BCC’S NEW POOL ADMIRED BY PICHARDO
Assemblyman Victor Pichardo recently visited Bronx Community College to offer his congratulations for the opening of BCC’s newly completed community pool.
BCC’s new community pool. Photo courtesy of Assemblyman Victor Pichardo’s offi ce
SOUNDVIEW COMMUNITY DRUG FREE COALITION MEETING
The Soundview Community Drug Free Coalition held their monthly meeting at the Odyssey House, 715 Soundview Avenue, on Tuesday, October 15. The agenda for the meeting was the
strategy for Opioid Abuse Prevention Project.
(l-r) Antirson Ortiz, Community Action Center director and NYC comptroller, Anne Johnson, Soundview Residents Council president, Tommy Slade, Odyssey House Outreach, Maxine
Daughtry, Soundview Resident Council member and Dr. Jose Rivera, Soundview Community Drug Free Coalition consultant. Photo by Silvio Pacifi co
MCDONALD’S ON WESTCHESTER AVENUE REOPENS
McDonald’s owner Cortesia Norman, along
with her son, Nicholas, and Assemblyman
Marcos Crespo, hosted a special ribboncutting
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ceremony to celebrate the re-opening
of their McDonald’s restaurant at 1540
Westchester Avenue. The event featured
a variety of family activities, including a
Happy Meal toy giveaway, raffl es and face
painting.
(far left) Owner Cortesia Norman, her son
Nicholas, Assemblyman Crespo and others
cut the ribbon to offi cially reopen the Mc-
Donald’s location on Westchester Avenue.
Photo courtesy of McDonald’s New York Metro
Assemblyman Crespo speaks at the ribboncutting
ceremony.
Photo courtesy of McDonald’s Metro New York