By jhirsch | joehirsch6@yahoo.com
MTA told plan would devastate families
Bronx bus riders of all ages could soon be looking for other means of getting around if the MTA follows through on service cuts slated to go into effect later this year.
At a March 3 public forum, MTA officials sat on stage at the historic Paradise Theater [...]
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In new home, Per Scholas creates opportunity
Posted on 06. Feb, 2010
When Torrey Hopkins got out of jail in 1999, it was easy for him to find a job. Hopkins, who had done time for a non-violent offense he committed as a teenager, had done well in high school and had good references that landed him a job in information technology.
He worked in the financial sector, [...]
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Archbishop of Canterbury visits St. Ann’s
Posted on 02. Feb, 2010
The Archbishop of Canterbury visited St. Ann’s Church on Jan. 27 to gain an understanding of the work the the Episcopal Church does with the poor.
Rev. Martha Overall, the pastor of the Mott Haven church, showed Archbishop Rowan Williams the church’s Wednesday food pantry.
She told the archbishop, who is the symbolic head of [...]
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Latino Museum shortchanges NYC, says Senator
Posted on 01. Feb, 2010
A museum dedicated to Latinos in the United States has been in the pipeline in the nation’s capital for several years, but at least one Latino lawmaker from the Bronx is unhappy. State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr. is concerned that Puerto Ricans and New Yorkers are being left out.
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Grant promises unemployed 300 ‘green jobs’
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010
The recipient of a $4 million federal grant is promising that 300 unemployed residents of Hunts Point, Longwood, Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris will find jobs under a new training program for “green” jobs.
The Consortium for Worker Education will use the money to establish a Center for Environmental Workforce Training to teach both job [...]
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Mott Haven job programs offer hope
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010
Two programs to help residents find jobs received hopeful news in January.
The Disconnected Youth Training Program and the Entrepreneurial Development Program, both run by Mott Haven based non-profit SoBRO, each received funding to help economically strapped local residents improve their prospects for earning a living wage.
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Mott Haven art tour attracts the curious
Posted on 20. Jan, 2010
Barry Kostrinsky paused near the place where the bond trader Sherman McCoy took a wrong turn to the Bronx and disaster in Bonfire of the Vanities, the Tom Wolfe novel that cemented the South Bronx’s reputation as a terrifying place.
Some people still ask him “whether it’s safe here,” Kostrinsky said. But he wants [...]
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Why is Mott Haven library a dump site, neighbors ask
Posted on 16. Dec, 2009
“There’s no reason why there should be a dumpster here,” said artist Linda Cunningham, who lives two buildings down from the library. “This is a residential area.”
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Will old Bronx courthouse find new life?
Posted on 10. Dec, 2009
The building’s owner seeks a tenant, ready to rent part of it to a health club if more grandiose ideas for the entire building don’t come to fruition soon.
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In Melrose, class learns healthy eating one recipe at a time
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009
The South Bronx Food Cooperative hosts the cooking class across the street from its store. Everyone from the mainly low-income community is welcome at the classes to learn how to prepare vegetables available at the co-op using easy, yet creative recipes.
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