The latest edition of the Norwood News is out with plenty of community news you can use to make you a more aware Bronx resident!
This week we have 16 pages packed with news happening in the Norwood area and surrounding communities. Our page one story takes us to the heart of the neighborhood and accusations of welfare fraud by a popular halal deli on East 204th Street. A raid rounded up members of the family-owned operation. David Greene spoke with the son of the owner. See what he has to say.
We then turn to an editorial found on page 2, this one focusing on state Senator Adriano Espaillat’s historic win in the Democratic primary for the 13th Congressional District. Find out why a congressional office in the Bronx is sorely needed.
Skipping ahead, pages 8 and 9 offer team coverage of the Kingsbridge Armory saga. Drama over the fate of the armory, slated to be an ice skating center, took place in the courtroom and the streets. Also, residents sound off on the Armory in a special Inquiring Photographer.
Plenty more stories await readers of the Norwood News. As usual, we urge anyone to reach out to me, David Cruz, at dcruz@norwoodnews.org, to share thoughts.
Best!
David Cruz
Editor-in-Chief, Norwood News
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Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.
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For about three weeks a NYPD Bronx Borough Mobile Command Center has been parked 24/7 at the intersection of East Gun Hill Road & Jerome Avenue with the lights flashing and power running. During this time, an unending string of illegal activities (e.g., barbecuing in prohibited areas, use of illegal fireworks, unauthorized amplification devices in excess of NYC limits, unauthorized group events, erecting tents, etc.) have been occurring in the Gun Hill Meadow of Van Cortlandt Park directly across the street. No police action of any kind appears to have been taken. How illegal does something have to be before the police take action?