Without further adieu, a new edition of the Bronx News Roundup, compiled by Brittney Jackson. 

Bronx dad Leonardo Espinal is being held on a murder charge in the death of his 5-year-old son. Espinal was taken into custody on Wednesday after police found his son, Stewart, unconscious in a bathroom at 86 W. 179th St. in University Heights. Stewart was pronounced dead after being taken to St. Barnabus Hospital. No formal charges have yet to be bought against Espinal after police said he admitted to lacing a pizza his young daughter ate with rat poison. She survived, but was hospitalized.  http://www.news12.com/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=340294&position=1&news_type=news

A pedestrian was struck by a car last night on the Grand Concourse & East 176 St. An accident investigation is currently in progress.

After Bloomberg implemented odd-even gas rationing this morning, drivers are noticing shorter lines at gas stations reports News 12 the Bronx. http://www.news12.com/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=340284&position=1&news_type=news

Wednesday’s Nor’easter undoubtedly took Bronx residents by storm and left several inches of snow behind throughout the borough, but thankfully there is light at the end of the tunnel. Snow started melting away quickly and with the upcoming weekend temps reaching potential record breaking highs of nearly 70-degrees, remnants of the Nor’easter will be history, well, until the next snowfall at least.

Lights out, again? While still trying to repair power outages lost during Hurricane Sandy, Con Ed reported 2,700 Bronx residents are without power after the Nor’easter and others haven’t had their power restored after Sandy. Con Ed estimates having power restored to all Bronx customers by Sunday.  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57547038/noreaster-kod-power-to-about-55000-with-con-ed/

The Pelham Garden section of the Bronx is growing increasingly restless with the way Con Ed is responding to their power outages. “We have been calling Co Ed non-stop to send someone to restore power to the rest of Pelham Gardens. The city did their portion to help, cleaning up trees at rapid rate. Con Ed has had ample time and sufficient space to work on the damaged poles. We discovered last night after speaking to a supervisor, that NO ONE has been dispatched to our area,” said Con Ed customer Adil of the Bronx in a posting to ConsumerAffairs on Wedensday. “Our neighborhood has been powerless, without heat for 9 days and I suspect with the Nor’easter on the way we can expect to be powerless for more than 2 weeks.  I feel it is an injustice what has been in my neighborhood.”  http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2012/11/consumers-enraged-by-continued-power-outages-in-sandys-wake.html

Sandy may have cut a break for some Verizon Wireless customers in the Bronx. The company announced on its website that customers in portions of New York and New Jersey who were affected by Hurricane Sandy “will not be billed usage charges for domestic voice and text usage incurred between Oct. 29 and Nov. 16 2012.”  Customers aren’t required to take any action; Verizon says it will automatically credit these fees.  http://news.verizonwireless.com/news/2012/11/pr2012-11-04a.html

Got loans? You may be in luck. Governor Andrew Cuomo is allowing anyone living in the Bronx the option to request a 90-day grace period on student loan repayments from October 27th, 2012 to January 25th, 2013.                                                                                                     http://www.businessinsider.com/new-fee-waivers-for-ny-sandy-victims-cuomo-new-york-2012-11

Lady Gaga pledged to donate $1 million to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts yesterday. “If it wasn’t for NYC; the Lower Eastside, Harlem, the Bronx and Brooklyn, I would not be the woman or artist that I am today.” http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/07/lady-gaga-pledges-1-million-to-red-cross-for-sandy-relief/

The Jericho Project, a nonprofit housing agency aimed to end homeless, opened its doors today at a new development on Kingsbridge Terrance, a supportive housing complex located in the Bronx created solely for veterans. It’s currently home to 76, including those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Kingsbridge Terrance is the second of residence of the Jericho Project’s Veterans Communities, the first housing programs dedicated soley for veterans in New York City in 20 years.                                                                                              http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/08/4970387/jericho-project-opens-kingsbridge.html

Legendary City Island restaurant Tony’s vowed to reopen stronger than ever by Spring 2013 after it was destroyed by a blaze during Hurricane Sandy. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/10/31/tonys-pier-restaurant-on-city-island-plans-to-rebuild-after-fire-during-sandy/.

That’s it for today. We’ll be back Monday. In the meantime, send news tips and links to us at norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org.