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Norwood: Pumpkin Party at the Williamsbridge Oval

By DAVID GREENE
Children of all ages, dressed in various costumes, turned out for the annual Pumpkin Party at the Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center, located at 3225 Reservoir Oval East, in Norwood on Saturday, Oct. 30.   Carnival games, a smaller and less scary “haunted house,” a photo booth for taking festive photos, and arts and crafts were all on offer this year at the event which was organized by Parks’ department officials. Castle Hill mom, Joanna Boala, brought along her two daughters Jasleen, 6, and Abbie, 2, to the spooky event, having learned of it from the Parks’ department website.   Boala


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Fall Festival on Jerome Avenue in Norwood Returns for 20th Anniversary

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT
  The live music was loud, the food was delicious, and the children couldn’t get enough cotton candy. The 20th Annual Fall Festival, organized by the Jerome Gun Hill Business Improvement District (BID), was back in full force on Saturday, Oct. 23.   Jerome Avenue was closed for six hours from Gun Hill Road to East 208th Street in the Norwood section of the Bronx to accommodate the vendors, volunteers, and community groups.   Most of the tents set up at the festival were selling some type of goods or food, but not all. Brandon Montes, 30, is the founder


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Montefiore Celebrates 50 Years of Post Graduate Physician Assistant Surgical Residency Program

By SÍLE MOLONEY
This year, Montefiore Medical Center is celebrating 50 years of its postgraduate Physician Assistant (PA) surgical residency program, the oldest such program in the country. Established in 1971, Montefiore officials say the program has proudly trained over 450 PAs and is steeped in great history and tradition.    According to the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA), PAs are medical professionals who diagnose illness, develop and manage treatment plans, prescribe medications, and often serve as a patient’s principal healthcare provider. With thousands of hours of medical training, PAs practice in every medical setting and specialty.   As part of the program,


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Montefiore Highlights Importance of Organ & Tissue Donation as 8,486 New Yorkers Await Organs

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  There are 8,486 New Yorkers currently on the organ transplant waiting list across the State, according to data from the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Meanwhile, according to the New York State “Donate Life” Registry, only about one third of the State’s roughly 19.45 million inhabitants are registered organ donors.   Oct. 7 marked the 7th annual Organ Donor Enrollment Day. Montefiore Medical Center officials marked the day by setting up tables outside the hospital to share information with the public about the importance of organ donation, and to


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UPDATE Bedford Park: Search for Woman following Assault on Mother with Toddler

By SÍLE MOLONEY
    The New York City Police Department seeking the public’s help finding the unidentified individual seen in the attached photo and video who is sought in connection with an assault that occurred in Bedford Park, in the 52nd precinct. It was reported to police that on Tuesday, Aug. 24, at approximately 8.47 a.m., a 2-year-old girl was exiting 230 East 198th Street with her mother when an unidentified woman approached her from behind, pushed her to the ground and caused her head to strike the pavement. The assailant fled on foot, northbound on Valentine Avenue. The victim was transported


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Mosholu Preservation Corporation Celebrates 40 Years in Norwood

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Representatives of Mosholu Preservation Corporation (MPC) gathered with local community residents, business owners, and elected officials to celebrate its 40th anniversary on Friday, Sept. 17. The event was held outdoors at the historic Keeper’s House, located at 3400 Reservoir Oval East, in Norwood, which is also home to the nonprofit.   About 60 community members and former and current elected officials joined past and present MPC staff members for the occasion. Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81) presented a proclamation from New York State to MPC executive director, Jennifer Tausig, in recognition of what he described as the organization’s great


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Keeper’s House Edible Garden Reopens with Help from Local Young Volunteers

By SARAH HUFFMAN & MIRIAM QUIÑONES
The first, public edible garden in Norwood sits at one end of the Williamsbridge Oval park on Reservoir Oval East, next to the historic Keeper’s House. For Zoë Arcidiacono, a volunteer coordinator with Friends of Mosholu Parkland (FOMP), the garden became a haven during the COVID-19 pandemic, and she felt nurtured by the atmosphere which FOMP created around it.   “I was volunteering a little before the pandemic, but I got laid off and this group has taught me so much,” Arcidiacono told Norwood News. “I moved to the Bronx four years ago. Before that, I was in Queens, and


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FURTHER UPDATE: Police Release Video of Suspect in Daylight Shooting in Kingsbridge Heights

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police confirmed a 26-year-old man was shot on West Kingsbridge Road sidewalk at the junction of Jerome Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road, on the border of Fordham Manor and Kingsbridge Heights in the Bronx on Friday, July 23, at around 4.36 p.m.   The shooting evolved from a dispute between the victim and another man and resulted in the victim being shot in the buttocks. The perpetrator fled the scene. According to one Citizen’s App post, he fled eastbound on East Kingsbridge Road.   Police confirmed to Norwood News that he has not been caught. The victim was transported to


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Wiley Outlines New Universal Health Care Plan at Montefiore, Backs Fernández for Bronx BP

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Human rights lawyer and candidate for mayor, Maya Wiley was back in The Bronx on Tuesday, June 8, for a visit to Montefiore Medical Center, where she held a press conference to announce details of her plan for universal health coverage in the City. She was joined by members of 1199 SEIU and New York State Nurses Association. Wiley said the plan would transform health coverage in New York City and extend care to hundreds of thousands of residents, including the undocumented.   About 600,000 New Yorkers are uninsured according to Wiley, and half of those are undocumented. Meanwhile, a


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