In new home, Per Scholas creates opportunity
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In new home, Per Scholas creates opportunity

Posted on 06. Feb, 2010

By Stephanie Rabins | ss.rabins@gmail.com

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
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Archbishop of Canterbury visits St. Ann’s

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010

By Bernard L. Stein | editor@motthavenherald.com

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

By Joe Hirsch | joe.hirsch@motthavenherald.com

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

By Bernard L. Stein | editor@motthavenherald.com

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

By Joe Hirsch | joe.hirsch@motthavenherald.com

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
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Mott Haven art tour attracts the curious

Posted on 20. Jan, 2010

By Sergey Kadinsky | sergey.kadinsky@motthavenherald.com

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
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Why is Mott Haven library a dump site, neighbors ask

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009

By Sergey Kadinsky | sergey.kadinsky@motthavenherald.com

“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?
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Will old Bronx courthouse find new life?

Posted on 10. Dec, 2009

By Jeanmarie Evelly | jeanmarie.evelly@motthavenherald.com

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
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In Melrose, class learns healthy eating one recipe at a time

Posted on 08. Dec, 2009

By Vishal Persaud | vishal.persaud@journalism.cuny.edu

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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