A Morris Heights man has been charged with murdering his mother and brother. Bronx freelancer David Greene has the story. More from the Associated Press.
Steven Safyer, MD, has been appointed President and CEO of the Montefiore Medical Center, according to a press release sent out today. Safyer is replacing Spencer Foreman who is retiring after nearly 22 years at the helm. The Norwood News wrote about Foreman's tenure and legacy earlier this year.
Westchester Square residents are angry, says the Daily News, following the Bronx Finance Department's move to the South Bronx. Also in the News, a look at how funding from the Bronx Initiative on Energy and the Environment has enabled a Bronx business to go green.
On the back of new testimony, lawyers for Michael Clancy, a former Parkchester resident who's spent the last decade behind bars for murder, are trying to win their client's release. The Bronx DA insists the case against Clancy remains solid.
Former students from PS/MS 218 are behind a movement to make sex education mandatory in middle schools and high schools.
The Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy, based at the Harlem River Ecology Center in Roberto Clemente State Park, was profiled in today's Times.
Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx, has started blogging for the the Huffington Post.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Bronx News Roundup Nov. 27
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ReplyDeleteThe blog authors are mainly the staff of the three newspapers -- the Norwood News, the Mount Hope Monitor and the Highbridge Horizon. Readers can leave comments on the end of each post. All three papers accept letters to the editor and opinion pieces, which would be published in print and possibly on the Web.
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ReplyDeleteSafyer was Foreman's lap dog. What a crummy hire by Montefiore. Montefiore is cooked.
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