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• MTA celebrates Halloween with spooky station sign stickers and collectors edition maps

  28-10-2026 22:40 via Bronx Times
  
  Stand clear of the closing trap doors! This Halloween, the MTA is turning the subway into the scare-way.Starting Thursday and running through Saturday, costume-clad trick-or-treaters taking the "Boo York City Subway," Long Island Rail Road, or Metro-North Railroad will get the chance to pass through several stations temporarily renamed for the scariest time of year, agency officials announced on Wednesday."We know lots of families use our system to go trick-or-treating, as well as going to ... t
  
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• Fare evasion: NYC Transit boss says probe of EAGLE agents altercations with riders will soon conclude

  28-10-2026 21:25 via Bronx Times
  
  A top MTA official said Wednesday that he expects an investigation into two recent instances of bus fare enforcement agents getting into violent tussles with riders will conclude next week, amid calls by some elected officials for the agency to stop using the teams. MTA New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow gave the update during the agency's Oct. 28 board meeting, in response to a question from board member Janette Sadik-Khan."I anticipate having the completion of the investigatio
  
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• Nuasin Next Generation Charter School breaks ground on new Tremont location

  28-10-2026 20:54 via Bronx Times
  
  Nuasin Next Generation Charter School (NNGCU) celebrates the start of construction on their new K-12 campus.With two of its campuses located in Highbridge, Nuasin Next Generation Charter School, in partnership with APEX Development Group, is expanding its campus to 1780 East Tremont Avenue in Community School District 12. The new campus is expected to open in the July 2028 school year. The six-story, 60,000 foot ground-up building will house 700 public school students. The Nuasin School is one
  
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• A NYCHA development in the South Bronx is now home to the tallest mural in the United States

  28-10-2026 20:21 via Bronx Times
  
  Standing at over 307 feet tall, the Bronx is now home to the United States’ tallest mural. Commissioned by public art nonprofit ArtBridge, “Un MAR de Gente / From Every Shore,” by Dominican artist Néstor Omar García (aka “Angurria”) is both a shining depiction and a result of the Bronx’s multicultural community and artistic skill. The mural spans across 29 stories at NYCHA’s Morrisania Air Rights (MAR) development in the South Bronx.“When we began we hoped to create the talles
  
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• Bronx Chamber of Commerce 2026 gala celebrates ‘Big Bronx energy’ and community leaders

  28-10-2026 19:42 via Bronx Times
  
  The Bronx Chamber of Commerce hosted its 2026 Annual Gala at the Marina Del Rey venue in Throggs Neck on Sep. 17. The Chamber's premier annual event draws more than 600 business executives, elected officials, entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders and community partners for an evening of networking and celebrating Bronx leadership, economic growth and civic impact.This year’s theme “Hustle, heart, history: The Bronx as the Blueprint for Growth” honors the small businesses, employers, cultural in
  
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• Republican Irene Guanill challenges Michael Benedetto in East Bronx Assembly race

  28-10-2026 17:01 via Bronx Times
  
  A longtime Bronx resident is ready to champion her East Bronx community’s needs as their next state Assembly representative.Irene Guanill, a deep-rooted real estate broker and community advocate, is running for New York State Assembly’s 82nd District on the Republican, Conservative and Vote Affordable party lines in the upcoming New York State Assembly elections in Novemeber.New York State’s 82nd Assembly District includes East Bronx neighborhoods City Island, Country Club, Co-op City, Pel
  
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• City Island project brings new oyster habitat to Eastchester Bay

  28-10-2026 16:15 via Bronx Times
  
  After more than seven years of research and planning, City Island Oyster Reef reached a major milestone on Oct. 9, placing its first six permanent oyster reef balls into Eastchester Bay.The installation took place off Tier Street near Delmour's Point, where volunteers and family members waded into the water carrying concrete reef balls weighing approximately 175 pounds each. For the organization, founded in 2019, it was a chance to celebrate how far its efforts to restore native oysters have com
  
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• Bronx fire caused by lithium-ion battery leaves boy dead and family critical

  28-10-2026 16:04 via Bronx Times
  
  A young boy died and four members of his family were hospitalized in critical condition after a fire related to an e-bike broke out in an apartment at the 13-story Patterson Houses in the South Bronx early Wednesday morning.FDNY officials said the fire erupted on the 11th floor of 320 Morris Ave. between East 140th Street and 3rd Avenue on Oct. 28. Emergency crews, including 40 units and 130 fire and EMS personnel, responded to the scene just before 1 a.m. Fire officials pulled five civilians,
  
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• Bronx apartment fire leaves boy dead and family critical

  28-10-2026 16:04 via Bronx Times
  
  A young boy died and four members of his family were hospitalized in critical condition after a fire broke out in an apartment at the 13-story Patterson Houses in the South Bronx early Wednesday morning.FDNY officials said the fire erupted on the 11th floor of 320 Morris Ave. between East 140th Street and 3rd Avenue on Oct. 28. Emergency crews, including 40 units and 130 fire and EMS personnel, responded to the scene just before 1 a.m. Fire officials pulled five civilians from the inferno. Four
  
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• New Siena poll: Hochul leads Blakeman by 14 points as Mamdani’s NYC popularity grows

  28-10-2026 10:30 via Bronx Times
  
  Gov. Kathy Hochul has widened her lead over Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman to 14 points with less than a week until Election Day, according to a new Siena University poll released Wednesday that also found Mayor Zohran Mamdani gaining popularity among New York City voters.The survey found Hochul leading Blakeman 54% to 40% among likely New York voters, compared with a 50% to 41% advantage noted in Siena's September polling.Mamdani's favorability rating among city voters climbed to 69%, up
  
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