Big changes ahead for Community Board 2
An era is ending at Community Board 2, the neighborhood advisory group that represents Hunts
Year: 2010
Accident claims life of Bronx crusader
Megan Charlop, an environmental crusader who founded Greening for Breathing, a grassroots initiative that planted
Politicians’ kin admits he stole from tenants
The head of a Bronx non-profit has admitted that he embezzled $115,000 intended to help
Surviving Hunts Point’s bad old days
[flv:https://brie.hunter.cuny.edu/hpe/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rickyflores_ss.flv 400 260] By Peter A. Jackson mrpjacks@gmail.com Ricky Flores’ friends call him the “Jimmy
Sculpture of old-time residents watches over changing Longwood
Five fiberglass figures cling to the wall of an apartment building at 911 Longwood Avenue
Dawson Street five wait for rescue
Although new single-family homes line nearby Longwood Avenue, the apartment building that is home to
It takes a clinic to raise a child
By Jacqueline Wang jacqueline.wang@macaulay.cuny.edu It’s 10 a.m., and the clamor of wailing babies is reverberating
Shopping area pioneers green trash collection
Solar trash cans made in Hunts Point save fuel and cut pollution
Longwood students help quake survivors
In “Letter to Haiti” assembly, Entrada Academy students show what they’ve learned about Haiti and present a check.
Community board endorses Hunts Point school
In a letter to Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, Community Board 2 has called on the
Market upgrade and greenway move forward
Improvements called for in the Hunts Point Vision Plan are on the way.
Latino Museum shortchanges NYC, says Senator
By Joe Hirsch news@huntspointexpress.com A museum dedicated to Latinos in the United States has been
Tax form assistance is on the way for taxpayers, says Congressman
By Joe Hirsch news@huntspointexpress.com Every year thousands of New York taxpayers seek the aid of
New program promises 300 ‘green’ jobs
The recipient of a $4 million federal grant is promising that 300 unemployed residents of
Longwood group helps Haiti’s victims
Two weeks after the devastating January 12th earthquake in Haiti, the Longwood-based organization United Hispanic
UN sees schools through Hunts Point eyes
Inequality hurts the poor in the Bronx as much as in the Third World, a Hunts Point teenager tells UNESCO’S annual gathering.
Neighborhood voices: a King Day opportunity
By Alice Pak When I was in middle school, my biggest concerns were how I