Norwood News Website Available in Spanish, Bengali, French, Arabic, Chinese & English!

  Dear Readers, In 2020, in acknowledgement of the diverse composition of the local communities the Norwood News serves, we updated our website, www.norwoodnews.org, to allow users to read our site in Spanish, Bengali, Arabic, Chinese and French, using a Google Translate function.   Readers can translate the site from English into each of these languages by selecting the relevant language from the drop-down menu located in the top, right-hand corner of the home page.   As a nonprofit news organization, with limited resources, we decided to include this translation function on our site to help you, our community of readers, access local


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NYC Parks & FDNY Rename Blackrock Playground in Honor of EMT Yadira Arroyo 

Friends and family members of the late Yadira Arroyo were joined by community members and elected officials to officially rename Blackrock Playground, in Unionport, in honor of the FDNY Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) on Thursday, May 27.   Arroyo, a 14-year FDNY Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), was a dedicated leader and public servant who gave her life for the community.   She was tragically killed in the line of duty on March 16, 2017, one block from Blackrock Playground. NYC Parks First Deputy Commissioner Liam Kavanagh joined FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro, State Assembly Member Karines Reyes, and Community Board 9


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Family & Friends Say Goodbye to Former Bronx Deputy BP, the Hon. Aurelia Greene

Family and friends paid their final respects to the Hon. Aurelia Greene, the former New York State assemblywoman and Bronx deputy borough president, who died on Saturday, May 8, as reported by Norwood News.    The former deputy borough president lay-in-state in the Rotunda of the Bronx County Courthouse from Monday, May 17 until Wednesday, May 19.   A service was held on Thursday, May 19, at the Bronx Christian Charismatic Prayer Fellowship at 1069 Morris Avenue, the same church where her husband, the late Dr. Jerome Greene, had been pastor. A homegoing service was then held on Thursday, May


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Funeral Arrangements for the Hon. Aurelia Greene Announced

Funeral arrangements for the Hon. Aurelia Greene, former Bronx deputy borough president, were announced on Tuesday, May 11. Greene died on Saturday, May 8 at the age of 86.  The former Bronx deputy borough president and former assembly member will lie-in-state in the Rotunda of the Bronx County Courthouse, at 851 Grand Concourse, NY 10451, for public viewing on Monday, May 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.   A viewing and wake will be held on Tuesday, May 18, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Wednesday, May 19, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Bronx


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Bronx BP Diaz Jr. Salutes former Bronx Deputy BP, Aurelia Greene

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. issued a statement following the death of former Deputy Borough President Aurelia Greene on Saturday, May 8. It can be read in full below.   “It is with deep remorse and heavy hearts that we reflect on the passing of former Deputy Borough President, and Bronx matriarch, Aurelia Greene.   Yesterday, I ordered flags to fly at half-staff at Bronx Borough Hall as a mark of respect for former Deputy Bronx Borough President and New York State Assembly Member Aurelia Greene. Today, in a historic gesture, flags will fly at half-staff on all city


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Bronx Elected Officials Pay Tribute to former Bronx Deputy BP, Aurelia Greene

Elected officials from the Bronx and beyond are paying tribute to former Deputy Bronx Borough President Aurelia Greene, who died on Saturday, May 8. She was 86.   Attorney General Letitia James said she was saddened to learn of Greene’s passing. “For decades, Assemblymember Greene dedicated her life to serving the Bronx, New York City, and our state, where she fought to lift New Yorkers up and reverse so many of the inequalities in our system. She was a trailblazer who will be sorely missed,” she said. “I offer my deepest condolences to her family and loved ones.”   Assemblywoman


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Obituary: Omara Flores, A Jewel in our Lives

Members of the PS/MS 95, The Sheila Mencher Van Cortlandt School community in Van Cortlandt Village, held a socially distanced, outdoor remembrance event on April 21 in tribute to our colleague, Omara Flores, beloved, long-time assistant principal at the school who died tragically and unexpectedly on April 6, 2020 of COVID-19. She left behind a husband and two adult children, both graduates of PS/MS 95. The event which was attended by about 35 people was filled with sweet remembrances of an esteemed and admired colleague, with the participants immersed in a collective sea of sorrow.   Under the leadership of


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Beloved Head Nurse Who Died from COVID-19 in the Line of Duty Honored One Year Later

One year on from a previously unimaginable pandemic that, so far, has taken the lives of three million people worldwide, a dozen or so nurses and hospital staff gathered at Jacobi Medical Center in the Morris Park section of The Bronx, to honor the late RN Freda Ocran who, it is understood, was the first nurse based at a New York City public hospital to have died in the line of duty from COVID-19.   On Sunday, March 28, hospital staff joined family members and elected officials to remember Freda on the first anniversary of her passing, and to honor


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Submit Photos of Loved Ones Lost to COVID for City Memorial Service on March 14

  To honor the thousands of beloved New Yorkers lost during the COVID-19 pandemic this year, the City of New York will host an official Day of Remembrance this Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 7:45 p.m.   Readers are encouraged to join online to honor family, friends, frontline essential workers, and fellow New Yorkers.   All New Yorkers are invited to tune in and share the name and photograph of a person they lost.The photograph may be featured as part of the City’s ceremony. The photo should be a clear image of the family’s loved one, and the photo specifications are as


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