Mott Haven Herald

Archbishop of Canterbury visits St. Ann’s

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.

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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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Why is Mott Haven library a dump site, neighbors ask

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by Sergey Kadinsky.

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

Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Vishal Persaud.

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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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Mexican children find place to learn in Mott Haven

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Christina Herrera.

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Mexicans are the fastest-growing immigrant group in New York City, and many parents who speak only Spanish face the same dilemma of how to help their children succeed in English-speaking classrooms.

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Alliance is an organization born in protest

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Christina Herrera.

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By Cristina Herrera Borquez
Cristina@motthavenherald.com
MASA was unofficially born in 2001, in response to the drastic changes in immigration policy after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11. When the City University of New York and the State University of New York declared that undocumented immigrant students would have to pay [...]

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Show uses Mott Haven streets to tell story of the Bronx

Posted on 05. Dec, 2009 by Christina Herrera.

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Performance on a bus explores a changing borough, but critics say it misses the point.

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Searching for work on a Mott Haven street corner

Posted on 28. Nov, 2009 by editor.

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By Carla Candia
carla.candia@journalism.cuny.edu
Dozens of day laborers dressed in ripped jeans and worn t-shirts stood on the corner of East 141st Street and Jackson Avenue in the Bronx one morning this Fall.
The wind was blowing, and many workers wore sweaters and had their hands tucked in their pockets. They were eating sandwiches and drinking [...]

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State won’t build new ramps on Deegan

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by Stephanie Rabins.

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Pummeled by public outcry against a plan to extend the off-ramps on the Major Deegan Expressway, the State Department of Transportation has abandoned the project.
Much-needed repairs will be made to the aging roadway over Mott Haven, but the plan to extend the highway’s exit ramps in order to calm the traffic that backs up as [...]

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Mott Haven flunks Recycling 101

Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Sergey Kadinsky.

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Glass, metals, apple cores: It’s all the same to Mott Haven residents, according to a report published in the Daily News on Oct. 4. Citing confusion and lack of space for recycling, the report, based on Sanitation Department figures, pegs the recycling rate for Mott Haven, Port Morris, and Melrose as the worst in the [...]

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Mott Haven residents denounce plan for Deegan

Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by Stephanie Rabins.

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Plans to rehabilitate the Major Deegan Expressway would destroy Mott Haven’s hopes for a brighter future, residents and public officials told a hearing on Nov. 9 to consider the state Department of Transportation’s proposal.
Community voices rang out in opposition to the plan to lengthen exit ramps, saying the new ramps would torpedo the city’s ambitious [...]