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	<description>The Mount Hope Monitor is a print and online newspaper serving the west Bronx neighborhoods of Mount Hope, Morris Heights, and parts of Fordham and University Heights.</description>
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		<title>Journalism Classes for High School Students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bronx News Network, in collaboration with College Now, is running a free journalism program for Bronx high school students. The next semester starts in September. Classes will be held at Hostos Community College on Wednesday afternoons from 4 to 6 p.m. and run for 12 weeks. Students will learn the fundamentals of writing, reporting, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mounthopemonitor.org/?p=176</link>
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		<title>Editorial: Swimming Pool Blues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because of ongoing renovations, Roberto Clemente State Park’s swimming pools will likely be closed for the entire summer for the second year in a row – something Leon Johnson, the president of River Park Towers Tenants Association, calls a “disgrace.”]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mounthopemonitor.org/?p=822</link>
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		<title>Roberto Clemente&#8217;s Pools Closed for Second Straight Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s no relief in sight for Morris Heights residents looking to cool off this summer—for the second year in a row.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mounthopemonitor.org/?p=818</link>
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		<title>Several Candidates Hoping to Topple Espada</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most local state legislators – among them Sen. Jose M. Serrano and Assembly member Vanessa Gibson – won’t face a primary challenger this fall. State Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr., on the other hand, could face as many as four. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mounthopemonitor.org/?p=848</link>
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		<title>Tolentine Senior Center Handed Last Minute Reprieve</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month, staff at Tolentine Zeiser Senior Center in University Heights began clearing out their offices.  

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		<link>http://www.mounthopemonitor.org/?p=842</link>
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		<title>Castro Faces Tough Challenge From Party-Backed Candidate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When assembly candidate Nelson Castro won the Democratic primary in September 2008, on his way to becoming the first Dominican-American sent up to Albany from the Bronx, he enjoyed the support of the Bronx Democratic County Committee, then led by Assemblyman Jose Rivera.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mounthopemonitor.org/?p=840</link>
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		<title>At PS 226: &#8216;Yes, We Can!&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PS 226 ART TEACHER WENDY GUAGENTI, PRINCIPAL GLORIA DARDEN, AND SEVERAL OF THE SCHOOL’S BUDDING ARTISTS, BY A MURAL OF OBAMA THEY CREATED. (PHOTO: A. WATKINS) By JAMES FERGUSSON President Obama’s poll numbers may be slipping, but the man – and his words – still resonate strongly at PS 226, an elementary school on Sedgwick [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mounthopemonitor.org/?p=836</link>
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		<title>City Comes to Budget Deal; Albany Fight Still On</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While lawmakers in Albany have yet to come to an agreement on a state budget for the next fiscal year—despite being nearly three months past deadline—the New York City Council and Mayor Michael Bloomberg agreed on a $63 billion city budget on June 24.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mounthopemonitor.org/?p=833</link>
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		<title>Body of Bronx Woman Found in Harlem River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The body of a young Bronx woman was found in the Harlem River on June 29, near Roberto Clemente State Park in Morris Heights, according to police.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mounthopemonitor.org/?p=830</link>
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		<title>What’s Going On?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EVENTS &#38; ANNOUNCEMENTS Free Zumba Classes Davidson Community Center, in conjuction with the Parks Department and Equinox Fitness Clubs, is offering local residents free Zumba classes this summer on Thursdays at 3 p.m. and Fridays at 8 a.m. Zumba is a fusion of Latin, international and popular music dance themes. The classes involve fast and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mounthopemonitor.org/?p=155</link>
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