Monday, April 27, 2009

Round'em Up

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:

David Gonzalez gives us an eye-opening piece detailing the life story of an Ecuadorean family living in NYC with mixed immigration status [New York Times]

A closeup look at 'At Home in Utopia,' a documentary about radicals who established early cooperative living in the Bronx which will air on PBS tomorrow night at 10pm [New York Times]

Council Speaker Christine Quinn was reportedly set to attend Friday's Bronx Democratic Fundraiser to 'mend fences' with Carl Heastie
[Daily News]

The Hunt: Lifelong Bronxite ends up in an upper east side duplex with his fiancee [New York Times]

56 new Americans attend induction ceremony at Bronx Zoo this weekend [Daily News]

Whoops! Man tries to turn in a live hand grenade at gun buyback program in Bronx this weekend [Daily News]

Youth program encourages teens to express themselves through poetry [Daily News]

Nearly 4,000 participants showed up for this weekend's 'Run for the Wild' at the Bronx Zoo [Zoo and Aquarium Visitor]

~ErLu

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