Last night, a Bronx resident, Jesus Vega, was shot dead outside of his home in Parkchester. Police do not yet know the motive or the perpetrator of the crime.
For more information about the devastating fire on 204th Street, visit NY1. Also, check back on the blog for more news updates regarding the fire.
Bronx families struggle to save up money for Christmas presents.
After a public housing complex on Magenta Street flooded last Thursday night, emergency crews worked through Friday morning to bring back water and heat to the building.
If the Department of Education follows through with its plan to close Alfred E. Smith high school, adults will not be able to take classes in plumbing and carpentry at the school, as they do now.
The principal of Academy of Letters in the South Bronx will leave her school to accept a position as the mayor of Los Angeles' deputy mayor of education.
In order to help a Brooklyn mother with leukemia, BronxWorks is holding a bone marrow testing drive at 1130 Grand Concourse today in hopes of finding a bone marrow match, which could save the patient's life.
the note about losing the classes for adults at AE Smith is not insignificant. we're supposed to be creating scenarios to HELP people launch careers, not hurt them in that effort.
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