At least 7 Dead, including 3 in Norwood, as Summer of Violence Continues Across The Bronx

By DAVID GREENE

Crime scene investigators and detectives have been busy in recent weeks with at least seven people reported dead after a series of violent, seemingly unrelated incidents took place across the borough.

Bedford Park: Police Appeal for Help Locating Missing 16-Year-Old Girl

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s help locating a 16-year-old girl reported missing on Tuesday, Aug. 29, who lives in Bedford Park.

Search for Missing 15-Year-Old Girl from Maine

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The search for Hannah Thomas, who has been missing for over one month, continues according to The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) which is working alongside the family as well as the Oxford Country Sheriff’s Office to locate the 15-year-old.

The 34th Annual Dominican Republic Parade Day in Pictures

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES

The 34th Annual Bronx Dominican Parade took place along the Grand Concourse on Sunday, July 30, drawing thousands of Bronxites of Dominican heritage and others to the streets to march or ride on various floats.

Bedford Park: Residents Move in to 2856 Webster Avenue Affordable Housing Complex

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Douglaston Development is now welcoming the first wave of tenants at 2856 Webster Avenue, a 188-unit affordable housing property in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. All of the units are reserved for seniors earning up to 50 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI), as reported.

Charlotte Gardens: HPD Launches Affordable Housing Lottery for Units at 1325 Southern Boulevard

By SÍLE MOLONEY

NYC Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD) has launched an affordable housing lottery for units at 1325 Southern Boulevard, an 8-story, mixed-use building in the north of the Longwood section of The Bronx, and south of Charlotte Gardens, as reported by YIMBY.

Concerns over Trash Around the Reservoir Oval Continue

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Concerns over trash around the Reservoir Oval East in Norwood continue. What appear to be bags of household trash were seen and photographed between parked cars and the retaining wall around the Reservoir Oval by Wayne Avenue on July 7. The discovery follows previous complaints by residents in June of residual trash by the retaining wall seen in the same vicinity of the Reservoir Oval in Norwood which some residents allege is not being regularly swept.

UPDATE FDNY Called to Tracey Towers for Electrical Incident

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Reports of a fire at Tracey Towers, a Mitchel Lama, residential housing complex located on the Bedford Park/Norwood border, on Saturday morning, July 15, proved to be unfounded, and the incident was later classified as an electrical issue, FDNY officials said.

Sanchez Announces $1 Million in “Participatory Budgeting” Projects

By ARIEL PACHECO

District 14 City Council Member Pierina Sanchez announced a million-dollar investment in various quality-of-life improvements going to schools, libraries, and senior centers in the district on June 20. The funding came by way of New York City Council’s participatory budgeting (PB) process which, according to New York City Council, is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. According to the council, the concept originated in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1989. Today, there are more than 3,000 participatory budgeting processes around the world, most at the municipal level. PB was launched