Archive for March, 2016

Free Tax Preparation Workshop at the Pelham Bay library April 2 at 2pm

Free Tax Preparation Workshop at the Pelham Bay library April 2 at 2pm

by · March 30, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Nature & Outdoors – Spring Stewardship Day, Opening Weekend at Prospect Park, Tours, Hikes, and more

Nature & Outdoors – Spring Stewardship Day, Opening Weekend at Prospect Park, Tours, Hikes, and more

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks Nature & Outdoors: Mar 30, 2016 – Apr 4, 2016 Citywide Highlights Spring Citywide Stewardship Day On April 16, spend the day outdoors with our Stewardship Team taking care of our urban forest! Discover natural […]

by · March 30, 2016 · Bulletin Board, Parks
Alex Rodriguez, NY Yankees

What legacy will A-Rod have?

What legacy will A-Rod have? By Christopher Saunders This is the only way it could have ended.  It appears Alex Rodriguez has decided to conclude his baseball career on his own terms.  I expected nothing less from A-Rod.  If his […]

by · March 30, 2016 · Bronx Personalities, Sports
“Spiking Healthcare Costs Under ACA Are A Myth,” GOP Candidates Should Stop Asserting Them

“Spiking Healthcare Costs Under ACA Are A Myth,” GOP Candidates Should Stop Asserting Them

Fmr House Aging & Health Staff Chief Says Rise in Health Care Costs is Half of Pre-ACA Former White House spokesman Robert Weiner and analyst Daniel Khan argue in a newly released article published in the Tallahassee Democrat, a highly […]

by · March 30, 2016 · Government, Health, News
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 14:  (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Jesus Montero #63 of the Seattle Mariners looks on against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on May 14, 2013  in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees defeated the Mariners 4-3.  (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Former New York Yankees top prospect waived by Seattle Mariners

This article was originally published on Outside Pitch MLB Long before Aaron Judge, Jorge Mateo and James Kaprielian were the top names in the New York Yankees farm system, there was Jesus Montero. The catching prospect and native of Venezuela wasn’t only known within the Yankees organization – he […]

by · March 30, 2016 · Sports
Profile America: FM Radio Is Born

Profile America: FM Radio Is Born

FM RADIO DEBUTS   Wednesday, March 30 — FM radio is 75 years old. In March 1941, the first commercial FM station went on the air — W47NV in Nashville, Tennessee. FM — standing for frequency modulation — was first […]

by · March 30, 2016 · Profile America
Quote of the Day: March 29, 2016

Quote of the Day: March 29, 2016

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others. Henry Fielding (1707-1754)

by · March 29, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: March 29, 2016

Word of the Day: March 29, 2016

Word of the Day ? perquisite Definition: (noun) A payment or profit received in addition to a regular wage or salary, especially a benefit expected as one’s due. Synonyms: fringe benefit, perk Usage: We had promised her a liberal perquisite […]

by · March 29, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? March 29, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? March 29, 2016

Ernst Jünger (1895) Early in his career, Jünger, a German writer and WWI veteran, published novels based on his army experience. Strongly influenced by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, they glorified war and its sacrifice as the greatest physical and mental […]

by · March 29, 2016 · Bulletin Board
#Not62 Town Hall Meeting: The Campaign for A Healthy Bronx!

#Not62 Town Hall Meeting: The Campaign for A Healthy Bronx!

Town Hall Meeting #Not62-The Campaign for A Healthy Bronx!   SATURDAY APRIL 2, 11AM:   Bronx Health REACH invites Bronxites to come and be a part of a Town Hall Meeting, #Not62 — The Campaign for a Healthy Bronx! on Saturday, […]

Vernuccio’s View: President Obama and His Cuban Folly

Vernuccio’s View: President Obama and His Cuban Folly

What Did President Obama’s Cuban Trip Achieve? by Frank Vernuccio, Jr., JD   The results of President Obama’s recent trip to Cuba, and, indeed, the reasons for his traveling there at all, remain unclear.   The original timing of Washington’s […]

by · March 29, 2016 · Government, News
Gov Cuomo Imposes North Carolina Travel Ban

Gov Cuomo Imposes North Carolina Travel Ban

GOVERNOR CUOMO BANS NON-ESSENTIAL STATE TRAVEL TO NORTH CAROLINA   On Monday, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed an executive order banning all non-essential state travel to North Carolina. The order requires all New York State agencies, departments, boards and commissions […]

by · March 29, 2016 · News
Classic Coca Cola logo

Profile America: Birth of a Classic — Coca-Cola

BIRTH OF A BRAND   Tuesday, March 29 — One of the most successful brand names of all time got its start on this date in 1886. That’s when Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton brewed up the first batch of Coca-Cola — […]

by · March 29, 2016 · Profile America
Yearly Cost of U.S. Premature Births Linked to Air Pollution

Yearly Cost of U.S. Premature Births Linked to Air Pollution

  NEW YORK, March 29, 2016  — The annual economic cost of the nearly 16,000 premature births linked to air pollution in the United States has reached $4.33 billion, according to a report by scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center. The […]

by · March 29, 2016 · Environment, Science, Women
WABC-TV IS THE NEW BROADCASTING HOME FOR THE NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE

WABC-TV IS THE NEW BROADCASTING HOME FOR THE NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE

National Puerto Rican Day Parade, Inc. announced yesterday that WABC7-TV, Channel 7 will be the broadcast home and official English language television station of the 59th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade, live from Fifth Avenue, on Sunday, June 12, 2016. This […]