The Cost of Street Violence

By AMBER PEREZ

Christian Garcia would’ve turned 21 on March 15, 2016. Last August, friends and family held a candlelight vigil in his memory in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx, where Garcia had lived. He was shot in the chest and killed at a park in Soundview on Aug. 2, 2015, a victim of street violence. Since he died, a hole has been left in the hearts of his family and many friends. “I didn’t think it was real. Like, I had just spoke to him a couple hours before he died. Then all of a sudden I get a call that

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(Op-Ed) Indian Point Powering a Renaissance in The Bronx

By FRANK FRALEY

Latest Edition of the Norwood News Is Out!

Hello readers! As usual, as promised, and right on time–the latest edition of the Norwood News is out with plenty of Bronx community news for you to share. This week the paper heads to Bedford Park for a proposal by the New York Botanical Garden to convert its large space into a multi-used site, with the possibility of a hotel added to the fold. Only residents worry any new development could knock out the existing supermarket. Find out what one top official from NYBG has to say about that. We move from one development to another in Kingsbridge–the Kingsbridge National Ice

By ARLENIS PENA

Senior year is not what my friends and I imagined it would be. Instead of the fun of going on class trips, taking the perfect yearbook photo, or just cooling off after three years of high school, the 12th grade is surprisingly stressful. According to a UCLA survey of college freshmen in 2015, 18 percent of students spent 16 hours or more with their friends each week during their senior year of high school. That’s compared to 37.9 percent of students surveyed in 1987. I can relate to that statistic. As a high school freshman at International Community High School

By SAFIYA HYLTON

Teen pregnancy rates have fallen in the Bronx, but the push to drop the teen pregnancy rate continues. The latest figures from the New York City Department of Health (DOH) shows that teen pregnancies dropped 10 percent since 2012 and 37.6 percent since 2004. “We attribute the drop in teen pregnancy to a decline in sexual activity and an increase in the use of hormonal or highly effective birth control,” the city’s health department said in a recent statement. Still, the problems persist in the Bronx, a borough with the highest number of teen pregnancies, according to the DOH. Babies

By JONATHAN MERCEDES

Catholic school students say they’re excelling in and out of the classroom, thanks to the recent number of after-school programs offered to them by the Archdiocese of New York. Chris Valerio, 17, says the programs offer students an escape from the serious problems of everyday life. The Cardinal Hayes High School senior added that the extracurricular activities also allow students to enjoy the company of their friends. The programs are not just beneficial from a social aspect, but students also attribute their academic success to extracurricular activities. Nathalie Cortes, 15, shares a similar experience to Chris’. At the Academy of

By WILLIAM MATHIS

It’s been an eventful year in Norwood, with developments in housing, politics and parks making headlines. As 2016 approaches, the Norwood News looks back at some of the year’s biggest stories. Housing and Development It was the year of housing in New York as Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration worked throughout the city to advance his Housing New York initiative, which would build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing citywide. However, community boards around the city, including in the Bronx, pushed back against two zoning amendments that would have made the building possible. Community Board 7 and the Bronx

Job Description: Intern News Reporter Posting The Norwood News has openings for college age interns to report for the newspaper. The reporter will contribute news articles to the Norwood News, writing community-based stories that focus on the northwest Bronx. He or she will answer directly to the editor-in-chief of the Norwood News, pitching, writing and taking photographs pertaining to their news stories. They will also have to attend meetings that are scheduled in advance. The job involves regular getting in touch with community leaders, learning about the issues pertaining to the northwest Bronx and sharpening ones writing abilities. A set