Monday, March 22, 2010

Round'em Up

Here are some Bronx-related stories which we've rounded up for you, our lovely readers, while trolling the interweb with our horse and lasso this fine morning:

Health care reform finally passed! [New York Times]

Hydroponic lettuce in the food desert... [The City Greens, Green ArchiTEXT, BrightFarm Systems]

Linda's Place, a no-frills Throgs Neck bar, may be considering a name change...the customer who suggests the best one will be rewarded with $100 worth of free drinks. [New York Times]

More reviews of the film 'City Island' [Huffington Post, Blogcritics]

A new Malian community center has opened in Norwood [NY1]

An event held this weekend at Hostos Community College for community gardeners was a success [NY1]

A Bronx family runs a successful foundation dedicated to the life of Michael Francis Lynch, a firefighter who died on 9/11 [New York Times]

Montefiore Medical Center has opened a pancreas transplant center [nurse.com]

Pro-life advocates from around the country have been protesting outside a Mott Haven abortion clinic [Daily News]

~ErLu

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i have to tell you, i live across the street from that abortion clinic and i kid you not, i have not seen any protesters out there!