After the heavy rain and thunder today, I saw these rainbows looking east from where Tryon Ave meets the Williamsbridge Oval Park. The vivid colors did not last long. Bottled it for all to enjoy. If you want to see more of my work, head on over to rawlat.com/adi
The Bronx River Arts Center presents “Bronx River Sounds,” a series of musical performances through the month of June.
Editor’s Note: This story was first published in the June edition of the Tremont Tribune, out now.Family and friends erected a shrine for Claudia Millan on the street corner where she died. (Photo by Jeanmarie Evelly)Summer started off on a tragic foot this year, as an exceptionally warm Memorial Day weekend saw the horrific and fatal shooting of a young mother in the Bathgate neighborhood.Claudia Millan, 29, was shot in the head on the corner of Park Avenue and East 178th Street on Sunday, May 29. According to the New York Times, Millan was walking with her 2-year-old son in tow at the time of the incident, which occurred around 10:30 p.m. as she made her way towards her home on E. Tremont Avenue.The boy, Jah-mere, the youngest of Millan’s four children, was unharmed other than a cut to his leg, the paper reported. Police said this week that there have been no arrests.Community leaders say the gruesome shooting—which came during a weekend marked by seven other gun deaths across the city—might be a troublesome indicator.“This is just the beginning,” said Abdul Malik Talib, of the Masjid Adam Mosque on Crotona Avenue, who also runs a youth anti-violence program called F.U.S.E.D. “This is the beginning of a very long slope.”While overall crime is down across the city, violent crimes like rape and murder have increased since last year, according to NYPD statistics. In the 48th Precinct, there have been four murders since the start of 2011, four times the number compared to this time last year, when there had been none.Talib said he thinks the change—especially what he sees as an uptick in youth violence—is related to the city’s budget cuts and a slashing of resources in a neighborhood that already has so few.“This is a direct connection to the funds being taken out of our community,” he said.Heidi Hynes, director of the Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center in Crotona, agreed.“I think that violence, especially youth violence, is connected to not having positive influences,” she said.“The budget cuts are going to hit our neighborhoods this year; there are going to be less services for people.
Happy Friday folks and welcome to our Friday edition of the Bronx News Roundup. Let’s get to the news!Weather: Cooler, periodic bouts of rainfall, high in the upper 70s. Should be nice most of the day Saturday, then rain is expected to return Saturday night and into Sunday. Story of the Day: So, Who Owns The Land Near Lehman HS? The Bronx is on the front page of today’ edition of the NY Times (and it has nothing to do with Pedro Espada or hate crimes!) with a story about the protracted football field at Herbert H. Lehman High School.
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