Wildcat Academy students win national gardening award
Students at John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy , who won a national award for their soil-free gardening techniques, say their passion has helped them focus on their own eating habits, too.
Articles written by: Shanice Carr
Education / Food
Art / Culture
Hunts Point celebrates its Casita
Casita Maria threw a day-long block party, the latest event in its South Bronx Culture Trail, to commemorate eight decades of service to the young people of Hunts Point and Longwood.
Environment
‘Baron’ completes historic swim
TV host swims the Bronx River in seven hours A crowd of spectators cheered as they witnessed Bronx history being made on the shores of Soundview Lagoon in Harding Park last Saturday evening. They welcomed Baron Ambrosia back to shore as he emerged from the Bronx River, having completed a […]
Environment / Jobs
Summit urges action on climate change
A panel of representatives from the city’s Environmental Justice Alliance urged hundreds of young people at a presentation in Brooklyn, to ramp up efforts to slow global warming.
Culture
Ilu Aye’s music unifies listeners
Sounds of island carnival music and a blend of Puerto Rican, Cuban and Dominican melodies filled the Bronx Music Heritage Center in Morrisania on July 18, as musical group Ilu Aye electrified the crowd.
Housing
Community board says local shelter is illegal
The landlord of a residential building in Longwood is in hot water with Community Board 2 members and staff, who say he has been illegally operating it as a shelter for five years.
Art / Culture
Crowds flock to photos of area’s recent past
Seis del Sur show emphasizes South Bronx’s vibrancy Among the hundreds of people who jammed the Bronx Documentary Center on Jan. 19 for the opening of the exhbibit “Seis Del Sur: Dispatches from Home by Six Nuyorican Photographers” were many who looked at the photos and saw their own past. […]
Food / Health
An oasis in the food desert
A new community supported fishery has joined two-year-old Corbin Hill Farm to provide pickups of just-caught and just-picked food to Hunts Point residents.
Culture / Religion
Community meal offers a reason to give thanks
A record number of people took part in Hunts Point’s annual Thanksgiving Community Outreach Dinner, providing turkey and all the trimmings to many who would otherwise have suffered from hunger or loneliness on the holiday.