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Morris Heights: Police Appeal for Help Locating 64-Year-Old Woman Reported Missing
Norwood: Police Appeal for Help Locating 14-Year-Old Teen Reported Missing
Representation & Equity at Van Cortlandt House Museum
At the November Parks committee meeting for Bronx Community Board 8, Parks chair Deb Travis moderated a discussion on the license to operate Van Cortlandt House Museum, the oldest historic house in The Bronx. The Parks committee discussed how the National Society of Colonial Dames of New York, the oldest public/private partnership in New York City, has held the license since the 1896.
Holiday Tree-Lighting Lights up Happy Faces
Around 100 people gathered on Mosholu Parkway and Bainbridge Avenue on the border of Norwood and Bedford Park on Thursday, Dec. 7 for an annual, beloved tradition as Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7), in conjunction with Future of Mosholu Parkland (FOMP), held their year-end, festive, tree-lighting event.
Antiwar Protesters Hold 2nd Rally Outside Torres’ Office
For the second time in less than two months, members of the Bronx Anti-War Coalition held a “Speak Out” rally outside the Bronx office of Congressman Richie Torres (NY-15) in Belmont on Friday, Dec. 15. The group called for a ceasefire to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas and demanded an end to financial support of Israel’s war efforts by the United States.
Kingsbridge: NYPD Releases footage of Police-Involved Shooting of Man on Elevated Train Tracks
UPDATE Bedford Park: Man Shot Dead by Police Amid Family Stabbing Incident
Kingsbridge Heights Small Business Owners Being Pushed Out
With a Jan. 18 deadline fast approaching for receipt of applications by the City of New York to a Request for Proposal (RFP) to redevelop the Kingsbridge Armory in Kingsbridge Heights, supporters of 12 local small businesses located along nearby Jerome Avenue and East Kingsbridge Road held a rally on Thursday, Dec. 7, calling on the merchants’ landlord to renew the merchants’ leases, rather than sell to the soon-to-be selected developer or associate partner.