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• Hostos Community College receives largest endowed scholarship in school’s history

  06-05-2024 21:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Hostos Community College recently announced the creation of the Randi Potack, Dorothy Hausberg and Judith Z. Potack Memorial Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship, established by the college’s 2023 Gala honoree Michael Potack,and his three sons and their wives, Robert (Julie), David (Samantha), and Jonathan (Erica), will ultimately total nearly half a million dollars and fund countless scholarships for students in Hostos’ registered nurse (RN) program — year after year —
  
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• NYC launches ‘Marketplace’ for new outdoor dining setups

  06-05-2024 20:05 via amny.com
  
  New York City restaurant owners can purchase components for outdoor dining setups on a dedicated online marketplace starting Monday.
  The city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) on May 6 launched the Dining Out NYC Marketplace, billed as a “one-stop shop” for restaurants to connect with vendors selling components for al fresco dining compatible with the city’s permanent outdoor dining program, which was approved last year to replace the temporary COVID-era program.
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• Bronx Center honors its director of nursing during National Nurses Week

  06-05-2024 20:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  May 6 -12, 2024 is National Nurses Week in this country, and locally, Bronx Center on Underhill Avenue in the Bronx is honoring its Director of Nursing, Narine Salomone.
  Highly respected among her peers and the staff at Bronx Center and well-liked by the residents at the 200-bed skilled nursing facility, Salomone began her time at the 200-bed skilled nursing facility in 2011 as an agency Licensed Practical Nurse then hired two years later.  With her commitment shining through, Salomone work
  
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• Bronx detectives investigating death of man in Soundview on Sunday

  06-05-2024 18:47 via bxtimes.com
  
  Detectives in the Bronx are investigating the death of a man whose body was found with severe trauma inside a residential building on Sunday.
  According to law enforcement sources, officers from the 43rd Precinct and NYPD PSA 8 responded to a 911 call of a man in need of help inside the Clason Point Gardens public housing complex at 1675 Lafayette Ave. in Soundview at approximately 2:52 p.m. on May 5.
  When they arrived, police found a 37-year-old male unconscious and unresponsive. Preli
  
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• MLB Power Rankings 6.0 (Week of May 5): There’s a new top dog, Yankees, Mets drop

  06-05-2024 18:42 via amny.com
  
  There’s a new, familiar No. 1 in our sixth MLB Power Rankings of the 2024 season, but it was not easy to get there. 
  Three teams are hitting their strides while the Yankees were bumped down a peg because of it. The same can’t be said about the other New York team, the Mets, as they are slumping — especially the offense.
  2024 MLB Power Rankings 6.0
  Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani celebrates with third base coach Dino Ebel (91) after hitting a home run du
  
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• Bronx mental health nurse takes patient care where it’s needed most

  06-05-2024 18:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx resident John Tawiah did not have a typical job interview for his role as a behavioral health registered nurse with VNS Health’s Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team.
  During that interview about two and a half years ago, Tawiah, 45, was sent out to the streets with the team, funded by the state’s Office of Mental Health, to meet someone in the midst of a psychiatric crisis.“I had to decide then and there if I wanted to do this,” he told the Bronx Times in an int
  
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• Column | Chip’s Sunflower Seeds: From Vermont to the Bronx

  06-05-2024 18:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Chip’s Sunflower Seeds, founded by Oliver Pudvar and Chase Whitman in Vermont in 2022, began as a high school project and evolved into a thriving store-ready business. They mastered the Maple Syrup sunflower seed, aiming to distinguish themselves by offering a taste of Vermont with each crack. In the Fall of 2022, Oliver met Noah at Manhattan College, bonding over baseball and shared recoveries from sports injuries. Recognizing the vision, Noah joined Chip’s, and together, as college
  
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• Bronx police probe death of man found with body trauma inside residence

  06-05-2024 15:15 via amny.com
  
  Detectives in the Bronx are investigating the death of a man whose body was found with severe trauma inside a residential building on Sunday. 
  According to law enforcement sources, officers from the 43rd Precinct and NYPD PSA 8 responded to a 911 call of a man in need of help inside the Clason Point Gardens public housing complex at 1675 Lafayette Ave. in Soundview at approximately 2:52 p.m. on May 5.
  When they arrived, police found a 37-year-old male unconscious and unresponsive. Prel
  
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• Yankees beat Tigers 5-2 behind Soto’s 3-run double to finish 3-game sweep with rain-shortened win

  06-05-2024 02:11 via amny.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto hit a three-run double that snapped a seventh-inning tie and the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Sunday to finish a weekend sweep with a rain-shortened win.
  Aaron Judge homered early for the Yankees off Tarik Skubal, who struck out a career-best 12 in six innings. The game was called following a 56-minute delay in the middle of the eighth after the teams played through steady showers much of the day.
  Completing a 17-day stretch without a break in t
  
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