Deaths

UPDATE Kingsbridge Road Shooting Victim “Never had a Father or Mother and He Tried to Survive”

By DAVID GREENE
As a group of young men continued a vigil for a third day outside FM Candy and Grocery Corp, located at 131 West Kingsbridge Road in Fordham Manor, residents of NYCHA’s Bailey Houses, located on Heath Avenue also in Fordham Manor, remembered resident, Hasan Richburg, 26, who, as reported, was shot multiple times outside 131 West Kingsbridge Road on Thursday, Feb. 8 and later died of his injuries.

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.

Bronx Book Swap Promotes Love for Reading and Beer in The Bronx

By SHERICA DALEY
In a quiet, industrial area located in the Throggs Neck section of The Bronx, something unexpected took place in mid-December. The Bronx Brewery hosted a Bronx Book Swap event on Dec. 17 in conjunction with Norwood Community Library, a bookworm’s event at no cost. Participants came to donate, swap books, listen to live music with DJ Buddy Lee, and enjoy a cold brew beer. The event was the first such event when books in Spanish and in other languages were made available and sought, and it laid the ground for the “Books & Brews” Book Club which launched in January 2024.