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Camille Botello

Camille is the former digital editor of the Bronx Times.

Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announces the arrest of 15 people for a drug trafficking scheme upstate, including the director of the Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence program Michael Rodriguez, at a press conference in Middletown on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.
Community

Director of Bronx anti-gun violence org busted for drug trafficking scheme, gun possession

By Camille Botello, Aliya Schneider and Emily Swanson Conversation…
Visibility was minimal as firefighters battle the blaze in the Bronx on Sunday, March 5, 2023.
Police & Fire

Lithium-ion battery the likely culprit in basement blaze in Belmont: FDNY

By Camille Botello Conversation…
Kids participate in the Police Athletic League Playstreets Program.
Community

PAL launches annual summer Playstreets Program in the Bronx

By Camille Botello Conversation…
People walk through a spray shower in an attempt to beat the heat.
Environment

At the start of a three-day heat swell, Bronxites are still some of the most vulnerable

By Camille Botello Conversation…
The Franz Sigel Park ball fields will close starting Wednesday, July 26, 2023, for reconstruction.
Melrose

Franz Sigel Park in Melrose to close for one-year reconstruction of ball fields

By Camille Botello Conversation…
The NYC Department of Transportation, Con Edison and FLO, an electric vehicle company, pilot a program to bring 100 curbside public charging ports for electric vehicles to more than 20 neighborhoods in New York City in 2021.
Environment

Torres, Revel announce first high-power EV charger coming to Port Morris

By Camille Botello Conversation…
Target is expanding in the Bronx. Pictured, the company opens its Fordham Road location in October 2022.
En Español

Nueva tienda Target llegará a Bruckner Commons

By Camille Botello Conversation…
A Bronx mother and daughter were ordered to pay restitution to an elderly woman's estate after they pleaded guilty to defrauding her for more than $800,000.
Courts

Bronx mother-daughter duo sentenced for defrauding 92-year-old woman of more than $800K

By Camille Botello Conversation…
Target is expanding in the Bronx. Pictured, the company opens its Fordham Road location in October 2022.
Business

Bull’s-eye: New Target store is coming to Bruckner Commons

By Camille Botello Conversation…
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Transit

Commuters traveling through the Bronx now with restored Metro-North service after Sunday storms

By Camille Botello Conversation…
A sea of purple-clad runners and walkers — at the Bronx DA's 5K race for domestic violence awareness — are working to figure out how they can make inroads to reducing domestic violence in Bronx homes and neighborhoods.
Courts

Kingsbridge Heights man, on the run for more than a decade, sentenced to 18 years for killing wife

By Camille Botello Conversation…
Customers line up at the Bronx's first legal recreational dispensary on Thursday, July 6, 2023.
Education

Lehman College offering credit for pilot cannabis career certification program

By Camille Botello Conversation…
Bronx politicians and anti-violence organizations hold a press conference in Joyce Kilmer Park on July 6, 2023 after multiple shootings and violent acts played out across the borough over the long holiday weekend.
Shootings

Bronx pols outraged over 16 shootings, 25 injuries across violent Fourth of July weekend

By Camille Botello Conversation…
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En Español

Políticos titulares del Bronx ganan sus contiendas, las primarias republicanas del distrito 13 irán a la segunda vuelta

By Camille Botello Conversation…
The public attends an in-person joint Community Board 5 & 6 meeting in Fordham on Monday, June 12, 2023.
News

With public health emergency over, Bronx community boards make switch to in-person meetings

By Camille Botello Conversation…
NYC Council incumbent Pierina Sanchez is reelected for her second term representing District 14.
Election Day

Sanchez wins second term, handles Bradshaw in District 14 Dem primary

By Camille Botello Conversation…
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