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• Students, teachers rally against DOE merger plans

  17-03-2018 05:00 via bxtimes.com
  See this story at BxTimes.com.By Sarah ValenzuelaBronx TimesOn Tuesday, March 6, students, teachers, and parents of the Holcombe L. Rucker School of Community Research protested the NYC Department of Education’s plans for their school’s future.“When our schools are under attack, we stand up and fight back,” chanted a crowd outside the building.One proposal being considered details plans for Rucker high school and Longwood Preparatory Academy, which share space and are bot
  
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• St. Francis Xavier School’s Boys Night

  17-03-2018 05:00 via bxtimes.com
  See this story at BxTimes.com.By Robert WirsingBronx TimesSt. Francis Xavier School hosted its annual Boys Night on Friday, March 9 inside the school’s gymnasium.
  
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• Gjonaj Celebrates Women’s History Month

  17-03-2018 05:00 via bxtimes.com
  See this story at BxTimes.com.By Robert WirsingBronx TimesIn recognition of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, Councilman Mark Gjonaj celebrated with the Albanian American Woman’s Organization.
  
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• Bay Plaza Shopping Center may include a new hotel

  17-03-2018 05:00 via bxtimes.com
  See this story at BxTimes.com.By Sarah ValenzuelaBronx TimesOn Thursday, March 1, an application was filed that would pave the way for a top-notch six-story, 130-room hotel for the northeastern corner of the Bay Plaza Shopping Center.The plans for the hotel are still in the preliminary stage, according to James Friend of Friend Development Group, the project’s developer and partner in the venture, along with Prestige Properties and Development.Friend Development has built hotels before. Th
  
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• AIM Prez Chamblee Holds 1st Meeting

  17-03-2018 05:00 via bxtimes.com
  See this story at BxTimes.com.By Robert WirsingBronx TimesThe Allerton International Merchants Association’s recently elected president Varahn Chamblee held her first meeting on Tuesday, March 6 at The Sanz Banquet Hall.
  
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• 2 Dead, 9 Injured In Belmont Fire

  17-03-2018 05:00 via bxtimes.com
  See this story at BxTimes.com.By Robert WirsingBronx TimesTwo people were killed in an early morning fire in Belmont.According to the FDNY, the fire started inside a first floor apartment at 2381 Hoffman Street on Monday, March 5 at around 1:30 a.m.Approximately nine people including three firefighters were injured and underwent hospitalization.Fire marshals have not yet determined a cause, but they believe an open apartment door allowed the blaze to spread quickly.Two men, whose identities have
  
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