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Lehman College Hosts Drug Policy Panel

By ARIEL PACHECO
Lehman College hosted a drug policy panel event on Tuesday, Sept. 17, to discuss the ways in which the New York legislature, advocacy groups, nonprofits, and NYS Department of Health (DOH) have collaborated to create new solutions to tackle the issue of substance abuse and overdose prevention.

UPDATE Bedford Park Gets a Clean Up!

By EMILY SAWAKED
For the fourth year in a row, the Sanitation Foundation, the official nonprofit partner of NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY), in conjunction with the New York Yankees and the Office of the Bronx Borough President, is hosting its annual Bronx Summer Clean-up series.

Lehman College Spring Fling Swings In

By EMILY SAWAKED
Bedford Park’s Lehman College hosted its annual gala and fundraiser on Wednesday, June 12, though this year it took on another moniker, the “Spring Fling.” The change in name was to make the event feel less “stuffy,” according to Lehman College President Dr. Fernando Delgado. This is the second year that the college has held an annual gala dedicated to raising money for scholarship funds and other facets of college life that require funding.

Former BP Diaz Jr. & Hip Hop Legend Fat Joe Discuss Uplifting The Bronx at Lehman College Event

By ARIEL PACHECO, DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
Friends, former Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Hip Hop legend Fat Joe, gathered at Lehman College on March 26 to discuss their respective professional lives, as well as their upbringings and their ongoing commitment to improving The Bronx. The annual event at Lehman, ordinarily held in the form of a lecture, was, this year, called, “Hip Hop with a Heart: The Civic Mind of The Bronx.” The lecture series itself dates back to 1970.

Application Deadline to Join Local Community Boards Extended to March 8 at 11.59 p.m.

By SÍLE MOLONEY
In efforts to encourage Bronxites to join their local community boards ahead of the upcoming application deadline which has now been extended from March 1 to March 8 at 11.59 p.m., Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson and her staff held a Community Board Day of Action across the borough on Feb. 21, finishing up in the north Bronx at Mosholu Parkway subway station, located in Bronx Community District 7.