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About the Author

Marina Samuel

Marina Samuel is a Bronx native and reporter at the Bronx Times. A 2025 graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, she blends data and storytelling to dig into the policies and issues shaping her borough. Her work has also appeared in THE CITY, City Limits, and the Mott Haven Herald.

Workers remove the charred debris from Fane Grocery after the Saturday morning fire.
Neighborhoods

‘There was smoke, and then it was gone’ Fire rips through Melrose building, displacing residents and injuring four firefighters

By Marina Samuel
TD Bank volunteers and Bike New York instructors pose in front of a newly-built bike.
Community Service

Bike New York brings permanent fleet to JHS 118, expanding youth cycling access in the Bronx

By Marina Samuel
Workers clear snow from the awning at Mi Pueblo Mexican Deli at East 138th St. and Brook Ave.
Weather

NYC BLIZZARD: Blizzard hits the Bronx, city declares emergency and opens warming centers

By Marina Samuel
NYC Health + Hospitals North Central Bronx staff cut the ribbon on the new MRI suite.
Norwood

NYC Health + Hospitals North Central Bronx unveils $2 million MRI suite to cut wait time

By Marina Samuel
mayor zohran mamdani with bronx elected
Community

Bronx leaders and residents take a wait-and-see approach 50 days into Mayor Mamdani’s administration

By Marina Samuel
Over 1,800 Bronx residents attended the launch of Bronx First, a coalition in partnership with the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, on Feb. 5 at the Rose Hill gymnasium at Fordham University.

Bronx First launches with Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, identifies plan for 25,000 affordable homes

By Marina Samuel
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Arts & Entertainment

Bronx restaurants bring community and global flavors to New York City Restaurant Week

By Marina Samuel
A building stoop adorned with orchids at the New York Botanical Garden..

New York Botanical Garden’s Orchid Show returns with a love letter to New York City

By Marina Samuel
Gonzalo Duran talks to Conservative Party members about socialism
Politics

Conservative party’s Gonzalo Duran enters NY-15 race, vows to challenge socialism

By Marina Samuel
Left to right: Hon. Norman St. George, Justice Kim Adair Wilson, Hon. Patsy Goldbourne, and attorney Joey Jackson at the Bronx Supreme Court's Black History month celebration.
Black History Month

Judges, attorneys gather at Bronx Supreme Court to honor Black History Month

By Marina Samuel
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
News

Schumer and Gillibrand secure over $22 million in federal funding for the Bronx

By Marina Samuel
Gotham Book Prize 2026 finalists, including Born in Flames, a book about the South Bronx fires.
Books

Book on 1970s South Bronx fires named finalist for Gotham Book Prize

By Marina Samuel
Tribute to Johnny Pacheco featuring Fania Legends.
Arts & Entertainment

The Lehman Center for Performing Arts unveils their Spring 2026 lineup

By Marina Samuel
Maribel Martinez-Gunter
non profit

Legal Services NYC appoints Maribel Martinez-Gunter as Project Director of Bronx Legal Services

By Marina Samuel
Sisters Servants of Mary convent.
Neighborhoods

Former Country Club convent to be redeveloped into three-story apartment building

By Marina Samuel
man plows snow along Bruckner Blvd near East 138th Street
News

Over 12 inches of snow hits the Bronx during Winter Storm Fern

By Marina Samuel
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Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection
Tomorrow, 10:30 am

Envisioning the Sacred: Modern Art from the Collection
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Books on Broadway: Death of a Salesman
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ON TUESDAY’S HARLEM SWINGS and HOP
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Harlem Tuesdays: FREE Swinging Lindy Hop Class!
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PSS Davidson Older Adult Center at 955 U
May 28, 11 am

Free Barbeque, Dancing and Open House
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Parade May 30 2026 11am 164 street and G
May 30, 11 am

The Bronx puerto rican day parade
Grand Concourse and 164 street

Red Monkey Theater Group (RMTG) continue
May 30, all day

Much Ado About Nothing by Red Monkey Theater Group
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum

Red Monkey returns to the double parlors
May 30, 7 pm

Much Ado About Nothing presented by Red Monkey Theater Group
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum

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May 31, 1 pm

Garden Highlights Walk
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News

  • Richard Swygert was sentenced to 75 years to life in prison for shooting a 20-year-old Rosedale man to death and wounding two others in front of the notorious and now-closed Umbrella Hotel in Kew Gardens during the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2021.Bronx man gets 75 years to life in prison for Umbrella Hotel shooting in Kew Gardens that killed one, injured two others: DA
  • Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Bronx orgs rally against ICE activity in Norwood
  • Riders of MTA cannonball train walk on platform at Penn StationMTA cannonballs into summer season with launch of LIRR Hamptons express, additional subway/bus beach service
  • DSC_6411Fare evasion: Top MTA official says agency is testing ‘European’ enforcement on moving buses
  • The Orchard Beach Pavilion re-opens this summer after being closed since 2009 for repairs. Orchard Beach Pavilion restored to former glory after $114M renovation, set to reopen this summer

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