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Carlos Beltran handed out groceries to Washington Heights residents who braved the cold to receive the food and meet the baseball star.
In partnership with Goya Foods, City Harvest, and the food pantry of Community League of the Heights (CLOTH), Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran handed out groceries to a long line of anxious Washington Heights residents on Wed., Dec. 15 who braved the cold to receive the food and meet the baseball star.
Captain Jose Navarro spoke at the 34 Precinct Council meeting on Dec. 15 about the expansion of the Impact Response Team (IRT) program to the area of Inwood and North of Dyckman St.
Members of the 34th Precinct Council called for maintaining the increased police patrols that brought a temporary influx of 60 officers to Washington Heights in October as well as expanding their coverage to include Inwood.
Members of the Rotary Club on Inwood will make a Christmas Eve visit to veterans at the Kingsbridge VA Hospital for the fifth year in a row. The group will meet in the hospital’s lobby on Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx at 6 p.m. before visiting the psychiatric ward, spinal ward, and nursing home. Volunteers will bring pizza, soda, coupons for the canteen, and service caps.
The Hellenic Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will play selections from Handel's “Messiah” on Sun., Dec. 26 at 6:30 pm to benefit the restoration of Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church at 124 Wadsworth Ave. (at W. 179th Street).
A 13-point resolution dubbed an “Education Reform Manifesto” passed last month by the District 6 Community Education Council (CEC6) was criticized by parents and teachers during the public session of the board’s Dec. 16 meeting.
CEC6, a volunteer advisory board, approved the manifesto at its Nov. 23 meeting with the intent of endorsing educational reforms, from the specific – personnel decisions should be based on performance not seniority – to the general – “We must ALL take responsibility for the future of our children.”
[Click here to read the manifesto.]
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Ted Buczek, seen here in April at the 22nd opening day of the Michael Buczek Little League named after his son, died earlier this month.
by John Gutierrez
There is no surer sign of spring than the sight of young boys lacing up their sneakers, pounding their gloves, and charging onto a baseball field. So it was that about 10 years ago, when I was the newly-minted editor of the Manhattan Times, I headed to the northern end of Highbridge Park to cover Opening Day for the Michael J. Buczek Little League. Back then the field was worn down. But for the hundreds of children, parents, and coaches who paraded onto the diamonds that day, the field conditions were irrelevant. They were there to play baseball.
by Luis Miranda
On Oct. 4, 2000, Lin-Manuel, wrote me a letter, one of several beautiful and insightful essays he used to send me while in college, and among many issues it said: “I received your notes on ‘In the Heights’ today, and appreciated them very much. I agree with many of your points and have mentally filed them away. I’m not touching ‘In the Heights’ for a little while…”
A way to measure a society's advancement is by how well it handles its system of justice. A state's judicial system is a reflection of how a society addresses its responsibility to its citizens.
In our own New York State, and particularly in The Bronx, the court system has always attracted lawyers who represent the best in the legal profession to serve as judges. Our ongoing series in The Bronx Free Press, “The Bronx Judiciary - A User's Guide,” has profiled a few of the 1,300 men and women who serve as judges in our court system.
La Mashiva’s offers home-style cooking with organic and vegetarian ingredients, a healthier alternative.
If feasting on pernil, rotisserie chicken, chicharron, and rice and beans has been eating away at your health conscience, breathe easy. You can now find comfort at Washington Heights’ new all organic eatery, La Mashiva, located on St. Nicholas Avenue between W. 188th and W. 187th Streets.
Step 1: Gather your fears all into one place. Step 2: Get a box, so you have an actual, physical place to store your fears. Step 3: Transform your fears into artwork, contained within the box, and illuminated by light. Step 4: Now that your fears are pinned down and secured for all to see, safely in the box, healing can begin.
Leo Simon in the 1940s
contributed by Steve Simon
My father, Leo, died on Dec. 8, just 12 days shy of his 96th birthday and almost a year and a half after my mother, Ruth, his wife of 69 years, passed away.
He lived a long life, spanning all the way from World War I into the 21st century, far longer than anyone ever thought he would live in view of all his health problems. He was a miracle of modern medicine. After a series of heart attacks, he had one of the early open-heart bypass operations in 1971. When its effectiveness wore out, he underwent another bypass operation in 1987. He had numerous other health problems, including gall bladder and hernia surgeries, and there were times when he seemed to spend almost as much time in the hospital as at home.
by David Breitkopf
The bird had gotten into his room, and it circled continuously near the ceiling, faster and faster it seemed. He studied it from his pillow, marveling how it banked around the ceiling fan without losing speed, how it seemed to be not just a bird but a blur of bird, a rope of bird lassoing above him.
A cool breeze swept through the room. He turned his head and saw that the window was open with the muslin curtains fluttering roughly. He wanted to get up and shut the window, but the bird’s rapid flight made that impossible. It was near the ceiling, but at times it swooped lower so he had no choice but to keep his head pressed to the pillow, praying that the bird would recognize the open window and dash out. But it kept whirring overhead as if trying to bore a hole in the air to escape through.
December 6 – December 11
We began the week with a heart-felt ode to Washington Heights entitled Bridges written by Tony Gonzalez. The poem touches on the longing one feels after having left the neighborhood and the burning desire to return. The bridges referred to in the title are not the ones spanning the rivers but the connections between people, friends and family.
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