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• Keeping the ‘essence of circus’ alive: Flip Circus brings generations of fun to the Bronx

  31-10-2025 21:06 via bxtimes.com
  
  Run, don’t walk, to see the Flip Circus in its last few days in the Bronx.Under the big top outside Bay Plaza Mall, Flip Circus offers two hours of amazing performances, including aerial, tightrope and balancing acts, a live band, juggling with too many balls to count, a hilarious (non-scary) clown, and contortionist Mearg Kidu, nicknamed “The Fantastic Elastic Man,” who had the audience screaming in shock. [caption id="attachment_135774" align="alignnone" width="700"] Per
  
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• Guyana’s incoming opposition leader arrested

  31-10-2025 20:35 via caribbeanlife.com
  The man Guyanese voters recently elected to be the country's opposition leader was arrested by local police on Friday and is being prepared for extradition to the US to face a string of financial charges, officials said.Azruddin Mohamed, 38, was handcuffed by police a mere four days before parliament is to meet in its first session since the Sept. 1 general elections.Mohamed's party, We Invest in Nationhood, won 16 of the 65 seats, making it the second largest party in the country after the
  
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• Amid an ongoing hunger crisis, SNAP reductions put Bronx families at risk

  31-10-2025 17:31 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx resident Anthony Powell arrived at his local Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) center at 8:30 a.m., as he’s done routinely since losing his benefits in May. The last time he visited the office, he struggled to fill out an online application to get his benefits restored and was mistakenly classified as homeless. This month, after waiting five hours, Powell, who is 68, had to leave to take his medication. “I just keep running around, everything is be
  
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• South Ozone Park man indicted for manslaughter in death of highway worker from the Bronx near JFK: DA

  31-10-2025 16:30 via qns.com
  A South Ozone Park hit-and-run driver was arraigned Thursday on an indictment charging him with manslaughter, assault, leaving the scene and other crimes for the death of a construction zone flag worker from the Bronx on the Nassau Expressway who was allegedly struck and killed by him near JFK Airport in September.Daveanand Budhai, 25, of 115th Street, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on an eight-count indictment for allegedly driving with a suspended license at twice the posted speed limit
  
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• ‘Clean the Damn Streets’ says the next generation of Bronx leadership

  31-10-2025 15:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  It’s the kind of phrase that would make his grandmother “roll over in her grave” if she knew that he ran on a curse word. But to Justin Sanchez, candidate for District 17 City Council, it’s more than a catchy line – it’s a declaration of intent. “I didn’t come in saying what the Bronx needs. I knocked on doors, asked, and listened. And everyone said the same thing: clean the damn streets,” Sanchez is running to represent New York City&rs
  
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• ACES afterschool program teaches tennis, academics and emotional well-being

  31-10-2025 14:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  In the Bronx and citywide, the ACES afterschool program through New York Junior Tennis and Learning (NYJTL) is working to improve students’ academic, emotional and physical well-being, using tennis as the hook. ACES was launched in 2022, largely in response to pandemic-era learning loss and worsening mental health outcomes amongst young people. The tennis nonprofit now operates 42 ACES programs citywide, with 13 in the Bronx, serving more than 3,000 children annually at no cost to fam
  
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