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Those feelings were backed by Com- Publisher Phone: 718 324 4998 Phone: 718 324 4998 Mosholu PreservationFax: 718 324 Corporation 2917 munity Board 7, which approved a mo- Fax: 718 324 2917 tion calling on the MTA to modify its SeniorE-mail: Director [email protected] of MPC E-mail: [email protected] overhaul plan. Melissa Web:Cebollero www.norwoodnews.org Web: www.norwoodnews.org At the latest Community Board 7 Executive Director of MPC general board meeting that doubled as a Jennifer Tausig seemingly rushed town hall-style meet- PublisherEditor-in-Chief, NorwoodCEO, News Mosholu Publisher CEO, Mosholu ing on the proposed changes, where MosholuDavid Cruz, Preservation [email protected] 3UHVHUYDWLRQ Mosholu Preservation some service changes to buses that Corporation Corporation3UHVHUYDWLRQ ProofreaderCorporation Corporation run through the northwest Bronx were Editor-in-ChiefJudy Noy Roberto S. Garcia Editor-in-Chief Roberto S. 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In some cases, the sholu Parkway … how are you going to “Double-parked cars, UPS trucks, Proofreader Eliot Schiaparelli routes are convoluted, which compelled redesign that?” asked Hill. ambulances, delivery trucks … [N] JudyProofreader Noy Judy Noy the MTA to introduce a more stream- Rashid Dolor, an MTA planner for obody is making a move to get the Po- 3URGXFWLRQ lined bus system. Their findings were For3URGXFWLRQ Display Advertising the Bronx bus network redesign plan, lice Department out to enforce the flow Neil deMause published in a final draft report that the CallNeil deMause Janet Geller at responded by saying residents can take of traffic, and if they don’t do it at a ma- 5HJXODU&RQWULEXWRUV agency said is still subject to change, de- the Bx10. jor place like that (East Gun Hill Road) David(646)5HJXODU&RQWULEXWRUV Greene, 581-0399 Adi Talwar pending on the input it gets from com- “The Bx10 doesn’t go to Co-Op City, why do people on the [Bx34] get penal- David Greene, Adi Talwar muters over the next few months. Interns so explain that,” said Hill. ized with absolutely no service at all?” Support Your For worried residents, especially ShaylaInterns Love, Paolo Mossetti, Justin McCallum, “You’ll transfer from the [Bx10] to said Green. the elderly, the proposed changes repre- andCommunityShayla Chelsea Love, George Paolo Newspaper! Mossetti, Justin McCallum, the [Bx28],” said Dolor. Green’s impassioned statement was Theand NorwoodChelsea George News is a not-for-profi t sent major inconveniences that include “Transfer from the [Bx10] to the enough for Dolor to emphasize the plan publication and relies upon the support of longer walks to rerouted stops. In some [Bx28], where?” asked Hill. is still in the data-gathering stage. Forits advertisers display advertising, and readers call (718)to produce 324-4998. a For display advertising, call (718) 324-4998. cases, it also involves boarding a new Dolor’s suggestion would add another The speed of such a meeting, roughly quality community newspaper. To support bus altogether. Supportyour paper, Yourbecome a member and receive a five minutes to Hill’s commute since 45 minutes, left notifications on other subscriptionSupport Your for one year. Residents weren’t having it. she’ll have to walk to catch the Bx10. bus routes running through the north- Community Newspaper! Community Newspaper! Jean Hill, a CB7 member and former Lowell Green, another CB7 member, west Bronx to be ignored. TheSimply Norwood mail check News orLVDQRWIRUSURÀWSXE money order for $40- to: chair, wasn’t too thrilled over changes finds the rerouting of the Bx34 bus to be But Myrna Calderon, a CB7 mem- NorwoodThe Norwood News, News 3400LVDQRWIRUSURÀWSXE Reservoir Oval East,- lication and relies upon the support of its to the Bx28 crosstown bus that cuts problematic for seniors living at Serviam ber and shareholder of Fordham Hill advertisersBronx,lication NYand 10467.and relies readers upon theto produce support aof quality its through Norwood and terminates at Gardens in Bedford Park. MTA officials Oval Corporation, raised concerns over communityadvertisers newspaper.and readers To to supportproduce your a quality paper, Norwood News is not responsible for Co-Op City. Among the current stops argued the street is too congested result- the proposed Bx3 bus route that cur- becomecommunity a member newspaper. and receiveTo support a subscription your paper, typographicalbecome a member errors. and Opinions receive expresseda subscription in is West Mosholu Parkway South and ing in slow travel times. Green, however, rently has a stop next to the nine-build- forsigned one year.letters and bylined columns represent Jerome Avenue that abuts Tracey Tow- said the MTA should look at the conges- ing cooperative. She presented a petition thefor onesole year. opinion of the author and are not ers, where Hill is among some 3,000 resi- tion that begins at East Gun Hill Road filled with 350 signatures to officials Simplynecessarily mail checkthose ofor Mosholumoney order Preservation for $40 Corporation or Montefi ore Medical Center.
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