A security guard apparently shot himself to death on the roof of the Bronx district attorney's office on East 161st Street.
New York Times columnist Michael Powell looks at the living wage battle through the eyes of a south Bronx mom struggling on $9.25 an hour with no benefits.
The crime and murder rate is way up in Morris Heights and the rest of the 46th Precinct -- including four murders in the last month -- and Assemblywoman Vanessa Gibson organized a rally in response.
Some custodians at Jacobi Medical Center are earning healthy six-figure salaries.
The parade grounds in Van Cortlandt Park will be closed to cricket players and other athletes until next fall, depriving park users of the fields for a third straight season. The reason? Too many weeds among the new grass. Needless to say, the players are not happy.
Arlene McLaren, a former staffer of Councilman Oliver Koppell, has been hired as the executive director of the Charles County Chamber of Commerce in Maryland.
Muggings in the Williamsbridge Oval brought Norwood residents together for a march in the park.
Norwood News interviews Lehman Center for the Performing Arts executive director Eva Bornstein for a preview of the organization's 31st season.
Mott Haven Herald reports on those Queens chickens migrating to Brook Park in the Bronx.
Bronx Ink asks the question: Why is Heritage Field Still Closed?
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Bronx News Roundup, Oct. 11
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Why is Harris Field still closed? They didn't work on it all summer. It just sits there.
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