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Longtime friends Edgar Cruz and Leila Ramirez were laughing and dancing in the street Saturday, celebrating their shared Puerto Rican roots at the 2025 Longwood Festival in the South Bronx.

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2025 Longwood Festival: Salsa, Smiles, and Puerto Rican Pride

By Sadie Brown

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Community Service

Photos: Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship hosts ‘Scholars’ Summit’

By Ethan Marshall and Jewel Webber

Chloe Mar Ramirez joined friends for the Bronx Pride Festival Saturday June, 21 in the South Bronx to dance and celebrate Queer visibility and resistance.

‘Our Existence Is Resistance’: Bronx Pride Returns Strong in 2025

By Sadie Brown

2025 Open Run St. Mary’s Park

NYRR celebrates 10 years of Open Run program with free run and walk at St. Mary’s Park

By Ethan Marshall

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Final phase of La Central breaks ground in Melrose after a decade in the making

By Emily Swanson

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Bronx residents learn about city job opportunities at Community Justice Connect and DCAS event

By Ethan Marshall and Jewel Webber

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Kids & Education

Council Member Dinowitz funds new tech for Bronx middle school

By Ethan Marshall

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47th Precinct council president urges community action as youth gun violence rises in the Bronx

By Ethan Marshall

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Throggs Neck students honored in annual anti-bullying poster contest

By Ethan Marshall

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Hunts Point nonprofit honored with street co-naming and $3.2M investment

By Ethan Marshall

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BronxWorks to host Pride-themed hiring event with dozens of employers on June 26

By Ethan Marshall

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Community Service

AM Tapia honors BronxWorks employee for community work

By Ethan Marshall

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Edenwald

CM Riley swears in newly-elected members of Edenwald Resident Association

By Ethan Marshall

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BP Gibson launches $20M revitalization push for Greater Morris Park

By Ethan Marshall

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News

Bronx activists join ‘No Kings’ protest on Trump’s 79th birthday

By ET Rodriguez

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Bronx canners back push to double bottle and can deposit from 5 to 10 cents

By Emily Swanson

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