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

By Claude Solnik

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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

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Acts of Kindness

Photos: Albert Einstein College of Medicine students and faculty pack 10K pounds of produce for local community organizations

By Ethan Marshall

Parks Department commissioners, Community Board 3 leaders and elected officials lift dirt with gold shovels to officially break ground at Daniel Boone Playground in the Longwood neighborhood.

Officials break ground on inclusive redesign of Daniel Boone Playground

By Emily Swanson

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Photos

Photos: Villa Maria Academy Girl Scouts Troop 1807 take part in Veterans Day parade

By Ethan Marshall

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Editorial: Preston High School hosts multilingual Holy Rosary prayer service

By Preston High School

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Kids & Education

Photos: Over 100 Bronx students take part in flashmob dance at Fordham Plaza to spotlight afterschool programs

By Ethan Marshall

More from Around NYC

Vegetables like broccoli promote heart health in kids

New York Family

The Importance of Heart Health in Kids

Mr. Moto has launched a new Brooklyn-based sushi delivery service.

Mr. Moto launches new sushi delivery service in Brooklyn

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Schneps Podcasts

100 Years Strong: The Legacy and Future of VISIONS

Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem.

Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case