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Camille Botello

Camille Botello is a digital editor for the Bronx Times. She made it to New York by way of reporting in Oregon, Chile in South America, and Alaska, and values telling the kinds of stories that matter to the communities she covers. Camille graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in both journalism and Spanish from Linfield University in Oregon. Outside of the office she enjoys hiking, thrifting, live music, and traveling with her adventure cat Benito.

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Development

Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment project enters Phase 4 of planning stage

By Camille Botello
Ciara Gannon, pictured here in this undated photo, will now serve as the director of community boards and legislative affairs for The Bronx Borough President's office. She made the switch from CB 8 in February 2023.
Woodlawn Heights

Former CB8 manager takes over community boards for the BP’s office

By Camille Botello
Grow Our Game basketball players work on the fundamentals during their practice in East New York, Brooklyn on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022.
Belmont

These kids are Made to Play: How one grant initiative aims to support young girls through sports

By Camille Botello
More than 100 firefighters from 25 units respond to a fire in Soundview on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.
Police & Fire

Teen charged with arson seen with butane, lighter in Soundview: police

By Camille Botello
The NYPD Emergency Services Unit responds to the scene of a quadruple shooting on East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx on Feb. 10, 2023. Photo by Adrian Childress
Crotona

Second suspect arrested in last Friday’s shooting near Walter Gladwin Park

By Camille Botello
A first responder treats a patient after a five-alarm fire at the C-Town Supermarket in Morris Heights on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.
Police & Fire

Four injured in Morris Heights supermarket fire Thursday

By Camille Botello
The FDNY responds to a major fire on Freeman Street on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023.
Fordham Manor

Legal Aid Society files suit on behalf of Bronxites affected by Fordham Manor fire last fall

By Camille Botello
Firefighters respond to a four-alarm fire in Wakefield on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.
Claremont

Claremont Village high-rise fire marked ‘suspicious’: FDNY

By Camille Botello
Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson speaks to Manhattan College athletes during a celebration for National Girls & Women in Sports Day and 50th anniversary of Title IX celebration on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.
Riverdale

Manhattan College celebrates women in sports on anniversary of Title IX

By Camille Botello
People watch on as firefighters work to bring the blaze under control in Soundview on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.
Police & Fire

Bronxites grapple with January’s legacy of devastating burns

By Camille Botello
The third major fire in the Bronx in just five days damages a private dwelling on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023.
Police & Fire

BREAKING: Third major fire in span of five days reported in the Bronx

By Camille Botello
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Community

CB 8 Parks Committee passes resolution calling for additional law enforcement in Van Cortlandt Park

By Camille Botello
A residential fire in Wakefield displaced dozens of residents and left four people injured on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.
Police & Fire

Wakefield apartment fire displaces 61, injures four

By Camille Botello
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation announces more than $4 million in grants for Bronx-based health care organization on Monday, Jan. 23.
Health

Mother Cabrini grants more than $4M to Bronx health care organizations

By Camille Botello
The FDNY is responding to a 4-alarm fire in Wakefield.
Police & Fire

BREAKING: FDNY says 4-alarm fire in Wakefield is ‘under control’

By Camille Botello
Advocates for the Hart Island touchstone project pray over the stone in October 2022.
City Island

Local advocates pushing for memorial touchstone on Hart Island run into roadblocks

By Camille Botello
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