Sunday, May 2, 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:

Sustainable South Bronx was recently awarded the Environmental Protection Agency's 2010 Region 2 Environmental Quality Award [Yournabe.com]

This week's 'Habitats' column features the Amalgamated apartment of an artist and his family [New York Times]

A Bronxite has started a blog chronicling his attempt to live a greener lifestyle [Green Bronx Guy]

Senate President Malcolm Smith says Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. will not be stripped of his leadership role powers
[Capital Tonight]

HBO will be airing the June 5th Yuri Foreman vs. Miguel Cotto bout live from Yankee Stadium [monstersandcritics.com]

Only 13% of students at the famed Bronx High School of Science hail from Bronx schools [New York Times]

The pitcher for Lehman College's baseball team has overcome many obstacles, including serving in Iraq, to get where he is now [Daily News]

Students from the Learning Tree Cultural Preparatory School traveled to Kenya last month to trace President Obama's roots [Daily News]

Montefiore Medical Center hosted a prom Saturday night for chronically ill teenagers [Daily News]

~ErLu

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