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Maynor Roches employee with just some of the tremendous variety of food and other items offered at Food Bazaar on Bruckner Blvd.

 The Bruckner Plaza is home to great deals. Located off the Bruckner Expressway, near the northbound entrance to the Bronx River Parkway, it’s a quick stop for many Soundview residents.

If you’re looking for foreign food or just want to pamper yourself, this is the place to shop. The plaza houses an array of shops, including Strauss discount auto, Dunkin’ Donuts, McDonald’s and Rent-a-Center to help you get a jump on your errands at the right price.

NAIL SALON: Magni Nails and Spa, 1636 Bruckner Blvd.; (718) 860-0652

Henry Phan’s customers come for the service. He has been manager of this impressive nail salon for 10 years.

Manicures start at $8, eyebrow waxing is $6 and acrylic sets start at $25. Phan’s specialty is gel manicures that dry in three minutes. The excellent work and friendly faces keep people coming back. Read more..

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A new report gives the Major Deegan Expressway (above) low ratings and says the road needs repairs.

Hazardous roads, never-ending traffic jams and ill-maintained bridges are costing drivers in the Bronx and the rest of the city nearly $1,900 apiece and wasting 44 hours of their time each year, a new report shows.

Damages caused by shoddy roads alone cost the average motorist $638 in repairs, according to the report - “The Future Mobility in New York.”

Each driver lost an additional $1,250 in wasted gas, medical fees and lost productivity, said Will Wilkins, executive director of The Road Information Program, or TRIP, a Washingtonbased nonprofit that specializes in highway transportation issues.

“New York is falling behind in maintaining its roads and bridges,” said Wilkins. Read more..

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Bronx, NY - Today, The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo hosted its first ice carving competition. The Salute to Wildlife Ice Carving Competition, presented by Food Network, featured 15 professional ice carvers who used chainsaws, power tools, and various carving instruments to bring their visions of wildlife to life.

“The Salute to Wildlife Ice Carving Competition is one of many family oriented wintertime activities at WCS Bronx Zoo,” said Jim Breheny, WCS Senior Vice President of Living Institutions and Director of the Bronx Zoo. “It is a fun way to educate and raise awareness about the wildlife and wild places that WCS works to save around the globe.”

The winner Jeff Scarpa a freelance ice carver from Connecticut created a meticulously detailed sculpture of a shark and a sea turtle above a coral reef entitled “The Bronx Sea” which landed him the top prize of $1000.

The $500 second prize was won by Dan Bergan from Ice Sculpture Design in Deer Park, NY for his representation of a whooping crane fleeing the globe.”

The winner Jeff Scarpa a freelance ice carver from Connecticut created a meticulously detailed sculpture of a shark and a sea turtle above a coral reef entitled “The Bronx Sea” which landed him the top prize of $1000.The $500 second prize was won by Dan Bergan from Ice Sculpture Design in Deer Park, NY for his representation of a whooping crane fleeing the jaws of a crocodile entitled “Survival.”

The $250 third prize went to Mark McKenzie from Cool Way Ice Creations in South Ozone Park, NY for his “Flying Fish” sculpture.

Each contestant was given four hours and 600 ponds of ice to work with to glistening likenesses of wildlife including giraffes, gorillas, eagles, and more.

The winning sculptures were chosen by a combination of public voting and a panel of four judges that included: David Powell, WCS Assistant Curator of Mammalogy; Sarah Hezel, WCS Assistant Director of Graphic Design and Production; Paul Magnaldi, Ice Sculptures of New York; and celebrity guest Susie Fogelson, judge on The Next Food Network Star. Judging criteria included technique, creativity, animal likeness, design composition, and overall look. Read more..

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A tractor-trailer that didn’t belong on the Bronx River Parkway has struck an overpass and closed two lanes for southbound commuters near the busy interchange with the Cross County Parkway, police said.

Details about the 6:15 a.m. crash were not immediately available.

Only the left lane was getting by at 6:45 a.m., causing heavy delays.

As a result, traffic on the southbound Sprain Brook Parkway was also slow, police said.

It was not clear how long the right and center lanes of the BRP would be blocked.

The accident is the latest in a series of rush-hour crashes involving trucks striking bridges on Westchester County parkways.

Trucks are forbidden on parkways, but that does not stop professional drivers from wandering onto them anyway. Read more..

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It’s time for the New York Botanical Garden’s seventh annual orchid fest.

Forget you’re in the Bronx. The air’s warm and humid in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, so shed your winter coat and get transported to the Brazilian tropics. All that’s missing is a caipirinha.

This year’s stylish show, “Brazilian Modern,” gives visitors a taste of Brazilian design as well as the astonishing diversity and geographic range of this most adaptable flower–a favorite research subject of Charles Darwin. There are more than 30,000 species of orchids around the world, found on every continent except Antarctica. Read more..

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