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Pelham Bay
Locals see the light at Middletown Road
Let there be light!
A traffic study coupled with an outcry of concern has finally brought a much-needed traffic signal to a Pelham Bay intersection. Read more…
Parkchester
Bronx Charter School for Excellence awarded National Blue Ribbon
The Bronx Charter School for Excellence has certainly lived up to its name. Atop the Parkchester school fluters a National Blue Ribbon flag, a unique... Read more…
Throggs Neck
TNMA holds 5th annual dinner dance
Throggs Necks businesspeople will honor their own who’ve shown the entrepreneurial spirit that symbolizing the ideals of the local Throggs Neck Merchants Association. Read more…
Fordham South
Fordham biz group wants to clean up plaza
Fordham South
Fordham biz group wants to clean up plaza
The Fordham Road Business Improvement District is looking to move. Read more…
St. Francis Xavier’s children have a new place to play. Read more…
Bronx Times Reporter
Fresh Direct accepting food stamps in two Bronx zip codes
Now in two south Bronx neighborhoods - Fresh Direct, with healthy food options delivered to residents’ doors. Read more…
Bronx Times Reporter
Bronx woman arrested for running unlicensed day care center
A Bronx woman running an unlicensed day care center faces criminal charges for using another woman’s name. Read more…
Kingsbridge Heights
Hip Hop legends lobby for Mercado Mirabo at Kingsbridge Armory
They’re hoping the Bronx borough president hears their rap.
A contingent of hip hop legends, led by Grandmaster Melle Mel and Afrika Bambaataa, met with Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. last week... Read more…
Police Officer Owen Ortiz has upheld his oath to save lives. Now he needs help to save his. His fellow 49th Precinct brothers and sisters... Read more…
Check out THESE Girls From the Block. Read more…
Pelham Bay
Pompeii fined another $15,000
An east Bronx bar that’s raised hell - and neighbors’ hackles - has been slapped with heavy fines. But the violations apparently were not enough for the Pompeii Bar and Lounge on E. Tremont Avenue to have its liquor license suspended or revoked. Read more…
Bronx Times Reporter
Gas prices skyrocket in Bronx
Bronxites keep digging - and digging - even deeper at the gas pump these days.
Even after Labor Day, skyrocketing gas prices continue to blanket the... Read more…
Pelham Parkway
Rusty the horse gets help from some good nayyy-bors
Some good neighbors are galloping to help Rusty. He’s the last horse remaining at the dilapidated one-acre stable on Pelham Parkway in Morris Park that’s finally been condemned. Read more…
Bronx Times Reporter
A helping hand, raised in a final salute to these veterans
Military veterans spanning three wars, they died poor and alone. Read more…
Kingsbridge Heights
CB7 come short in ousting district manager
An ongoing feud between a northwest Bronx community board and its district manager ended in a victory for him - for now... Read more…
Boro Beat
Challenger Gjonaj rocks boytoy scandal Snooki’s world
Well, with those boytoy scandals and her other problems contributing, Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera REALLY did feel the earth move last week. Read more…
Throggs Neck
McGeown new commander of 45th Precinct
The 45th Precinct now has a new leader sitting behind the large, stately desk in the commander’s office. Read more…
