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Love is in the air, even if it’s in Room B131, in the basement of the Bronx Supreme Court.

The Chapel at the Marriage Bureau there hosts dozens of weddings every day, and as Valentine’s Day approaches, it’s expected to become a hot spot for Bronxites seeking to tie the knot.

But red tape can delay the union of two beating hearts with paperwork needed to get the required marriage license.

Lovebirds must both appear in person in the clerk’s office with photo identification and provide their name, address and other details.

“It’s not much of a hassle if you have all the right paperwork together,” said Nathaniel Caceres, 29, who married his love Natasha Holmes, 28, on Friday.

Holmes said they considered a Valentine’s Day wedding, but it was hard to get the family together and Friday was already a special day.

“It’s a year to the day after he proposed,” said a beaming Holmes.

With Valentine’s Day falling on a holiday weekend, one clerk said there may be a wedding rush this Friday. Read more..

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NEW YORK Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. were joined by the pastors of four Bronx churches to announce the borough’s second gun buyback program in an effort to get illegal hand guns and other weapons off the streets and out of circulation.  Participants will receive a $200 pre-paid cash card for each eligible weapon surrendered, no questions asked.

The gun buyback / amnesty program will take place on one day only - Saturday, January 23, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at four drop-off locations.

Firearms may be surrendered at the following Bronx locations:

St. Luke’s Catholic Church
623 East 138th Street
(Between Cypress Avenue & St. Ann’s Street)
Reverend Msgr. Gerald J. Ryan
(718) 665-6677

St. Augustine’s Catholic
1183 Franklin Avenue
(C/O East 167th Street)
Reverend Thomas Fenlon
(718) 893-0072

Transfiguration Lutheran Church
763 Prospect Avenue
(C/O 156th Street)
Pastor Paul Block
(718) 378-3588

Our Lady of Grace
3985 Bronxwood Avenue
(C/O East 226th Street)
Father Levelt Germain
(718) 652-4817

Handguns, rifles and shotguns will be accepted, however guns belonging to either active or retired law enforcement officials are not eligible for the buyback program. Functional BB guns and air pistols may be exchanged for a gift card. Read more..

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Whether it’s through prayer or community service, Bronxites are taking time Monday to honor the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

“We can never forget the legacy, leadership and selfless spirit of Dr. King,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.

“In a very diverse borough like the Bronx,” he continued, “it is important to promote Dr. King’s ideas and to teach future generations that President Obama is an example of Dr. King’s dream, in which people of all races, religions and classes are equal.”

In Williamsbridge, Trinity Baptist Church is hosting its annual celebration starting at 10 a.m. Monday. This year’s theme: Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not a Day Off!

The service, co-hosted by the borough resident’s office and Pastor Naomi Tyler Lloyd, will feature musical selections from the church’s Legacy Choir as well as the Blessed Quietness Choir.

In Hunts Point, up to 1,000 volunteers will fan out across the neighborhood in a mass community service effort to beautify local schools, churches and recreation centers.

The effort is being sponsored by City Year New York, a non-profit that recruits young people for full time community service.

Volunteers will be painting, cleaning and doing light construction at 17 South Bronx sites including Middle School 424

“Dr. King said everybody can be great, because anybody can serve. So we’re just trying to live that out,” said Alice Pak, of City Year. Read more..

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 This past Saturday afternoon, a group of Bronx bikers, mostly young people, worked the Grand Concourse for Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson like it was their own personal campaign trail.

Yorman Nunez, a former City Council candidate in the 14th District who is now working on the Thompson campaign team, organized the outreach, calling it “Bikers for Billy.”

The Thompson campaigners wore t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Eight is Enough,” a dig at Mayor Bloomberg, who pushed an unpopular term-limits extension bill through the City Council last fall so he would be eligible for re-election Read more..

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