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Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Bronx Teachers’ Capacity to Teach Multilingual Students
Lehman College announced in November it received federal funding of $8.4 million to train multilingual teachers for Bronx schools. This week, we asked readers if, in their opinion, public school teachers are equipped to handle the high percentage of Bronx students in their classrooms for whom English is not the first language spoken at home.
Olinville: Marcus Garvey Square Unveiled
Huddled under raingear, tents, and umbrellas, a proud group of Bronx residents gathered in Olinville under the East Gun Hill Road elevated subway tracks and the day’s drizzle on Friday, Nov. 22, to see a long campaign by community activists come to fruition with the renaming of Williamsbridge Square as Marcus Garvey Square.
Former Bronx Resident Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS & Sharing Info on Homemade Explosives
Federal prosecutors announced on Friday, Nov. 22, that a former 33-year-old Bronx resident, Erald Alimehmeti, was arrested in connection with a complaint charging him with allegedly attempting to provide material support to ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) and allegedly distributing instructional information regarding the making of explosives. Alimehmeti appeared in federal court Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron and was ordered detained.
Inquiring Photographer: Opinions on the Impact of a Second Trump Administration on Immigrants
AG James Announces No Charges for Police Officer Involved in Crash that Killed Sofia Gomez Aguilon
New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation (OSI) announced on Friday, Nov. 8, that no charges will be brought against the police officer involved in a vehicle collision which resulted in the death of a pedestrian, Sofia Gomez, who died on Oct. 8, 2020, after being hit by a police vehicle on Oct. 5, 2020.
UPDATE Elections 2024: Gonzalo Duran on Transparency, Accountability & Leadership
Former Iraq combat veteran, U.S. Marine sergeant, chaplain, and CEO of the nonprofit Devil Dog USA, Gonzalo Duran is running for Congress in New York’s 15th Congressional District on the Republican and Conservative Party ticket. The district, which stretches from the northwest to the South Bronx is one of the country’s poorest congressional districts and is represented by Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres profiled by Norwood News before his election win in 2020, and before taking up his seat in 2021.