Education
UPDATE Norwood: 70-Year-Old Pedestrian Dies after Being Hit While Crossing Bainbridge Avenue
University Heights: HPD Launches Housing Lottery Described as Affordable for Units at 2621 Grand Avenue
UPDATE Build-up Surrounds End of Trump Trial and Planned Crotona Park Rally & Counter Protest
A day before the defense rested its case in the first-ever criminal trial of a former president of the United States, and as build up surrounds a planned Trump rally in The Bronx on May 23, a Brooklyn man was spotted on East Fordham Road with a homemade doll he had created using a Donald Trump Halloween mask.
Fordham University Holds Climate Summit, Receives $50M Grant
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15), gathered at Fordham University for a climate summit on April 8 to celebrate the awarding to the university of $50 million in grants for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Region 2 environmental justice initiatives. According to Fordham, it is the largest grant the university has ever received in its 183-year history.
UPDATE University Heights: Owner of Pitbull Which Savagely Attacked Cat Arrested on Animal Cruelty & Other Charges
The NYPD said cops have arrested a 29-year-old man from University Heights on animal cruelty charges relating to an attack on a cat by a pitbull. A now widely circulated video obtained by cat rescue group, Little Wanderers NYC, recently reported by Norwood News, showed a pitbull attacking a cat though the incident location was not confirmed.
Neighborhood Notes: Annual Autism Walk, Housing Lotteries, Spend the People’s Money & More!
Three Firefighters Injured in Southeast Bronx Nonfatal Residential Fire, One Received Lifesaving Drug
NY Lottery: Top Prize-Winning Tickets Sold in The Bronx
The New York Lottery announced on Saturday, May 18, a top-prize winning ticket was sold in The Bronx for the May 17 TAKE 5 evening drawing. The ticket was sold at Middletown Deli & Convenience store, located at 2959 Middletown Road in the Pelham Bay section of The Bronx, which sold one prize-winning ticket worth $38,822.