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Latest Edition of the Norwood News is Out!

Norwood News Vol. 28 No. 16 (Front Page) (515x640)

The digital edition of the Norwood News is back from production break to bring you our latest edition, with plenty of community news you can use. If you want to grab a hold of the edition, just stop by the 300 local offices, restaurants and stores that carry our award-winning newspaper.

We first take a pause to ask you: Have you noticed a change in the website?!? This past weekend the Norwood News shed its familiar blog-style website for a more upgraded site with mobile capabilities. Yes, it’s mobile. So you can take the Norwood News anywhere you go. Though new features include a slider window and bigger typeface, it will maintain the spirit of the newspaper.

We begin in Bedford Park, where Project Renewal, a not-for-profit well known to the community, is set to build a pair of supportive/affordable housing buildings just along Jerome Avenue. Neighbors are not so concerned with the affordable housing component, but it’s supportive services, which will be offered to mentally ill homeless individuals. The newspaper takes a look at both sides. At another portion of the neighborhood, residents have been hoping authorities can take a closer look at a supportive housing site managed by the controversial Narco Freedom group. Jasmine Gomez spoke to one neighborhood advocate leading the charge to have them close its doors.

Our Be Healthy section focuses on the benefits of mothers breastfeeding newborns, with doctors at Montefiore Medical Center recognized for espousing awareness.

We also have your regular staples of Out & About and Inquiring Photographer with musings on Legionnaires’ disease. So check out the latest edition of the Norwood News, and as usual, share your thoughts with us! Send them to David Cruz at dcruz@norwoodnews.org. Enjoy the paper!

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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