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Bronx News Roundup, August 8

Welcome to today’s Bronx News Roundup. Here are today’s stories starting with the weather: mostly cloudy, high of 84.

Two 11-year-old boys went missing in Riverdale last night while their parents were talking outside their apartment building. [PIX 11]

A three-month-old Bronx girl fell out of a two-story window last night and is recovering while police are trying to figure out how it happened. [NY1]

The Marriott hotel chain will be opening a 125-room Residence Inn at the Hutchinson Metro Center with construction starting this fall. [Daily News]

According to the Huffington Post, a foreclosure settlement at the Bronx County Courthouse reflects the national foreclosure crisis despite the Obama administration’s $25 billion settlement.

After years of financial trouble, the Huntington Free Library and Reading Room struggles to stay afloat as a community library, while city officials plan to redevelop. [NY Times]

Real Madrid will play A.C. Milan tonight in the second-ever soccer contest at the new Yankee Stadium. [Daily News]

Police are looking for a man who randomly slashed two pedestrians hours apart on Boston Road this past weekend. [NY1]

The high-crime Bronx has the least number of security cameras of all five boroughs. There are 31 cameras in Central Park, while 42 cameras cover all of the Bronx. [Daily News]

Eight people were injured from shootings in the Bronx, Harlem and Brooklyn on National Night Out last night. [DNAinfo]

Students go green at Van Cortlandt Park for the Green Jobs for Youth Program run by the Parks Department and Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy. [NY1]

That’s all we have today. Send links and new tips to us at norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org.

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