A Brooklyn councilman argues that there must be a better way to balance the city’s books than cutting $1.5 million from the program that provides beds to runaway and homeless youth.
[Ed. note: This article appears in the latest edition of the Norwood News, which is out on streets now.]
By Layza Garcia and Alina Rodriguez
It’s that time of the year again to search for that perfect gift for your loved ones: brothers, moms, maybe even your 80-year-old grandmother. But what to buy? The decision-making process can be agonizing. Worry no more.
Earlier this month, gay rights
Check out what’s happening in the borough this week in our community calendar, below.Editor’s note: What did we miss? Send details to bronxnewsnetwork[at]gmail.com.
El Nuevo Bohio (The New Hut) is located at 791 E. Tremont Ave. The holiday season is the restaurant’s busiest. (Photo by G. Pinto)
[Ed. note: this article appears in the latest issue of the Tremont Tribune, which it out on streets now.]
By FAUSTO GIOVANNY PINTO
At El Nuevo Bohio, pernil is prince. It is also in high demand, the hands-down favorite among all who visit the Puerto Rican restaurant.
A 51-year-old Bronx man was arrested this weekend in connection to two church burglaries. Nathaniel Linden was caught inside St. Phillip Neri Church on Grand Concourse, and has been charged for another Dec. 13 robbery, though police are still trying to determine if he’s responsible for a number of break-ins that took place this month. Livery cab drivers in the South Bronx and parts of Queens and Brooklyn will receive bullet proof vests from the city, starting today.
Third time’s the charm for the bill, which requires detailed reporting on school crime, arrests, suspensions and expulsions.
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