O’Neil Glenn wasn’t having the best holiday season. His John F. Kennedy girls’ basketball team had lost two of its final three league games before the break. One of those losses, against Manhattan Center, occurred despite China Crosby, the Lady Rams’ star point guard, fouling out with three minutes left. Comment.

Local resident and Bronx Community College student won first place in 2008 CUNY Athletic Conference Cross Country Championship (CUNYAC), on Sunday, October 26, 2008. Comment.

Mexican immigrants gathered together to celebrate their native culture as well as the Roman Catholic feast of the three kings or wise men, known the Feast of the Epiphany, in the auditorium of St. Lucy School on Sunday, January 4. Comment.

As a sign of genuine caring, Councilman Jimmy Vacca and Anthony Mancini of Anthony’s Flower Farm at 3240 E. Tremont Avenue paid a visit to the Jeanne Jugan Residence to brighten the day of area seniors. Comment.

Graffiti has become an increasingly prevalent problem throughout the Bronx, but the Westchester Square community will no longer tolerate its destruction anymore. Comment.

The Learning Tree Cultural Preparatory School found an innovative way to hold their 2nd annual book fair. The TLT book fair was held on Friday, November 28, at the Barnes and Noble, located at 290 Baychester Avenue in Bay Plaza Shopping Center. Throughout the day, if a customer mentioned the school while checking out, a percentage of their purchase would be donated to the school. Comment.

The new Verizon Wireless Store, located 416 Westchester Avenue, kicked off the holiday season by inviting the community to see what they are all about. Comment.

Parks Foresters and youth from Phipps West Farm Teen Program gathered on Wednesday, December 16 in Morrisania to plant trees along the public streets. Comment.

The North Bronx Healthcare Network and the Bronx Regional Perinatal Forum hosted a conference in December at Jacobi Medical Center to address the growing concerns surrounding Sudden Unexpected Infant Death. Comment.

A freak fire tore through Norwood’s Lutheran Church of the Epiphany on Saturday, January 3, destroying the St. Stephen’s Meals soup kitchen and displacing community groups. The accidental basement blaze burst from a couch at 9:15 a.m. Comment.

Van Nest suffered a tragedy this past weekend, as a devastating fire consumed two homes and injured civilians and a firefighter. Comment.

Community Board 11 passed a motion on Thursday, December 18 to recommend the 180th Street station a good location for an Automated Public Toilet at the request of the Department of Transportation. Comment.

The Independence Party has overtaken the Conservative Party in garnering the 3rd highest number of votes – after Democrats and Republicans – of any party during recent New York State-wide elections, and now for the first time, the party has a fully constituted county committee in the Bronx. Comment.

After a Coffee with the Senator event at one Morris Park residence, 25 area residents expressed their concerns over long-standing issues at the Con Edison service center off Bronxdale Avenue. Senator Jeff Klein was able to help solve the issues plaguing the residents. Comment.

The future of the borough is looking bright as Bronx youth from the 45th Precinct Explorers won a citywide competition. Comment.

Stroll north through the Bronx Zoo and you’ll spy the Russell B. Aitken seabird colony, where cormorants flap and penguins dive for sardines. Comment.

All January, Golden Krust will wrap its chicken patties in pink paper, with a percentage of proceeds going to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Why? Comment.

Everybody in the pool! Comment.

The real estate developer responsible for Pelham Bay’s upscale Hutchinson Metro Center closed on a prime piece of Westchester Square property on Thursday, December 18. Comment.

The New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities has agreed to examine the purchase price a group home’s sponsor has offered for a 2-family house in Waterbury Estates, the former Smithsonian property. Assemblyman Michael Benedetto requested a second real estate appraisal based on the fact that the current price, $825,000, is wholly inflated and unrealistically high in the current real estate market. Comment.

Fire tore through a small apartment building on City Island in the early morning hours of Tuesday, January 6, illustrating the need for Mayor Bloomberg to reconsider plans to close Ladder Company 53 at night, residents and elected officials said. Comment.