Doctors performed an emergency C-section on Donnette Sanz on August 14th to save life of her baby. Sanz was seven months pregnant when she was struck by a van in the Fordham section and pinned under a school bus.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 24, 2008.

District Attorney Robert Johnson says the operation took place on a section of Southern Boulevard that intersects the Fordham University Campus and the Bronx Botanical Garden.

Published by New York Sun on August 21, 2008.

The tornado will be near Ridgewood and 6 miles north of Paramus by 4:50 pm, 6 miles north of Oradell and 6 miles south of Monsey by 4:55 pm, Pearl River and Nanuet by 5:00 pm, Tappan and Norwood by 5:05 pm, Orangeburg and Nyack by 5:10 pm.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 15, 2008.

Donnette Sanz, 33, a traffic enforcement agent employed by the police, was hit by a 1986 Dodge while on duty at an intersection in the Bronx. Sanz, who was eight months pregnant, was then thrown into the path of a school bus, according to a police report.

Published by New York Sun on August 15, 2008.

Citing severe overcrowding in Community School District 10 schools in Riverdale, Norwood and Woodlawn, and the abortive plan to have schools at the Kingsbridge Armory, Mr. Koppell asked Mayor Bloomberg to create a “war room” to tackle overcrowding in the district similar to one reportedly being created to address overcrowding in Manhattan.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 14, 2008.

Mr. Espada’s residency has become an issue in his campaign to unseat incumbent Efrain Gonzalez Jr. in the Democratic primary election for his 33rd District seat. The district encompasses parts of Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village and parts of the Northwest Bronx as far east as Bedford Park and Norwood and as far south as Mount Hope and East Tremont.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 14, 2008.

Fordham University will make a new foray outside New York City on September 9 when it opens its Westchester campus.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 14, 2008.

A Fordham University program teaches robotics to kids at MS 45.

Published by West Bronx Blog on August 13, 2008.

In a Youtube video sent to the Norwood News by Gonzalez's son Carlos, residents confront Espada in the lobby of the co-op, saying they don't appreciate him using their building to further his political ambitions.

Published by West Bronx Blog on July 25, 2008.

The Bronx Zoo, the New York Botanical Garden, Montefiore Medical Center and Fordham University were cited for their work to reduce congestion and increase parkland in the Bronx. [Daily News]

Published by New York Times on July 24, 2008.

As they began talking together and crunching numbers, however, they grew concerned that Community School District 10 offers only two classrooms for the gifted and talented program, each capped at 28 students. One of the classes is at PS 24 in Riverdale and one at PS 54 in the Fordham section.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 24, 2008.

Peter Steinfels, a Fordham professor who writes the Beliefs column for The Times, spoke last.

Published by New York Times on July 23, 2008.

Horowitz decided several years ago to try his hand at art education instead. He'll be teaching at the High School of Art and Design this fall, but went somewhere far more familiar for his student teaching assignment - his old elementary school, Public School 188 in Bayside.

Published by New York Daily News on July 20, 2008.

Edward Brewer, Theresa Norris, Virginia Brewer and Bruce Wang played a Bach trio sonata for listeners escaping the heat yesterday at Fordham University.

Published by West Bronx Blog on July 14, 2008.

Norwood News spent two months gathering up the details and trying to get Councilwoman Maria Baez to tell her side of the story

Published by West Bronx Blog on July 10, 2008.

Plus, Bedford Park nuns assure a successful school's future by leasing their land...the story behind the new Farmers Market in Norwood...Crime down overall in 52nd Precinct, but same-old problems persist...Speaking of crime, vandals completely trashed the Oval Park rec center in Norwood, shutting the place for three days in the middle of summer.

Published by West Bronx Blog on July 10, 2008.

After that presentation, a retiree from Claremont in the Bronx will received another Lotto prize check valued at $19,000,000.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 9, 2008.

