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Marta Gavora the ‘Sherlock Holmes’ of Microbiology Retires After 54 Years

By AMY SACKS & SÍLE MOLONEY
When Marta Gavora immigrated to the United States from communist Czechoslovakia with her younger sister in 1969, she was just 23 years old and spoke no English. While helping to organize the Dermatological Symposium held in Bratislava in then-Czechoslovakia, in 1966, she came across a scientific paper presented by a Montefiore physician.

Health Check: Littles Hearts, Big Potential

By NEREYDA FRANCO
It’s February once again and with it, the focus returns to all matters of the heart. We’ll learn about heart health of kids, because little hearts grow up, and the health and habits of today’s young people pave the road for heart health, or heart disease, in adulthood.

Bronx-Based Citywide Scooter Bandit Network Busted!

By DAVID GREENE
Hours after an early morning raid took place on Monday, Feb. 5, on an apartment at the NYCHA Parkside Housing Project in Allerton, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Edward Caban joined other members of the NYPD at a joint press conference held at NYPD headquarters at One Police Plaza to announce that nine people had been charged in the context of an elaborate cellphone robbery pattern with international criminal links.

Love Your Heart During American Heart Month & Forever!

By ARIEL PACHECO & SÍLE MOLONEY
Heart disease is preventable, yet it is the leading cause of death in the United States according to the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) with more than 800,000 people dying of cardiovascular disease every year. Despite this, a recent poll conducted by Harris and the American Heart Association found that more than half of U.S. residents are unaware of these facts.

UPDATE Family & Friends Remember Cecilia “Ceci” Greene

By DAVID GREENE
The Amalgamated Houses and the larger Jerome Park community is mourning the recent death of Cecilia “Ceci” Greene at the age of 91. Friends have offered an outpouring of tributes to the German immigrant who grew up during and survived the Nazi occupation only to seek and find lifelong friends and a better life in America. Greene died on Jan. 23.

Eastchester: BP Gibson Hosts 3rd Annual Black History Month Celebration

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson hosted her 3rd Annual Black History Month celebration at Eastwood Manor, located at 3371 Eastchester Road in the Eastchester section of the Bronx, on Wednesday, Feb. 7. The evening, recognized what was described as the richness of African American culture and history in the borough, and featured special performances by The Harlem Group Ensemble, and Renaissance H.S. Varsity Voices.