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Cricket: On the Van Cortlandt Park Cricket Stadium Proposal, the Bats are Out

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News of a planned, 34,000-seat, temporary cricket stadium in Van Cortlandt Park ahead of the Cricket Men's World Cup in June 2024 shook the Kingsbridge community to its core when The City media outlet published details on July 15 of the as-yet, tentative plan for the venue. However, with New York City Mayor Eric Adams struggling to cope with the ever-increasing costs of handling the influx of migrants to the city, private funding from entities such as the International Cricket Council (ICC) for such an event would, no doubt, be considered a welcome investment in New York City's local economy.

Volunteers Clean VCP Pond as “Daylighting” of Tibbetts Brook Advances

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For most of the year, visitors to Van Cortlandt Park’s Hester & Piero’s Mill Pond are usually entertained by throngs of duck and geese flying and landing on the water. However, when the weather gets warm, an unwelcome, invasive guest makes an appearance, hindering the fowls’ routine of take-off and landing. That invader goes by the name “water chestnut.”

Summer of Violence Continues as Gun Free Zone Law Introduced in Memory of Angellyh Yambo

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The following is an extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition.  Despite marking the month of June with the usual events aimed at curbing the gun violence that continues to plague The Bronx, the last day of Gun Violence Awareness Month was marred by the violent shooting of a 5-year-old girl in Olinville, followed by a spate of 16 shootings over the Fourth of July weekend. What followed was possibly even worse when four people, including two children under the age of 7, were gunned down in broad daylight by two masked scooter drivers beside St. James Park in Fordham Manor on July 11, shocking local residents.

Clean The Bronx and Get Free Yankees Tickets as part of Third Annual Summer Clean-up Series

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Clean The Bronx and get free Yankees tickets! As part of the Third Annual Volunteer Summer Clean-up Series, which begins in the Bronx on July 21, the Sanitation Foundation announced on July 19 that participants at any of the six upcoming summer clean-up events will each receive a voucher valid for two tickets to select New York Yankees 2023 regular season home games.