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The Bronx Fights Rats: DSNY to Collect Compostable Material from All Bronx Public Schools

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Coming quickly on the heels of last month’s announcement of the roadmap for citywide curbside composting service, NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) announced on Monday, March 6, that all NYC Department of Education (DOE) schools in The Bronx will receive five-nights-per-week collection of compostable material. This means less rat food out in the black bags each night, cleaner streets, and cleaner air – led by students. “Just like with recycling decades ago, young people are our best ambassadors for composting,” said DSNY commissioner, Jessica Tisch. “They see the difference it makes to compost at school, and they tell their parents


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Dinowitz & BetaNYC Launch New Map Showing Accessible City Playgrounds

By SÍLE MOLONEY
District 11 City Council Member Eric Dinowitz, in partnership with BetaNYC, has launched a new mapping tool which shows the level of playground accessibility for residents near their homes and schools. The map was designed to provide an easy way for residents and their families to locate playgrounds that are safe and accessible and to accommodate those with disabilities.   The new mapping tool includes detailed information about each playground throughout New York City, including the types of accessible features that are available at each playground. According to the councilman’s office, Dinowitz, a former teacher who represents the Northwest Bronx


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UPDATE Crotona: Brothers Aged 12 and 15 Reported Missing Now Found

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD said on Monday, Dec. 12, that two brothers from the Tremont section of The Bronx who had been reported missing have been found and are “in good condition.”   Prior to being located, Jessiah Campell, 15, of East Tremont Avenue, Bronx, NY, and his 12-year-old brother, Justice Campbell, of the same address had last been seen on Friday, Dec. 9, at 8 a.m., leaving their home. Jessiah was described as male, around 5 feet, 11 inches tall, Black, weighing 130 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair in an Afro style, and prior to being located, had last


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Edenwald: Grenade Deemed Inert by NYPD Bomb Squad

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD Bomb Squad has deemed a grenade found in the Edenwald section of The Bronx inert.   The incident occurred on Friday, Dec. 9, at around 4 p.m. at 3917 Wilder Avenue. A police spokesperson told Norwood News, “The device was deemed inert and removed to Rodman’s Neck for disposal.” The southern part of Rodman’s Neck is a piece of land and an NYPD designated shooting range, located in the borough, that juts out into Long Island Sound.   Asked if the grenade was a toy, as was found to be the case a few days earlier when, as


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Norwood: Grenade Found in Williamsbridge Oval Deemed Inert / a Toy by NYPD Bomb Squad

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The NYPD bomb squad responded to a bomb scare in the Williamsbridge Oval in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Thursday morning, Dec. 8, at around 11 a.m. police said.   Speaking in Spanish, a resident of 3320 Reservoir Oval East told Norwood News a section of the park in front of her building, located between the park entrance closest to Holt Place and the park entrance closest to Reservoir Place (opposite the skate park), had been cordoned off by police that morning while they investigated the incident. The resident, who declined to be identified, added, that the


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Fifty Events to Take Place in NYC in 2023 to Mark 50 Years of Hip Hop with Universal Hip Hop Museum

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York City Mayor Eric Adams joined stalwarts of the Hip Hop community and deputy mayor for strategic initiatives, Sheena Wright, at City Hall on Monday, Nov. 14, to announce a year-long collaboration throughout 2023 with the Universal Hip Hop Museum, to mark Hip Hop’s 50th birthday.   To celebrate the music genre’s 50th anniversary, 50 celebratory events will be held throughout the year all across New York City in conjunction with the Universal Hip Hop Museum, currently under construction in the South Bronx, part of the $349 million Bronx Point development, which, as reported, received further capital funding of


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Elections 2022: Local Bronx Voters Share their Top Concerns as they Hit the Polls

By JOSÉ GIRALT & JULIAN ROBERTS-GRMELA
Norwood News caught up with voters on Election Day, Nov. 8, to get a feel for their top voting issues. We first spoke to some voters and one poll site worker at P.S. 15, Institute for Environmental Learning poll site, located at 2195 Andrews Avenue North, in University Heights.   Mildred Perez, 44, told us she did not have a straightforward voting experience. “I usually go to the school. I don’t remember the name of the school right now, but it’s on Aqueduct [Avenue] and 183rd,” she said. “They told me to come here to vote and this is the


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Friends of Mosholu Parkland Host Fall / Halloween Community Festival at Mosholu Playground

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES
  Under some glorious fall sunshine, Friends of Mosholu Parkland (FOMP) were back with gusto as they celebrated a delightful, organic-themed Fall / Halloween Community Festival in Mosholu Playground at P.S. 8 in Bedford Park on Saturday, Oct. 15.   The festival drew local kids dressed in Halloween costumes, as they munched on hot dogs, popcorn, donuts and treats. Some played in the playground, which was duly decorated with a natural fall/straw theme, some got busy making ragdolls out of fabric, while others colored and ran around playing various games in the beautiful sunshine. Among their other community and parkland


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