Sadie Brown, Author at Bronx Times

The nonprofit Project Club Clemente Inc. hosted its annual remembrance breakfast on Dec. 31 in honor of the untimely death of baseball legend and humanitarian Roberto Clemente.

Roberto Clemente and former Bronx Assemblyman honored at annual breakfast rememberance

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

A flock of mostly Ring Billed Gulls settled on the shore of Clason Point Park on Sunday while local birders documented the number of birds in the Bronx for the NYC Christmas Bird Count.

An afternoon with the birders of the Bronx: counting birds for the Holiday Season

By: Sadie Brown Conversation…

A bartender at Throggs Neck's Made in Puerto Rico, pours a glass of homemade coquito, made with fresh ingredients and the Puerto Rican rum Don Q.

Food

What makes great Coquito? It’s less about the recipe and more about the company

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

NYCDOT repaved several portions of roadways around Pelham Bay Park in the past year, following a push from community organization, City Island Rising. The street improvements addressed community concerns of safety in and around the park and City Island area and community leaders say there's still more to be done.

Transit

Pelham Bay Park sees fresh road resurfacing as City Island Rising presses for long-term fixes

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

At the first public hearing on Dec. 5, environmental advocates, state and federal experts and community members walked up and down the halls of a local school looking at displays of the details of the state's $900 million project to repair five bridges on the Cross Bronx Expressway,

New York State Department of Transportation adds additional public hearing on Cross Bronx bridges project

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

Miguel Centeno (center right), Healthfirst’s Vice President of Community Engagement, and NYPD Lieutenant Carolyn Cruz (center left) gather with volunteers and other members of the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau for a holiday toy giveaway in the Bronx on Saturday, Dec. 13th.

NYPD and Healthfirst partnered up to host a toy giveaway in Parkchester

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

Bronx-born Bella Abzug was a pioneering feminist, peace activist and civil rights attorney, a new podcast tells her story.

Politics

A new podcast highlights Bella Abzug, the Bronx born feminist who changed politics

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

A Rabbi lights a menorah in front of Chabad of South Bronx during Hanukkah.

Jewish Bronxites reflect on a Hanukkah season of joy, tragedy and triumph of light over darkness

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

Local environmental and transit advocates questioned state and federal experts about the plans to repair five bridges along the Cross Bronx Expressway at the first of the three public hearings over the proposal on December 5.

Transit

Underwhelming attendence at public hearings for Cross Bronx bridge repairs spurs concern over public engagement

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

Holiday Lights at the Bronx Zoo features huge lanterns shaped like animals. Some can even move and interact with visitors, like the reindeer that are operated by puppeteers (pictured).

Holiday Things to Do

Families flock to the Bronx Zoo for their dazzling Holiday Lights experience

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

The senior class at Fordham High School for the Arts produced its first-ever, entirely student led production. A courtroom drama called "Reasonable Doubt," which tells the story of Elena Price who is on trial for the murder of her husband, London Price.

Fordham

Fordham High School for the Arts launches first student-produced, original play, ‘Reasonable Doubt’

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

Around 60 young tennis players got to take some shots with Hall of Fame tennis pros Tracy Austin and Gigi Fernández Sunday at the the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Be Legendary program.

Sports

Tennis Hall of Fame players inspire young Bronx students at Cary Leeds Center Workshop

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

CUNY Chancellor, Félix Matos Rodríguez and Lehman College President Fernando Delgado hold up a check for $50 million dollars from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott, in what represents a "historic investment" in Bronx students.

Lehman College to receive $50 million from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

The state will hold the first of three public hearings Wednesday to discuss its plan to rehab five bridges along the Cross Bronx Expressway. But Bronx leaders and transit advocates are pressing Albany for more time to review the plan, citing a lengthy and dense environmental assessment and busy holiday season.

Ahead of first public hearing for $900 million Cross Bronx bridge project, advocates press NYS for more time

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

Bronxites, Bronx Alumn and those who are deeply rooted in the borough were honored in November on the City University of New York's 50 Under 50 list on notable alumni. Among them, influential CUNY grads in politics, science, the arts and entrepreneurial spaces.

Business

The Bronx shows up strong on CUNY’s 50 Under 50

by Sadie Brown Conversation…

The deadline for Bronx businesses to negotiate a contract for trash pickup with a carter under the new Commercial Waste Zone rollout is fast approaching, here's what business owners need to know.

Business

The deadline for Bronx Commercial Waste Zone contracts is next week: here’s what businesses need to know

By Sadie Brown Conversation…

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