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Creative Bronx student gains career experience with Project Communications

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“Historic” Metro-North vote brings big wins for East Bronx infrastructure: Pols

By Emily Swanson

Business

Six Bronx restaurant owners win microgrants

By Emily Swanson

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Business

Bronx DoorDash workers speak out against city’s minimum pay rule

By Emily Swanson

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Kids & Education

Success Academy is opening three new Bronx schools this month

By Emily Swanson

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Tenants in neglected apartment complex in University Heights take steps toward co-op conversion

By Emily Swanson

Kids & Education

Bronx-based youth chess club, Project Pawn, expanding soon

By Emily Swanson

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Health

mPox is on the increase across the city, Bronx LGBTQIA service provider responds

By Emily Swanson

Mayor Eric Adams joins the National Night Out celebration with the NYPD's 47th precinct on Aug. 6, 2024.

Mayor, NYPD commissioner celebrate National Night Out with Bronx’s 47th Precinct

By Emily Swanson

Pelham Parkway resident Sarah Fecht (right) rallied with other advocates for Gov. Hochul to sign the Climate Change Superfund Act, which would require oil companies to pay towards climate change mitigation efforts.

Bronx advocates join rally urging Gov. Hochul to sign Climate Change Superfund Act

By Emily Swanson

Students participate in the D.R.E.A.M.! program, which works with school staff and students on conflict mediation with an arts focus.

Three Bronx-based orgs receive citywide restorative justice grants

By Emily Swanson

Beyond Rising, the city's only paid internship for undocumented students, saw its largest-ever cohort in summer 2024. The program is run by the Bronx-based nonprofit Oyate Group.

Kids & Education

Undocumented students thrive in rare paid summer internship opportunity through Bronx nonprofit

By Emily Swanson

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Bronx Defenders avert strike with ‘historic’ contract deal

By Emily Swanson

Buster, a trained therapy dog, hangs out with new friends, including 10-year-old Angel (left), who said that he now has better skills in dealing with his hyper dog at home.

Kids & Education

Therapy dogs teach valuable lessons at WHEDco youth summer camp in the Bronx

By Emily Swanson

Previous class of volunteers with the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights, which is seeking multilingual Bronx volunteers.

Center for newly-arrived undocumented children seeks Bronx volunteers

By Emily Swanson

Gabby Perez, 33, leads the VNS Health Children's Mobile Crisis Team and even helped save the life of someone who had overdosed in April 2024.

Health

‘Always on the go’: Gabby Perez supports Bronx youth mental health crisis team

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