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GEORGE COOKE, STAFF member for District 15 City Council Member Oswald Feliz, is presented with an award by Brenda Caldwell-Paris, president of the 52nd Precinct Community Council, during the Council’s meeting on June 20, 2024 held at Monroe College in Fordham Manor. Photo by Síle Moloney

Keri Ann Campbell, a former resident of Bedford Park, received her B.S. in International Transport and Trade from SUNY Maritime on May 24.

AN ICE-CREAM vendor hands out free ice-cream to volunteers who participated at The Bronx Summer Clean-up event along Bedford Park Boulevard on Friday, July 19, 2024, organized by the Sanitation Foundation. Photo by Miriam Quiñones

Students from the STEM Educational Institute were recognized on the field at Yankee Stadium before the Yankees vs. Blue Jays game on Friday, Aug. 2, as part of the New York Yankees STEM initiative. The initiative provides training by the STEM Educational Institute to underrepresented high school students across the city to help improve their technological and financial literacy skills.

NYC DEPARTMENT OF Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez speaks at a press conference in Washington Heights on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 announcing a new safety initiative called daylighting at various city intersections. Photo courtesy of DOT

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AMONG THOSE PRESENT at the 52nd Precinct Clergy Coalition Breakfast held at St. Brendan Church Rectory in Norwood on Aug. 22, 2024, were Deputy Inspector Chase Maneri, commanding officer of the 52nd Precinct (back row, center left) 52nd Precinct Community Affairs Officer Stephen Echevarria (back row, center right) 52nd Precinct Community Affairs Officer Jessalyn Capo (front row, second from left), Brenda Caldwell-Paris, president of the 52nd Precinct Community Council (front row, third from left), Candido Gonzalez, vice president of the 52nd Precinct Clergy Coalition (back row third from right), Melissa Figuero, secretary of the 52nd Precinct Clergy Coalition (back row, fourth from right) and former New York Councilman for District 14, Fernando Cabrera (back row, far left) Photo courtesy of the 52nd Precinct

A YEAR AFTER one-year-old Nicholas Otoniel Feliz Dominici died from fentanyl poisoning at Divino Niño Daycare Center in Kingsbridge Heights on Sept. 15, 2023, the infant’s family, surrounded by friends, clergy, neighbors, elected officials and the NYPD, gathered for a street conaming ceremony in his honor at the intersection of East Kingsbridge Road and Kingsbridge Terrace in Kingsbridge Heights on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Síle Moloney

A YEAR AFTER one-year-old Nicholas Otoniel Feliz Dominici died from fentanyl poisoning at Divino Niño Daycare Center in Kingsbridge Heights on Sept. 15, 2023, the infant’s family, surrounded by friends, clergy, neighbors, elected officials and the NYPD, gathered for a street co-naming ceremony in his honor at the intersection of East Kingsbridge Road and Kingsbridge Terrace in Kingsbridge Heights on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Miriam Quiñones

Bronx playwright Michi Barall is bringing her play Drawing Lessons center stage, where she examines the challenges that youth face from the perspective of a young graphic artist. The play will run from Oct. 8 through Nov. 10 on The Children’s Theatre Company Cargill Stage in Minneapolis. Opening night took place on Oct. 12.