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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.

BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT Vanessa Gibson (center right) presents a proclamation to Sandra Lobo, executive director of the Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition (center left) in the company of former Schools Chancelor and Bronxite Meisha Ross Porter (left), and another attendee at the organization’s 50th anniversary gala held at Manhattan College in Fieldston on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Photo by Síle Moloney

The New York Lottery announced one top-prize winning ticket was sold in The Bronx in the Dec. 21 TAKE 5 midday drawing. They said the ticket, worth $18,873.50, was sold at Karma Liquors Inc., located at 1004 Morris Park Avenue in the Morris Park section of the borough.

The Bronx Opera will present two performances of the beloved family opera “Hansel and Gretel” by Engelbert Humperdinck on Friday, Jan. 31, at 7.30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 2, 2024 at Lehman College’s Lovinger Theater, located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in The Bronx. Photo courtesy of Lehman College