Of the remaining New York City children with lead poisoning, 22 percent lived in Queens, mostly in West Queens and Southwest Queens; 19 percent lived in the Bronx, mostly in Crotona, Tremont, Pelham, Throgs Neck, Fordham, Bronx Park, High Bridge and Morrisania; 13 percent lived in Manhattan, mostly in Washington Heights, Inwood, Central Harlem, Morningside Heights and the Upper West Side; and 4 percent lived on Staten Island, mostly in Stapleton, St. George and Port Richmond.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

Frank Rodriguez, the owner of Audio Maxx, which he said has sold and installed car stereos for nine years at 536 East Fordham Road, said that several businesses near his were dependent on auto traffic.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Neighborhoods that produced the most noise complaints were Williamsburg and Flatbush in Brooklyn, Norwood in the Bronx and the East Village.

Published by New York Daily News on June 29, 2008.

Prosecutors say last week the 58-year-old teacher at P.S. 54 punched the boy in the head and put him in a choke hold before pushing him into a table.

Published by amNY.com on June 27, 2008.

The first robbery occurred at 8:30 p.m. on May 1 in Belmont at Hughes Avenue and East 188th Street.

Published by WNBC on June 26, 2008.

PS 54 - the Fordham school with the only other gifted program in District 10 besides PS 24 - offered Zoe a seat in its gifted program, but Robin Alpert insists on staying in the Riverdale community.

Published by Riverdale Press on June 26, 2008.

To participate in the Buying Club, residents must live in 10451, 10452, 10453, 10454, 10455, 10456, 10457, 10459, 10460 and 10474. Institutional buyers, including nonprofits that distribute food for the needy, can also take part.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 25, 2008.

To participate in the Buying Club, residents must live in 10451, 10452, 10453, 10454, 10455, 10456, 10457, 10459, 10460 and 10474. Institutional buyers, including nonprofits that distribute food for the needy, can also take part.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 25, 2008.

The Daily News reports that Talley was walking in his Claremont Village neighborhood around 2 a.m. when a group of men spilled out of a Third Avenue club.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 23, 2008.

Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, who attended the school's commencement ceremony at nearby Fordham University, said students should always remember that an American hero spoke at their graduation.

Published by New York Daily News on June 22, 2008.

Talley was walking in his Claremont Village neighborhood around 2 a.m. when a group of drunken men started spilling out of a club on Third Ave.

Published by New York Daily News on June 22, 2008.

Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, who attended the school's commencement ceremony at nearby Fordham University, said students should always remember that an American hero spoke at their graduation.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 22, 2008.

A new administrator with 10 years of experience running the high school at Dalton, Judith Sheridan, will run the new high school, which will be built near Claremont's current location inside an abandoned bank headquarters blocks away from the Stock Exchange.

Published by New York Sun on June 11, 2008.

Boffo bargain: A pink linen dress with white flowers and black velvet sash, possibly a Dior, that she wore to an editors’ luncheon at the Norwood. “I found it at the flea market in Paris. It was one of those things where I said, ‘If I don’t breathe for the rest of the day this actually fits perfectly.’”

Published by The New York Observer on June 10, 2008.

On a recent Sunday evening, at the private club Norwood on 14th Street, designer Michael Kors was explaining the appeal of the gladiator sandal, the vulgar shoe New Yorkers are not going to be able to escape this summer.

Published by The New York Observer on June 4, 2008.

Fifteen people were injured in a stubborn fire in the Bronx Monday. The fire broke out at 2435 Crescent Avenue, a two-story commercial building, in the Fordham section.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 3, 2008.

Roughly one in 30 households will receive the survey, making it the largest municipal services survey in the United States, the mayor said. The homes will be spread across each of the city’s 59 community boards, in part to highlight any discrepancies between the class and scope of services provided in, say, the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the Fordham neighborhood in the Bronx and the Brownsville section of Brooklyn.

Published by New York Times on June 3, 2008.

The woman was returning to her Bedford Park apartment about 11:45 p.m. when the mugger began following her, sources said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 1, 2008.

