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FEBRUARY 14-27, 2019 ORWOODQ EWSQ Nvol Proudly Serving Bronx Communities Since 1988 3URXGO\6HUYLQJ%URQ[&RPPXQLWLHV6LQFHFREE 3URXGO\6HUYLQJ%URQ[&RPPXQLWLHV6LQFHFREE ORWOODQ EWSQ NVol. 27, No. 8 PUBLISHED BY MOSHOLU PRESERVATION CORPORATION N April 17–30, 2014 Vol 32, No 4 • PUBLISHED BY MOSHOLU PRESERVATION CORPORATION • FEBRUARY 14-27, 2019 ORWOODQ EWSQ NVol. 27, No. 8 PUBLISHED BY MOSHOLU PRESERVATION CORPORATION N April 17–30, 2014 FREE INQUIRING PHOTOGRAPHER: SEE PICTURES: BRONX POLAR BEARS’ $2B NYCHA FIX PLEDGE | PG. 4 DIP AT ORCHARD BEACH | PG. 10 RITE AID CLOSURE STUNS BEDFORD PK. LOCALS Candidates in NYC PA Impact could be felt greatest by Serviam Garden residents Race Are… pgs 2-3 Snow Postpones Stagg Meeting pg 6 Photo by Alondra Vasquez RITE AID AT 239 E. 198th St. in Bedford Park on its last day, closing on Feb. 5. The closure surprised residents at nearby Serviam Gardens. Monte Promotes Heart By ALONDRA VASQUEZ ing us as your favorite store. get my medication. I shop there to offer the vaccine. Health Month Gloria Murray, 70, a resi- Sorry for the inconvenience.” because it is close to us here,” Beside medications, Mur- pg 8 dent at the Serviam Gardens The sign was posted Feb. 5, said Murray. ray will also miss the store’s senior home in Bedford Park, the date the store permanently It was at Serviam Gardens rain checks, a type of coupon will no longer be able to pick closed. where many residents also re- that allows customers to buy up her prescriptions at her lo- The closure adds a greater lied on the pharmacy giant’s an out-of-stock sales item once cal Rite Aid. layer of inconvenience for resi- free flu shot, with a nurse it’s in stock again for the same The sign taped to the phar- dents at Serviam Gardens and often stopping by to admin- sales price. For Murray, being macy’s front door at 239 E. its recently opened sister se- ister the shots in September denied a rain check signaled 198th St., just two blocks from nior housing complex, Serviam over the last few years, essen- the end. “I went in there to ask the affordable housing com- Heights, totaling 439 units and tially bringing the service to for a rain check and the man- plex, said it all: “Hello Rite Aid home to hundreds of seniors on residents. Administrators at ager said, ‘We have stopped Customers. We are closing at 7 fixed incomes. Serviam Gardens are now hop- giving out rain checks because p.m. today. Thanks for choos- “Rite Aid is usually where I ing another provider steps in (continued on page 19) pg 18 2 • February 14-27, 2019 • Norwood News IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST Vol. 32, No. 4 Vol. 27, No. 10 NorwoodVol. News 27, No.is published 10 Special Election for NYC Public Advocate’s Race Set for 2/26 bi-weekly on Thursdays by MosholuNorwood Preservation News Corporationis published (MPC) By JOSEPH KONIG Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim is run- term that expires in 2021. 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