Bronx News Roundup, Oct. 24

Welcome back to the latest installment of the Bronx News Roundup. Here are the stories we’re following today.

First off, a look at the wetland restoration project at Soundview Park:

Cool health story by NY1 on a new rooftop garden at The Haven Academy Charter School in Mott Haven.

The Times has an editorial about how a lawsuit, and the Bronx District Attorney’s office, is shedding light on how the city’s Clean Halls program is violating certain constitutional rights.

A disturbing new study by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University says 90 percent of high school students in five South Bronx neighborhoods are not ready for college by the end of four years, reports the Daily News.

More depth on, and a copy of the study at Gotham Schools.

The Times takes a look at the six candidates vying for the east Bronx Council seat vacated by convicted felon Larry Seabrook.

The plan to site new Metro North stops in the east Bronx is facing opposition from Long Island lawmaker, DNAinfo reports.

Montefiore Medical Center announced plans this week to build an 11-story outpatient facility at the Hutchinson Metro Center. It is slated to open in 2014, DNAinfo reports.

Bronx Times editor/columnist Bob Kappstatter returned last week to lament the fall of all his favorite targets. Adios, he says, to the Wascally Wabbit (Pedro Espada), Snooki (Naomi Rivera) and The Fox (Larry Seabrook).

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