Dear Fellow Readers,

The latest edition of the Norwood News is out with plenty of community news you can use. With 20 pages of news, we have a lot to cover.

Our front page cover story focuses on the street co-naming of “Mary Vallati Way” in memory of the late community activist who died at the age of 102. Read what the street co-naming means to those who knew Vallati and the impact her endearing legacy can have on Bedford Park and Norwood. Also, read up on the editorial praising the value her stewardship left on the neighborhood.

The Norwood News is also excited to announce our 30th anniversary celebration. Save the date for Thursday, November 1. We will be sending out more details as approach the milestone. You will not want to miss out on this special day for the Bronx community paper. The program will feature very special guests.

Inside the cover you’ll find a warning story on taking care of your pets in light of several dog poisonings in the neighborhood and concerns over a Legionnaires scare at a NYCHA complex. We also feature some pics from around the neighborhood and beyond in our Norwood News Snapshots. You might want to check page 9 and a piece I wrote on a three-year fight a 76-year-old Bedford Park tenant is having with her neighbors. She’s certainly making some noise over it.

The Norwood News also brings you the regular staples–Inquiring Photographer, Neighborhood Notes, and Out & About. We hope these features make you the smartest person in the Bronx!

So check out the latest edition of the Norwood News. Comments are always welcome. Send them to dcruz@norwoodnews.org. We’re always eager to read them, and sometimes publish them! And don’t forget to vote!

Keep reading!

David, Editor
Norwood News