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Bronx Crime Watch: Police Seek Suspect in Murder of 16-year-old

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Investigators are looking for help locating three suspects (see video), described as being Hispanic males in their late teens or early 20s, who police believe are responsible for the recent murder of 16-year-old Jose Miguel Marte. A resident of Franklyn Avenue, near E. 166th Street, Marte was shot once in the chest and once in the stomach on Sunday night, Feb. 20. Police found him in front of 365 E. 184th St. EMS took Marte to St.

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Bronx Events: 'Hairspray' At Lehman College

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The Theatre Program at Lehman College will be performing the beloved musical “Hairspray,” this week at the campus’ Lovinger Theatre, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. Shows start this afternoon and will run through Sunday. General tickets are $12, or $10 for students and seniors. Call 718-960-8025 for more information. This and other Bronx events are posted below in our community calendar.

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Bronx Crime Watch: More Details Emerge From Suspicous Morris Avenue Fire

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The Times’ intrepid crime reporter Al Baker is stringing together more details on the Morris Avenue fire this morning that has so far claimed the life of a mother, 20-year-old Keity Sanchez and her year-old child, also named Keity Sanchez. Another victim, Vincent Cordero, remains in critical condition. Earlier, it was reported that all three had died. But as of noon, Cordero was still alive, according to Baker’s sources.A law enforcement official told Baker that Keity Sanchez, the mother, was found on the floor with three stab wounds in her chest. Neither the baby or Cordero had any stab wounds.The fire broke out at 2275 Morris Ave.

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Bronx Sports Update: HS Tourney Update; Monroe Teams Eye Nationals (Updated)

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Monroe’s Jeff EarlyQuick update from the BxNN sports desk (which is shockingly close to the BxNN crime desk):Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams from Monroe College – strong junior college programs that routinely graduate players to bigger basketball programs – took care of business last weekend and will be playing for births into the national junior college tournament this weekend.Both teams will be tested on the road. The Lady Mustangs travel to Scranton, PA to take on Lackawana College, while the male ‘Stangs, led by guard Jeff Early (pictured), will be in Maryland taking on a Hagerstown Community College team that defeated them earlier this year in double overtime.Apparently, you can follow the games live on CyberSports USA. (UPDATE: The men’s game, which starts at 1 p.m. Saturday, will also be streamed live on the website for Hagerstown radio station 1240 AM WJEJ. Click on the link on upper left-hand side of the home page.)After a week off, the PSAL high school playoffs resumed last night. The Bronx fared decently.Walton, which we wrote about last Friday, saw its championship dreams die after enduring a tough 60-64 loss to fifth-seeded High School for Graphic Arts Communication in Manhattan.

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Bronx News Roundup, March 1

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Welcome to March, everyone. We made it through a bizarre, quick, cold February and I don’t know about you, but I feel one step closer spring! The first day of the month will be sunny and cool, with temperatures reaching freezing levels tonight and then fluctuating wildly throughout the rest of the week.Story of the Day:Fantastic story and video on Riverdale’s own Mr. Mummy, Bob Brier, an Egyptologist who has dedicated his life – and three consecutive apartments – to collecting what he calls “Egyptomania.” Brier, 67, a world-renowned mummy researcher, has amassed countless Egypt- and mummy-related items, “a collection that runs the gamut, from rare artifacts to dime-store kitsch, from authentic mummy parts to pop culture merchandise,” writes the Times’ Corey Kilganon. Brier once sent his daughter to school with a mummified cat and says (jokingly?) that he’ll be buried with all his Egyptomania.Quick Hits:The Visiting Nurse Service of New York is testing out a new smart phone app with young diabetes patients in the Bronx and Manhattan.

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New Assemblyman Vows to Fight Budget Cuts

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Editor’s Note: This story first appeared in this month’s issue of the Tremont Tribune, on the streets and online now.FILE PHOTO BY JAMES FERGUSSONEric Stevenson is barely into his first term as an assemblyman, but he’s already pledged to take Albany on, swinging.His first battle? Tackling Gov. Cuomo’s proposed budget cuts, which take an axe to funding for state agencies and programs across the board in an attempt to reduce the state’s huge deficit.“There’s going to be some uprising from the South Bronx, and the 79th District,” the new legislator said during a phone interview from Albany.“He’s talking about $1.5 billion in cuts to education, and then $2.8 billion to Medicaid,” Stevenson said. “What is that going to do to a district like mine? If I don’t stand up, what do my constituents say?”Stevenson, whose 79th Assembly District includes East Tremont, parts of Bathgate, and large portions of the South Bronx, is no stranger to the neighborhood, or to the local political scene.Before his Assembly run this summer, he was a Democratic district leader, and he’s worked for several legislators, including former Bronx borough presidents Fernando Ferrer and Adolfo Carrion and, most recently, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.Stevenson’s family has political roots in the district: his father was also a district leader and his grandfather, Edward A. Stevenson Sr., was an assemblyman here.Stevenson was sworn in at an inauguration ceremony at Morris High School in January. Since then, he’s been learning the ropes in Albany, where he’s been assigned to the Assembly’s committees on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Corrections, Government Operations, Veteran’s Affairs and Housing.“I’ll accept it,” he said of his committee assignments.

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Bronx News Roundup, Feb. 28

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Hope everyone had a good weekend. Short round-up today …Former State Senator Pedro Espada’s controversial Bedford Park co-op (he is widely believed to have lived most of the time at his house in Mamaroneck) is up for sale. Shocking. A part-time counsel for State Senator Jeffrey Klein resigned after the Daily News asked questions about the staffer receiving taxpayer-financed health insurance despite only working 17 hours a week. Contaminated chicken from Virginia shipped to distribution centers to the Bronx, Brooklyn and Farmingdale has been recalled by the manufacturer.A 26-year-old father was gunned down in Morrisania on Sunday.

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Bronx Foodie: Thinking Dominican Foods and a Valentine's Day Menu Review

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Bronx Foodie is actually on vacation this week, in the Dominican Republic celebrating Carnival and DR’s Independence Day. Read on after the jump for 5 foods you should try this weekend in honor of Dominican Independence Day. But first, I had to share the results of my Valentine’s Day meal with our readers. I ended up making almost everything from scratch. The crab cakes appetizer came out tasty, but a little dry.

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Diaz: We Won't Let Jersey Snookie Bronx for Hunts Point Market (Video)

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The funniest and most over-written part of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.’s state of the borough speech came at about the halfway point, when Diaz began talking about bringing business into the Bronx and holding on to those businesses that are already here. He mentioned the Hunts Point market, which does $2.3 billion in sales annually and is flirting with other suitors while it angles for a better deal in the Bronx. Recently, Jersey Gov. Chris Christie sent his lieutenant governor to woo the market’s leadership. Diaz has been criticized in the past for being ineffective in his attempts to keep Bronx businesses, including the Stella D’oro cookie factory in Kingsbridge, from jumping ship. Yesterday, Diaz attempted to temper that criticism by talking tough (and verbose) about keeping the Hunts Point Market in the Boogie Down.