May 20, 2013

Bronx Native Goes Fishing in the Heart of New York City

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*New York City is known for a lot of things but fishing is not one of them. Even still, there’s some holes in the Big Apple that are just as good as any other. Eliel Santos fishes in the grates throughout New York City for money, jewelry, and anything else of value. For the last [...]




Fourth Grader Commits Suicide After Alleged Difficulty with Family Transitions

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*Children are getting more and more perceptive about the atmosphere they live in and they are incapable of processing the emotions that come with it. Justice Williams was in the fourth grade, but she, like more and more of our children, are being transitioned into emerging families where her mother, Tamiqua Torres, is starting a [...]




Sad, Sickening Scene: NYC Children Forced by Adults to Fight Each Other (Watch)

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*The stupidity is rising all over the world and we are held hostage by it. We reported on an incident July 2012, where two toddlers were forced to fight one another by the adult that was caring for them. We thought it was an anomaly, but we see now, it is not. Somewhere in New [...]




72-Year Old Bronx Man Jumps From Third Floor Window During Fire (Video)

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*In most cases, we have no clue of what we would do when faced with an emergency. That’s why we are eager to call someone a hero when they rise to the occasion. But one man was his own hero when he jumped up and saved his own life. Ronnie Poe, 72, of the Bronx, [...]




Bronx Church Leaders Rally for School Space

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*The Christian Post reports that days after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a Bronx church’s plea for after-hours school space, church leaders continue their fight to overturn New York City schools’ ban on church services in public school buildings. Over 100 local pastors and allied legislators took to City Hall Thursday around noon [...]




Video: J.Lo Didn’t Really Return to Bronx for Fiat Ad

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*Some folks in the Boogie Down are pissed at Jennifer Lopez over her latest Fiat ad, which was filmed in the Bronx as an ode to her hometown and shows the entertainer driving a new Fiat 500 through her old stomping grounds. But…Jenny is not actually on the block. The website Smoking Gun revealed yesterday that [...]




Creflo Dollar Looking at NYC Expansion by Buying Armory

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*Atlanta based mega-church pastor Creflo Dollar is planning to build another mega-church in New York City. According to the NY Post, Dollar made a presentation to purchase Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx and hopes to turn the facility into an arena sized worship center. Once source said, “He’s got a huge following and needs an [...]




NY Preacher Charged with Raping, Impregnating 12-Yr-Old-Girl

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*A Bronx, NY pastor charged with raping a 12-year-old girl from his flock turned down a “sweetheart” plea deal that came with three years in prison. Michael Clare, 38, refused the offer from prosecutors, despite “almost irrefutable proof” he impregnated the child, said Bronx Supreme Court Justice Megan Tallmer. “He wasn’t interested,” Tallmer said in [...]




Legendary Hip-Hop Monument Saved

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*1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, the place where they say hip-hop was born has been saved. The legendary location is where Kool Herc, the father of hip-hop, first got the party started when he DJ’d for his sister’s birthday in the building’s community room in 1973, according to legend. The hip-hop spot was part [...]




People of Note: Donnie McClurkin to Give Special Bronx Concert

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*Gospel singer and pastor, Donnie McClurkin, claims that every success he has experienced in life happened because he stumbled into it.   His fans won’t stumble but can run to Lehman Center for the Performing Arts at 8:00 p.m. on March 27th, where Donnie will be performing a full fledged concert in the Bronx, alongside [...]




Photo: Baby Dangled From 5th floor Apartment

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*This dramatic photo shows a 7-month-old baby girl being dangled dangled precariously out the fifth-floor window of a burning Bronx apartment on Monday. The photo, taken by neighbor Maya Tucker, shows how close to death little Zaniwah Alexandra came before firefighters scaled ladders to save her. Read the full storyHERE.