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DeWitt Clinton High School senior center Bilal Ouro guards Brooklyn Tech senior guard Kenny Lei in an early round PSAL city championship tournament game. The Governors won handily, 73-41.

Govs fall short in PSAL city semis vs. Transit Tech

Deep in Flushing sits the Fitzgerald gymnasium on Queens College’s campus. Wide with a high, curved white ceiling reinforced with metal beams, it set a grand atmosphere for what felt like an equally grand matchup on Monday between DeWitt Clinton’s boys basketball team and Transit Tech high school from East New York for the semifinals of the PSAL citywide playoffs. more

By Santiago Mendoza | 3/17/23

Very early in the first quarter in the Governors’ playoff game against Far Rockaway, Jason Coachman makes his way to the basket for a layup. DeWitt Clinton High School trailed early but powered past the Sea Horses, 66-40 to advance in the citywide playoffs.

Governors get on track early in city championships

The DeWitt Clinton High School boys basketball team is picking up where it left off last season as it defeated the Far Rockaway Sea Horses, 66-40, in the first round of the citywide playoffs last week. more

By Santiago Mendoza | 3/10/23

DeWitt Clinton High School Senior guard Jason Coachman takes a jumper against Stevenson High School in the first round of the Bronx Boro tournament last month. It has been the lone loss for the Governors, who now head to the city championships.

Governors await first-round city playoff opponent

The strategy for the DeWitt Clinton boy’s basketball team was to drive down to Far Rockaway educational campus’ gym at 5 p.m. on Tuesday to catch the first round city playoff game against Queens High School Complex. more

BY SANTIAGO MENDOZA | 3/3/23

Players from DeWitt Clinton and Truman high schools prep during a timeout of the Governors’ 73-35 thrashing of Truman High School Saturday morning.

Governors racing toward PSAL basketball playoffs

In the depths of Truman High School’s concrete basement, DeWitt Clinton’s boys basketball team was looking to extend its 10-game winning streak. They were up against William C. Bryant’s Owls, who put together a spirited effort to try and meet Clinton’s physical style of pressure basketball. Ultimately, the Governors dominated the Owls, 73-35. more

By Santiago Mendoza | 2/3/23

Teens for Food Justice, a Department of Education partner are on DeWitt Clinton High School grounds where they grow their own green vegetables on a farm located on the third floor of the building. It is hydroponic, a more advanced way to farm economically.

Clinton teaches teens about going hungry at home

On the DeWitt Clinton high school lives a new, large farm that can grow 10,000 pounds of produce a year. It is an example of the farming of the future called hydroponics, more

By Stacy Driks | 8/26/22

Lots of Clinton past

To the editor: (re: “125 years, and still going strong,” June 9) Thank you for your front-page story on DeWitt Clinton High School. more

6/19/22

Pierre Orbe became the principal at DeWitt Clinton High School in 2017 — the third person to hold that position that year. Since his arrival, however, graduation rates have grown from less than half in 2015, to 9-in-10 last year.

125 years, and still going strong

The stock market infamously crashed in 1929 — a year still remembered as the start of the Great Depression. Investors lost billions. The center of the universe seemed to be Wall Street for all the wrong reasons. more

By Stacy Driks | 6/10/22

Father Joseph Franco of Out Lady of Angels Church in Kingsbridge Heights blesses three rosebud trees planted in memory of those who perished during COVID-19 over the past two years. The ceremony took place April 9 in a park at the corner of University and Reservoir avenues in Kingsbridge Heights.

Personalizing a pandemic’s perpetual fury with a tree

Paul Waylonis. Luis Tovar. Vidal Galicia Chalpeno. Those were just a few of the more than 40 names of those lost to COVID-19 that were read aloud April 9 at a memorial on the corner of University and Reservoir avenues in Kingsbridge Heights. more

By GARY LARKIN | 4/17/22

Since taking office last March, Councilman Eric Dinowitz says he’s already achieved a number of goals for his district — like bringing back curbside composting. Dinowitz is barely campaigning against Republican challenger Kevin Pazmino because he expects to win easily in a very dominant Democratic district.

Very few surprises expected in election

It’s only been a half-year since Eric Dinowitz won his city council seat in a special election to replace now-Bronx Supreme Court judge Andrew Cohen. And only about four months since the Democratic primary where Dinowitz all but assured he’d hold onto his seat for the next two years. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 10/31/21

Stanley Manne donated $18 million to build a scientific research facility on the campus of his alma mater, the Bronx High School of Science. Manne joined Mayor Bill de Blasio, Councilman Eric Dinowitz and a number of other officials at a groundbreaking ceremony for the institute last month.

Stanley Manne gives back to help others far less fortunate to succeed

After decades of personal success, one core mission now drives Stanley Manne: To give back to where he came from. That’s why Manne wrote a check for $18 million to the alumni foundation for his alma mater, The Bronx High School of Science. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 8/29/21

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