Today's Bronx News - 08/12/2017

Your Daily Bronx News Update View This On The Web THE RAW BRONX NEWS FEED The Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for The Bronx Neil Walker says he is healthy following nixed deal to Yankees Aug 12, 2017 03:02 am Neil Walker was blindsided by reports the Yankees nixed a deal with the Mets at the non-waiver trade deadline because of concerns over his medicals, and wants the record set straight. The Yankees and Mets had finalized a deal on July 31, according to sources, that would have sent Walker to The Bronx. Read in browser » Former Aide at Bronx School Is Charged With Raping Student, 12 Aug 11, 2017 06:35 pm A former aide at a public school in the Bronx was indicted on Friday on charges that she sexually abused and raped one of her students, a boy with autism, for about a year starting when he was 12. The former aide, Eleidy Breton, 27, had worked at the Bronx Latin School, in the Morrisania neighborhood, since March 2012, the Education Department said. Her employment was terminated in 2016, according to Michael Aciman, a department spokesman. Read in browser » Friday Marks 44 Years Since Hip-Hop Was Born in The Bronx Aug 11, 2017 04:18 pm Friday marks 44 years since DJ Kool Herc threw a back-to-school party in the basement of a Sedgwick Avenue apartment building - an event that is largely credited with giving rise to hip-hop . Google is celebrating the birthday with a new animation that features the legendary Fab 5 Freddy narrating the story behind its launch inside 1520 Sedgwick Ave. on Aug. 11, 1973. Read in browser » NYC Ferry Seeks Approval to Build More Docks in Manhattan and The Bronx Aug 11, 2017 04:18 pm The city is moving ahead with plans to launch two more NYC Ferry routes next summer along the Lower East Side and The Bronx, and is seeking approval from the Army Corps of Engineers to build new docks. The future Soundview route will start at Clason Point in The Bronx and make one stop at East 90th Street on the Upper East Side before ending at Wall Street. Read in browser » Pedro Hernandez's Mother Speaks Out At Protest In The Bronx Aug 11, 2017 03:32 pm On Thursday , Pedro Hernandez became the central figure of a Bronx protest aimed at getting the 17-year-old's charges on attempted murder dropped. The rally held some 200 people and was organized by the same women behind this year's Women's March. Read in browser » 44th Anniversary of the Birth of Hip Hop Aug 11, 2017 10:56 am ... Jamaican-American DJ who went by the name of Kool Herc threw a back-to-school jam at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, New York. During his set, he decided to do something different. Instead of playing the songs in full, he played only their ... Read in browser » Google Logo For Hip Hop History Aug 11, 2017 08:08 am ... is currently 62 and is a Jamaican American DJ who is credited with originating hip hop music in the early 1970s in The Bronx, New York City. Read in browser » Share This Tweet This +1 This Forward This Recent Articles: Google celebrates 44th anniversary of hip-hop with interactive new doodle Hot Water Challenge Internet Dare Kills 1 Child, Injures Others Record-Breaking Retail Condo Sold in New York by Matthewsa NYPD detectives forced two men to lie about cases: suit Furious Five's The Kidd Creole indicted for fatal stabbing Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 4 Brooklyn School-Based Health Clinics Saved for 1 More Year, Operator Says De Blasio's Shelter Plan Ignites Fears Across The Bronx Assembly speaker visits Buffalo as part of upstate tour The Yankees are giving up on a century old tradition 13 People Fatally Overdose in 3 Weeks on Staten Island, DA Says New York vacates hundreds of thousands of summonses Mr. G to Host 16th Annual ADAPT Community Network Golf Tournament & Awards Dinner Share This Tweet This Forward This +1 This ABOUT THE BRONX NEWS ROUNDUP Bronx Publisher / Editor Brian Harrod provides complete news coverage of New York's Bronx borough with photos, video, school news and all neighborhood stories. 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