Interview with Helen Diane Foster
Among the many topics touched on during a nearly one-hour-long conversation were: The trial of officers charged in Sean Bell’s killing (“If we see another acquittal in this city,” Foster said two weeks before the verdict was announced, “it will be a sad day for all of New York City, and how we are looked at [not only]by ourselves but by the country”); the reasons she’s decided to run for Bronx Borough President in 2009; her feelings about current borough president Adolfo Carrión; the criticism she received in the media for missing the congestion pricing vote; and the impact that major development projects such as Yankee Stadium and the Gateway Mall could have on Highbridge residents.

Stand-Out Student: Highbridge Resident Excels at SUNY Purchase
When Sade Greene and Don Cooper met as freshmen at Purchase College four years ago, Cooper said that all his new friend talked about was running for President of the United States. You never know. Greene, a 22-year-old Highbridge resident, recently received a 2008 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, which recognizes students for their academic achievement and extra-curricular accomplishments.

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