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NYPD Crime Scene Unit at scene of apparent murder-suicide in the Bronx.

 Frustrated over the demands of raising an autistic child, police believe, a Bronx mother shot the boy to death before turning the gun on herself Wednesday night, cops said.

Micaela Jackson, 37, and Kenneth Holmes, 12, both killed by a gunshot to the head, were found in bed in the single mother’s apartment on Loring Place in Morris Heights, police said.

The suspected murder-suicide - the second in as many weeks in the city - left Jackson’s family and Kenneth’s father shattered.

“I don’t see the reason for any of this,” said Kenneth Holmes Sr. “We were just getting ready to go to Jamaica, and now this.”

Holmes, who was not married to Jackson but remained close with her, said he was in disbelief because Jackson had just been promoted at her job at Montefiore Medical Center.

“She was at a good point in her life,” he said, tears streaming down his face as he glanced at a picture of his doe-eyed, curly-haired namesake. Read more..

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Alex Rodriguez slides safely into second base in Cleveland after hitting a double Wednesday night. The Yankees third baseman goes 2-for-5 but fails to hit home run No. 600.

 CLEVELAND - Listening to Alex Rodriguez after Wednesday night’s game, you’d think he was doing his best impression of Robert De Niro’s Al Capone in “The Untouchables.”

It was all about teamwork.

A-Rod’s homerless streak reached 26 at-bats as he continues his pursuit of No. 600, but a 2-for-5 night in the Yankees’ 8-0win left a big smile on the third baseman’s face.

“I liked my approach better tonight,” Rodriguez said. “The more I can think about the team, how I can help the team win and be productive, the better it will be for the team and for everyone.”

After jumping out to an 8-0 lead, the entire Yankees team would have loved to see A-Rod make history with his 600th homer and put an end to the chase that is entering its seventh day. Read more..

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By Adam Wisnieski
awisnieski@riverdalepress.com

The mean streets of Riverdale are getting a little friendlier for bicyclists.

The Bronx section of the East Coast Greenway, with signs and painted bike lanes from Bronx Park to Van Cortlandt Park and down Tibbett Avenue, was completed in April. Potential routes for the Hudson River Valley Greenway that would connect Riverdale to Manhattan are being mulled over by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, which will decide on a proposed route by September. And on July 1, Ian Jacob opened a bike store and repair shop on the corner of 242nd Street and Broadway.

Mr. Jacob, 36, was born in Riverdale and one of his hangouts growing up was Sid’s Bikes in Marble Hill. The shop closed in 2005 after 30 years of business, leaving none of its kind in Riverdale, Kingsbridge or Marble Hill.

For 10 years Mr. Jacob fixed bikes as the service manager at Sid’s Bikes in Manhattan, cycling there from his house on Corlear Avenue. Recently, he decided to set up shop in his own backyard. Read more..

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The new Willis Avenue Bridge made its way up the East River on a barge today on its way to its home on the Harlem River.

The new Willis Avenue Bridge was completing a journey that started last week in the Albany area, where it was built over the past year and a half. The $612 million, 350-foot long, 2,400-ton steel structure passed under the city’s most famous span, the Brooklyn Bridge, on its way to the Bronx.

“First I said, ‘What are all these people staring at?’ Then I saw the bridge floating in the water and, said ‘Oh my God, what is that?’” recalled one witness.

“It’s something you don’t get to see everyday in New York,” said another.

Also on hand to watch it float by was New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, who says the new structure replaces the current 109-year-old bridge that carries 70,000 vehicles each day from Manhattan to the Bronx. She says years of wear and tear made replacement necessary.

“It’s had a wonderful life, but now there will be a brand-new, much better bridge to the Bronx,” said Sadik-Khan. “We’ll have wider lanes, less turns, and greater connectivity to the Major Deegan and the FDR Drive.”

The Willis Avenue Bridge was able to fit under the Brooklyn Bridge, as well as the Williamsburg, Manhattan and Queensboro Bridge, but for a couple of the bridges on the East River, it wasn’t so easy. The Wards Island Bridge had to be lifted, and so did the RFK Bridge.

Once traffic is permitted on the new bridge in November, the old one will be floated away just like its replacement floated in, but headed for the scrap heap after serving the city for more than a century. Read more..

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