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Greetings! I thought readers of Talk Bronx would be interested in this one-day only event on September 19^th – as part of the grand opening celebration of Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market. Please feel free to contact me with questions.

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GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION AT

 NEW GATEWAY CENTER AT BRONX TERMINAL MARKET

Toys R Us’ Geoffrey the Giraffe,

Target’s Bullseye, Big Apple Circus, Live Music Concerts

And More To Entertain during Opening Celebration of Retail Center  

Special In-Store Promotions from All Retailers

WHO:                        The Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market is a new LEED retail center in the Bronx – within minutes from Yankee Stadium, Metro North and the 2, 4 and 5 trains- providing the first regional shopping center with national retailers for families in the Bronx and upper Manhattan area. Retailers and restaurants include Toys “R” Us/Babies “R” Us, Applebee’s, Target, BJ’s, Best Buy, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Staples, Raymour & Flanigan, Marshall’s and Home Depot among others.

WHAT:                      As part of its opening celebration, Gateway Center is hosting a one-day only Grand Opening celebration!

Children and parents alike can delight in Target’s Bullseye, Toys “R” Us/Babies “R” Us’ Geoffrey the Giraffe, clowns and circus acts from Big Apple Circus, Bronx Zoo picture stations, family-friendly live musical performances and entertainment and workshop stations throughout the Center. There will also be an “around the Center” passport program, where families can get stamps from each store in order to receive a surprise gift.

Retail promotions and discount certificates will be offered throughout the stores.

WHEN:                      Saturday, September 19, 2009 

                                    9am to 6pm  

WHERE:                    Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market

                                    600 Exterior St.

                                    Bronx, NY

CONTACT:          Candice Bruder                                                         

                                                646-215-6899

cbruder@mww.com 

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We’re almost glad West Bronx Councilwoman Maria Baez ducked out of that debate last week on Gary Axel bank’s Bronx Talk, to save it from being a complete embarrassment.

As it was, a lotta folks said The Rev. Fernando Cabrera and Yudelka Tapia reminded them of the dull edge of a butter knife.

Though Gary and Alex Kratz, and James Fergusson of the Bronx News Network tried, Cabrera also ducked explaining how the light shined down upon him to switch from voting Republican in 2008 to register as a Democrat in time to qualify for Tuesday’s primary.

The first post debate comment on the BNN’s blog: “You should have had 3 empty chairs.”

Even if Maria should pull it off, there’s still a potential win for Bronx Dem Party Boss Carl Heastie - “Maria won’t be head of the Bronx delegation anymore,” said a party insider.

With control of the delegation, that would put Carl up a notch when he sits down with the city’s other county leaders to talk turkey about Council largess and jobs.

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                   The start of school is just around the corner

 No doubt students across the Bronx are enjoying one last day of summer freedom before school doors open on Wednesday.

The new school year brings 18 new schools to the Bronx - including four charter schools - five elementary schools, seven middle schools and two high schools.

“These new schools will give families in the Bronx more choices,” said Department of Education spokeswoman Melody Meyer. “The new schools we’ve opened across the borough over the past seven years have done exceptionally well in helping students succeed,” she continued, “and so we look to continue that success.”

Among the new school programs is the Creston Academy at 120 E. 184th St. in Fordham, one of two small middle schools with about 100 sixth-graders to replace failing Middle School 399.

According to Insideschools.org, the school will focus “on issues unique to adolescence” to help keep students engaged.

The Carl C. Icahn elementary charter school in the James Monroe Annex at 1551 E. 172nd St. in Bronx River will open with about 100 kindergarten through second-graders.

It is modeled after the original Icahn Charter School, which opened in Tremont in 2001. The Icahn schools have been praised for high academic performance, small classes and extended classroom hours, with waiting lists to get in.

Another sought-after program is the Girls Prep Charter School of South Bronx, at 681 Kelly St. in Longwood.

“This is already a very successful charter school on the lower East Side in Manhattan,” Meyer said. “Many Bronx parents might not know about it, but it’s very much a high-demand school.”

For parents, the borough president’s office has partnered with the nonprofit Advocates for Children to host a series of education workshops this fall.

The first workshop, General Education: Rights of Students and Parents, will cover enrollment, transfer and transportation, and voluntary and involuntary transfers and discharges.

The workshop will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Bronx County Courthouse, 851 Grand Concourse, first floor. For more information, call Jesse Mojica at the borough president’s office at (718) 590-3515.
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