25K Crops Expected to Grow at DeWitt Clinton HS School Farm

By CHRISTY RAE AMMONS

DeWitt Clinton High School is now home to the largest student-operated hydroponic system in New York and is expected to produce 25,000 lbs. of vegetables and herbs annually. That is enough to feed all 2,200 students lunch daily, with over 300 lbs. a week left over for the community. Officials unveiled the futuristic farm on June 2. Whatever produce isn’t used for school lunches will be donated to food pantries and emergency food assistance, like Good Shepherd Services at the school or City Harvest. The students will also set up a small farm market at the school, selling produce and

Fordham Farmers Market Now Accepts Food Scraps

By SOPHIA EBANKS

A weekly farmers market hosted by GrowNYC opens today in Fordham Plaza and is interested in compiling your organic waste. On top of its array of fresh regional produce, the Fordham Plaza Greenmarket will also feature a food scrap collection for visitors to dump their food waste. The food scrap collection is an initiative organized by the nonprofit in partnership with the city Sanitation Department that started last year in Fordham Plaza, on East Fordham Road between Webster and Third Avenues. Nearly 2,000 pounds of vegetable scraps, stale bread, and coffee grounds were donated and later turned into compost for

What to Expect from the Bike Share Program

By JOSE GIRALT

Officials from the city Department of Transportation (DOT) presented a slideshow to Community Board 7’s Traffic & Transportation Committee explaining how the new dockless bike share pilot program will work. Unlike the popular Citi Bike program that dominates Manhattan, the Bronx’s program will not include the bulky and space consuming docking stations. Instead, residents will use an app to unlock the bikes which will be parked on sidewalks. Bikes will be available throughout Community Board’s 5 and 6, with a small part of the southern-most section of CB7 included. Although the bikes will be only available in the designated areas,

By DAVID CRUZ

Fort Independence Playground will be the scene for a free music festival featuring six groups by several genres set to riff, twang, and showcase their stylings. The half dozen groups–Johnny 7, Los Hot Quesos, Filthy Rotten System, On Dope, Fort Indy, and Boogiedown Cajun Crew–are expected to perform at a concert on June 21 running 5 to 9 p.m. The concert is part of a massive one-day summer concert hosted by Make Music New York, a nonprofit that’ll spearhead more than 1000 concerts in one single day. The playground can be found on Sedgwick Avenue at West 238th Street. It’s

Local Debate Begins on Future of Specialized High School Test

By DAVID CRUZ

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s decision to delay discussion on whether to keep or reject the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) opens the door for a yearlong conversation. And at least two local legislators look to keep the test, with one requesting add-ons be included. Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz and state Senator Jamaal Bailey told the Norwood News that keeping the test is vital to the selection process of the city’s most prestigious schools. Dinowitz and Bailey both attended the Bronx High School of Science in Bedford Park, a highly sought-after specialized high school for placement. Questions over whether to outright

Editor’s Pick Family Fitness Festival The public is invited to a free Family Fitness Festival at Williamsbridge Oval Park on June 16 from noon to 3 p.m. Events include zumba exercise, healthy cooking demonstrations, face painting, relay races and health workshops. Onstage The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents Sonido Costeño Trio in Concert, June 9 at 2:30 p.m. featuring Latin and other world music. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org. Riverdale Choral Society presents Summer Sing featuring two Requiems, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. ($15), at Christ Church Riverdale, 5030 Henry Hudson Pkwy. (252nd

Neighborhood Notes: Free Immigration Service

Reimagining Mosholu Parkland Residents are invited to a brainstorming session on improving sections of Mosholu Parkland on June 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sister Annunciata Bethell Senior Center, 243 E. 204th St. The event is hosted by Citizens Committee in conjunction with Friends of Mosholu Parkland. For more information, contact Elizabeth Quaranta at mosholuparkland@gmail.com. Bronx Career Fair A career fair will be held at Hostos Community College, C Building/East Academic Complex, 3rd floor gym, 450 Grand Concourse on June 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, email Lisanette Rosario, director of career services, at Lrosario@hostos.cuny.edu.

MEMBERS OF THE Washington Greys Military Cadets, based at the Kingsbridge Armory, spent the weekend flagging the graves of U.S. military members. Photo by David Greene

By DAVID GREENE

Some 250 volunteers spent the week before Memorial Day carefully locating the more than 7,000 members of the U.S. military who are buried among the hundreds of thousands of individuals buried at the sprawling 40-acre site at Woodlawn Cemetery. Washington Greys Military Cadets Major Fernando Maria joined 35 youngsters to locate the veterans at the landmark cemetery. They were given maps of the cemetery, identifying G.I.s with the placement of an American flag by their tombstone. “We’ve been here since about 10 in the morning,” said Maria. “We had four sheets, roughly about 500 graves. We completed one whole section

By DAVID CRUZ

Dear Fellow Readers! The latest edition of the Norwood News is out with plenty of Bronx news to spread around. We’ve packed 12 pages of original reporting by our talented rotation of reporters we hope you’ll find insightful. For now, let’s begin with page one and a long-awaited project. That project falls in the heart of Norwood, Williamsbridge Oval Park. It’s there where a ceremonial groundbreaking of the highly anticipated skate park took place to the pride of many stakeholders involved. Read the city Parks Commissioner’s comments on this latest project. Read also why some will view this project as