A 14-year-old girl has gone missing from her home on East 168 Street, and the police are asking for the public's help in locating her.
The Daily News' "Best of the Borough Series" looks at Bronx food, Bronx culture, Bronx sports, and the Bronx for kids.
Mayor Bloomberg says the so-called living-wage bill is "poorly thought out and will not work." The bill (full name: The Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act ) is sponsored by council members Oliver Koppell and Annabel Palma. It's being introduced today.
Thirty-six individuals have so far graduated from the Osborne Association's Green Career Center in Morrisania. The center, which opened in March, provides former prisoners with the skills to land a "green" job.
On her blog, a Bronx teacher laments the lack of news coverage Sunday's double-murder in Mount Hope has received.
This summer, several Bronx pols "will find themselves in real knockdown brawls to hang onto their seats," says the Daily News' Bob Kappstatter.
The Bronx Democratic Party has endorsed Eric Stevenson, a district leader who's running for Michael Benjamin's assembly seat. Benjamin plans to step down and may challenge Congressman Jose Serrano.
In an editorial at the weekend, El Diario la Prensa criticized the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Committee for giving State Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr. a lifetime achievement award. Diaz is undeserving because of his opposition to gay marriage, the paper argues. You can read Diaz's response to the editorial here.
iPADs are banned from the Yankee Stadium.
The Bronx Zoo's lion cubs are nameless no more. Daily News' readers picked out Nala, Adamma and Shani.
The Bronx Halls of Justice has been open two years, but court officers' radios still don't work inside, increasing the likelihood of prisoner escapes.
The first in a two-part series about life in River Park Towers, a huge housing complex in Morris Heights on the edge of the Harlem River. While the view is stunning, the buildings and apartments have seen better days.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Bronx News Roundup, May 25
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