Community News – Bronx Times

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South Bronx Adult Learning Center opens, expanding education access for adults

By Emily Swanson

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaking at Bronx Day in Albany, alongside Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson and State Sen. Nathalia Fernandez.

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Bronx Day in Albany returns, Gibson announces Bronx Week will proceed

By Marina Samuel

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Community Service

Assemblymember Emerita Torres allocates $65K to South Bronx nonprofits to support afterschool programming

By Ethan Marshall

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Business

Eric Michael Thomas creates ‘Chef Doula’, a business combining maternal and nutritional support

By Emily Swanson

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Tenth annual Element of Hip-Hop Awards celebrates Bronx artistic legacy

By Emily Swanson

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Orange Bank & Trust Company hosts annual Bronx Women in Business Empowerment event

By Alice Moreno

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Getting the Bronx moving: What’s being done to help connect more residents across their city more swiftly

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Our Forgotten Borough

OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | How do Bronx commuters grin and bear slow cross-borough travel?

By Marina Samuel & Emily Swanson

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Transit

OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Seven decades of pollution and division: The fight over the Cross Bronx Expressway

By Shea Vance

Fountain of Youth Playground in Mott Haven/Longwood.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces $19.5M for Bronx park upgrades as part of citywide investment

By Marina Samuel

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Politics

AOC and Ritchie Torres denounce Trump for attacking Iran without seeking Congressional approval

By Emily Swanson

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez secures over $11 million for Bronx projects

By Marina Samuel

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Arts & Entertainment

What’s happening: An artist talk at Bronx Documentary Center, a tour of Hart Island and more

By Lauren Berardi

Belmont

Saint Barnabas Hospital hosts celebration honoring Dominican changemakers during Dominican Heritage Month

By Keke Grant-Floyd

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Disability services nonprofit facing crisis while owed $6 million in state contract payouts

By Emily Swanson

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Sisters give birth to babies hours apart at North Central Bronx Hospital

By Ethan Marshall

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