Just a quickie today, folks.

A 16-year-old boy was charged with killing his mother and dumping her body into a storage bin on the side of Macombs Road. Daily News and PIX have the story:

The trial against the bus driver who is facing manslaughter charges after the casino tour bus he was driving crashed last year on I-95 in the Bronx began off this week. Ophadell Williams pleaded not guilty and his attorney says the driver had plenty of sleep before embarking on the fatal trip, WNYC reports.

Maximo Rivera, who lost his bid to unseat incumbent Carmen Arroyo in the 84th Assembly District primary two weeks ago, is suing the Board of Elections and Arroryo, saying Arroyo cheated her way to victory with the help of the BOE, which he called a vehicle of the Democratic Party machine, the Daily News reports. Rivera split the anti-incumbent vote with Charles Serrano.

Community Board 12 Chairman Richard Gorman is once again fighting off plans to build more homeless shelters in Wakefield, the DN reports.

Fresh Direct is starting a pilot program that would allow customers in two South Bronx zip codes — 10454 and 10455 — to pay for groceries with food stamps, the Amsterdam News reports.

And finally, this cool story from DNAinfo’s Jeanmarie Evelly (formerly of the NN) about a trio of Bronx groups who took over a couple of parking spots and turned them into a “park” as part of a national effort to highight the need for more urban public spaces.

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