Here are some Bronx-related stories we've rounded up you, our lovely readers, while trolling the interweb with our horse and lasso this fine morning:Forgotten-NY does a bang up job profiling Hunts Point [Forgotten NY] (there's also a link to their previously posted Longwood profile, in case you haven't seen it yet)
Adolfo Carrion not exactly a coupon-clipper when it comes to expenditures [Daily News]
Terrific profile of the Valentine-Varian House, in all her hairy glory [Bronx Bohemian]
Westchester Avenue Social Security Administration building sells for $5.6 million [CoStar Group]
Robin Hood Foundation aids in transforming some public school libraries in the Bronx by installing interesting artwork in the renovation process [New York Times]
Morris Park resident making a career out of looking like Prez Obama [New York Post]
Construction on E. 134th Street a bit of a nightmare for local residents and businesses [Yournabe.com]
Morris Park residents keeping on eye on MP Pub site [Yournabe.com]
Councilmember Vacca gets Washington Mutual to clean up their graffiti [Yournabe.com]
Teachers at Fordham High School of the Arts planned to hold a rally protesting their principal's 'reign of terror' this past Friday [gothamschools.org]
Eliot Engel (who calls himself a 'lifelong resident of the Bronx') is losing his tax break on his Maryland home... cue the violins [New York Times/AP]
NY's First Lady Michelle Paterson in the BoogieDown this past Friday to be honored by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce [NY1]
Youth Minister at St. Augustine in South Bronx isn't necessarily upset that his religious order lost most of their endowment in the Madoff Ponzi scheme [easyreadernews.com]
The Bronx has a roller derby team... [Daily News]
More on the dearth of banks in the Bronx [Crain's NY Biz]
Woman shot by an arrow in Riverdale (we will not make a joke about this incident, even though we really, really want to) [Daily News]
~ErLu
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