Norwood: Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Hosts Halloween Candy Exchange for Kids with Diabetes

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, located at 3415 Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood, hosted a Halloween Candy Exchange event on Wednesday, Nov. 1, to enable children with diabetes to participate in the fun of Halloween.

Annual Halloween “Trunk or Treat” Celebration Held at the 52nd Precinct

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

An estimated crowd of over 1,000 trick-or-treaters and their parents joined local police officers and members of the NYPD’s Explorers Program as the 52nd Precinct hosted their Annual “Trunk or Treat” Halloween event in Norwood on Tuesday, Oct. 31.

Baychester: The No Animals Circus is in Town for Just a Few More Days!

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES

Fl!p Circus, a high-energy intimate circus experience in which no seat is more than 50 feet from the ring, is back in The Bronx and for the first time, their shows are taking place at The Mall at Bay Plaza in Baychester through Nov. 19.

Norwood: Police Appeal for Public’s Help Locating 16-Year-Old Youth Reported Missing

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who they say is sought in connection with a robbery that occurred in the Olinville section of the north Bronx.

Norwood: Family of Baby Delilah Hold Memorial Event on Mosholu Parkway

By DAVID GREENE

A handful of family members quietly gathered along East Mosholu Parkway North at Decatur Avenue in Norwood on Sunday, Oct. 15, to mourn the passing of Delilah Annabelle Rolon, who police say died days before her second birthday from carbon monoxide poisoning in Syracuse, New York, as recently reported by Norwood News.

UPDATE Neighborhood Notes: Turkey Giveaways, Free Smoke Alarms, Naloxone Training, Job Fairs & More!

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Neighborhood Notes: Free Smoke Alarms, Naloxone Training, Job Fairs & More!

UPDATE Out & About: Non-Animal Circus, Handel’s Messiah, Veterans’ Month & More!

Out & About: Non-Animal Circus, Handel’s Messiah, Veterans’ Month & More!

UPDATE Norwood Mourns Beloved Resident & Community Activist Lyn Pyle

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The local community is mourning the recent death of Norwood resident and community activist Lyn Pyle who died last month at the age of 83. Pyle was a Norwood resident and “Knox Place Legend” according to a flier posted ahead of a memorial service held in her honor on Sunday, Oct. 29, at the COVE, located 3418 Gates Place.

UPDATE Councilman Eric Dinowitz Calls on DOE to Investigate Education Council District 14’s Sponsorship of “Divisive Rally”

By SÍLE MOLONEY

District 11 City Council Member Eric Dinowitz released a statement on Thursday, Nov. 9, condemning what he referred to as the antisemitic call for a walkout earlier that day by students calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East, after the breakout of war in the region following the Hamas attacks on southern Israel on Oct. 7, the kidnapping of around 240 Israeli hostages by Hamas, and the subsequent shelling and ground invasion of the Palestinian Gaza Strip by Israeli Defense forces since Oct. 8.