grant bail to two inmates, who were convicted in a 1995 murder that federal investigators say they did not commit. The pair will sit behind bars as the case continues to play out in the courts.

A Bronx street vendor shot two competitors on 161st Street last week before being apprehended by officers from the nearby Bronx Supreme Court. [Daily News]

The Bronx District Attorney’s office says there is not enough evidence to press charges against a traffic agent accused of rape. [NY1]

Two Bronx men are among those indicted for murder and money laundering as part of a murderous marijuana gang. [Daily News]

And finally, Kappy on the Naomi Rivera scandal. Despite the Post bombarding this election season with revelations about Rivera’s questionable use of taxpayer funds (and questionable Facebook usage), Kappy, in his weekly Bronx Times column (the Post and Times are both owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.) still thinks the assemblywoman hangs onto her seat for seven reasons, which he courteously enumerates for us.

That’s it for today.  Send links and news tips to us at norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org.