Prosecutors say four men have been sentenced for assaulting an off-duty New York City police officer at a White Castle restaurant in 2006.

Published by New York Daily News on May 28, 2008.

King’s College is not the city’s only religious college. Catholic colleges and universities have long been a part of the fabric of higher education in New York City. There’s Fordham University and Iona College, St. John’s University, and, until recently, Marymount College; but King’s College is not like those schools.

Published by The New York Observer on May 27, 2008.

If by celebrity you mean someone who appears on television, another scholar has some bad news. Clara E. Rodriguez, a professor at Fordham University, looked at the casts of the most popular prime-time shows and found that even those set in New York featured few recurring Latino characters (as opposed to the janitor who shrugs and keeps sweeping when being questioned by a police officer in some cop show).

Published by New York Times on May 27, 2008.

Martin Jackson, 18, was found with a gunshot wound to the head about 9:10 p.m. Saturday in Crotona Park near E. 173rd St. in Bathgate, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on May 26, 2008.

NEW YORK (AP) ― Dozens of researchers have converged on Fordham University's Manhattan campus for a scholarly conference on "The Sopranos." The symposium explores the HBO show's treatment of topics ranging from gender roles to the justice system and from race relations to health care.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 24, 2008.

Nearly a year after the finale of "The Sopranos" left fans guessing what it all meant, dozens of scholars gathered at Fordham University yesterday to parse what the series had to say about topics such as gender roles, the justice system, race relations and health care.

Published by New York Post on May 24, 2008.

Celemi contends he was not only beaten, but then hauled off to the 48th Precinct stationhouse in handcuffs for following his traffic supervisor's order to remain at the scene and wait for an ambulance.

Published by New York Daily News on May 16, 2008.

"If they were going to prosecute him, it would be simpler and would present a more compelling case at trial to present her as a witness," a professor at Fordham University School of Law, Ian Weinstein, said.

Published by New York Sun on May 15, 2008.

On a food tour of Belmont with some first-time visitors, I was frustrated to learn that the best Italian restaurant in the 'hood, Roberto's, wasn't open on Saturday afternoons.

Published by Village Voice on May 13, 2008.

For a sit-down seafood dinner, consider Umberto's Clam Bar (2356 Arthur Avenue), a cousin of the Manhattan Little Italy original.

Published by Village Voice on May 13, 2008.

You're steps away from one of the best pan-Italian restaurants in town, Roberto (603 Crescent Avenue), where there's a no-reservations policy. The best dishes are found on the specials chalkboard, including the pastas al cartoccio ("in a bag") or anything featuring bunny or lamb.

Published by Village Voice on May 13, 2008.

Yet there in the midst of the market hurly-burly sits Estrellita Poblana III ("Little Star of Puebla"), which might be the city's most sophisticated purveyor of southern Mexican food.

Published by Village Voice on May 13, 2008.

Alternately, start out at Calandra's (2314 Arthur Avenue), where many of the cheeses—including fresh and smoked mozzarella, fleecy ricotta, basket cheese, and the chile-encrusted Calabrese—are either made on the premises, or at the store's dairy farm in eastern Pennsylvania.

Published by Village Voice on May 13, 2008.

A few steps north of the market, find the city's best cannoli—filled to order with sweetened ricotta—and crusty breads in all shapes and sizes at the Madonia Bros. Bakery (2348 Arthur Avenue), founded in 1918.

Published by Village Voice on May 13, 2008.

Yet there in the midst of the market hurly-burly sits Estrellita Poblana III ("Little Star of Puebla"), which might be the city's most sophisticated purveyor of southern Mexican food. While the typical institution in this dining category is a makeshift taqueria, and though many upscale restaurants make a half-hearted stab at southern cooking, Estrellita enthusiastically offers the real thing via a menu of regional standards, informed waitresses with good English skills, and non-wobbly tables. More important, the food achieves a high level of deliciousness. Part of a three-restaurant Bronx chain, La Estrellita III has been open since 1999.

Published by Village Voice on May 13, 2008.