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Kids & Education

Photos: 14-year-old Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship student discusses candle business he founded

By Ethan Marshall and Jewel Webber

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EXCLUSIVE: Newly appointed NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels visits Bronx school where he began teaching career

By Lesley Cosme Torres

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Photos: Young Kings and Queens Chess Club hosts workshop at Albert Tuitt Sr. library

By Ethan Marshall and Jewel Webber

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Community Service

Photos: Council Member Riley hosts annual holiday toy giveaway ahead of Christmas

By Ethan Marshall and Jewel Webber

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By Lesley Cosme Torres & Emily Swanson

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Mott Haven

How one charter school in the South Bronx uses self-care and practice tests to boost scores

By Claude Solnik

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Business

Bronx Community College expands automotive curriculum with $60K General Motors grant

By Emily Swanson

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Acts of Kindness

Yankees, NYPD and Food Bank for New York City hold fourth annual ‘pop-up’ food and toy distribution at 44th Precinct

By Ethan Marshall

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Community Celebration

Photos: Villa Maria Academy holds holiday celebrations ahead of Christmas

By Ethan Marshall

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Game on! Lehman Educational Campus receives $5.6M for new athletic fields

By Emily Swanson

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Community Celebration

Photos: Yankees host annual Winter Wonderland event

By Ethan Marshall and Jewel Webber

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.

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

By Sadie Brown

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Officials break ground on $17 million renovations to Castle Hill Library

By Emily Swanson

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Community Board 1 launches twice-monthly book exchange

By Emily Swanson

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

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.

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

by Sadie Brown

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