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Bronx Stationery Store Closing

After being in business for over a century Shipman’s Stationery is closing its doors forever.
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Casting Call: Whiskey Victor Productions

Casting call will be held on November 5th & 6th, 2010, 1760 Third Avenue at 97th Street....
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Bronx Christopher Noah Lattier

We would like to congratulate father Darras Lattier, mother Jennifer Lattier and their family with the arrival of his son Bronx Christopher Noah Lattier on October 4, 2010....
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Bronx River Parkway Running Festival

All lanes (northbound and southbound) of the Bronx River Parkway between the Westchester County Center in White Plains and the Sprain Brook Parkway in Yonkers will be closed to traffic....
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Bronx Church Leader & 5 Members Die

Joy Fellowship Church congregants grieved over the news that six church members were killed and eight others hurt in an accident on Saturday on the New York State Thruway.

ConEd Customers To Get $80.1M Credit

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., as required by New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) rules, is providing through bills issued in September to its customers, a one-time credit totaling $41.8 million....
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$4.5 Million For Housing Programs

Governor David A. Paterson today announced 21 awards totaling $4.5 million to not-for-profit housing agencies and local governments in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County that will help to build, rehabilitate or modify 292 homes for low-income families, people with disabilities and frail elderly homeowners and tenants....
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Higher Gas Rates For Con Edison Set

The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today voted to adopt a three-year rate plan that establishes new natural gas delivery rates for Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. beginning Oct. 1, 2010....
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Affordable Housing Groundbreaking

Located in the Longwood section of the Bronx, 920 Westchester Avenue will provide 110 new affordable homes to low-income families...
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Bronx Youth Learn-2-Ride Bicycle Clinic

Bring your child or teen out to this class that teaches a safe, easy effective way to learn to ride! ...
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Another Moving Bronx Family Reunion Unfolds

Tommy Goldberg, a reader of ours from the Bronx, recently sent the following story and images concerning his family's moving reunion....
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Bronx Ceremony To Remember 9-11

The 4th LSO will conduct a Farewell Ceremony to honor the Soldiers who will be mobilizing and/or deploying with the 10th Mountain Division as part of its mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. ...
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311, Noise, And Mount Hope

Mayor Bloomberg has been an avid supporter of his 311 system, but when it comes to tenants dealing with noise rumbling from their neighbors apartments, 311 fails to deliver. At least in the Bronx....
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Fait Reunites Father & His Daughter

It was a bittersweet and unlikely reunion in the Bronx this past week....
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Bronx Marines Serving In Afghanistan

Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan – The storied bond between Marines has proven one of the greatest strengths in combat for the world’s finest fighting force. Two Marines serving here have strong roots that fuse them tighter than the title they share....
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NYC's Worst Landlords Watchlist

The Public Advocate has launched a campaign to identify, track, and hold accountable New York City’s most irresponsible landlords. ...
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Former Homeless Dad Turns Filmmaker

Eric Protein Moseley, along with his daughter, has been homeless from coast to coast for over 16 years, with the Bronx being the place where his advocacy for homeless people all began....
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Join The Bronx River Ramble

Join Damian Griffin and Stephen DeVillo for a look at Williamsbridge, where a strategic crossing of the Bronx River became the focus of an early crossroads community....
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Flags To Be Flown At Half-Staff

Governor David A. Paterson has directed that flags on State government buildings be flown at half-staff on Monday, August 23, in honor of Army Staff Sergeant Derek J. Farley, a Nassau resident who was killed in Farah, Afghanistan on August 17, 2010....
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Groundbreaking Ceremony For Bronx Affordable Housing Complex

POKO Partners, LLC in partnership with New York City Housing Partnership, celebrates the start of construction with a groundbreaking ceremony on the first phase of a $13 million development which will result in bringing 37 affordable apartments over three sites to working class families in the Bronx....
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Presenting Bronx Week 2012

The Bronx Tourism Council presents Bronx Week 2012, taking place from May 10 to May 20, 2012.
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The Step-Streets Of Bronx

Spread throughout New York City are streets that are put together entirely of steps, and mostly steep ones.

Bronx Man Drowns In Victoria, TX

Jackson County officials have identified the 40-year-old man, who died Saturday while swimming in Garcitas Creek.

Final Farewell For Bronx River Parkway Crash Victims

Family and friends said their final goodbyes Friday to the seven members of a family killed in Sunday's accident on the Bronx River Parkway.

New Bronx Public Housing Development Breaks Ground

Construction will begin today on a 49-unit development in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, a project that marks the first time in years that public housing has been built on private land in New York City. The project is one of few new public housing complexes built by the Bloomberg administration.

Concerns Over Abandoned Bronx Park

As WABC reports, there are concerns over a shut down public park in Bronx that received hundreds of thousands of dollars in renovation money over a decade ago.
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Vehicle Plunges In Bronx: Seven Killed

Seven people were killed earlier today after the vehicle that they were in lost control and fell from a Bronx River Parkway overpass, plunging 100 feet into a ravine, law enforcement officials said.

22 Hurt In Bronx School Bus Crash

Nearly two dozen people were hurt when a school bus and a car collided in the Belmont section of Bronx on earlier this afternoon, authorities said.
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Bronx Poet Lucian A. Sperta Pleads For Your Help

Lucian A. Sperta, an author and self- published writer of six e-books on Amazon.com, four of which has hit Amazon.com Hot New Release in Poerty, has a new cause to plead.
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Man Killed Crossing Bruckner Expressway

A 36-year-old man who lost his firefighter brother on 9/11 was struck by a vehicle and killed as he tried to cross the Bruckner Expressway in Bronx early Wednesday, police and a witness said.

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