Senator Jeff Klein, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Joined by Elected Officials & Seniors, Celebrate Major Property Tax Savings That Are On The Way for Homeowners SCHE/DHE program expansion set to help thousands more live affordably in New York Bronx, NY […]
Monday, May 29 — Today is Memorial Day, looked on as the start of the summer season, and a time for family gatherings and sporting events. But the true meaning of the day is underlined by the continuing sacrifices made by […]
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807) Agassiz was a Swiss-born naturalist and geologist. Noticing the presence of huge alpine boulders in areas of Switzerland where there are no glaciers, he hypothesized that glaciers had, at one time, been widespread in the […]
But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light matter. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)
Nerveless Definition: (adjective) Lacking strength or energy; spiritless; weak. Synonyms: Feeble Usage: He was a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude.
Old Timer’s Day Held for Legends of Graffiti by David Greene More than 100 graffiti artists from several states converged on a street in the Allerton section to pay homage to the founders of modern day graffiti. Billed as the […]
Spam, the pork product in a can, debuted in 1937, and World War II spread its fame, such as it is, around the globe. Spam, the unsolicited email message, debuted this month in 1978, and the World Wide Web has […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv. Psalms 117:1-2 ESV “Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!” Have […]
By Luis Vazquez Explosive. It’s why Brittany Boyd was one of two prize acquisitions desired by the New York Liberty in the 2015 WNBA Draft. As Cappie Pondexter showed signs of age, the Liberty appeared to find her successor in […]
Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794) Cornelius was the patriarch of the famous Vanderbilt family. As a youth, he ferried freight and passengers in New York Harbor. As an adult, he gained control of most of the ferry lines around New York City […]
The sky was clear—remarkably clear—and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
Facile Definition: (adjective) Working, acting, or speaking with effortless ease and fluency. Synonyms: Eloquent, Silver-tongues, Smooth-spoken, Fluent, Silver Usage: Those facile and brilliant phrases and ideas struck me as the finest things I have known in literature, and I borrowed […]
Saturday, May 27 — The first criminal case in the U.S. in which fingerprint evidence alone won conviction occurred this month in New York City in 1911. Burglary suspect Caesar Cella, alias Charles Crispi, was undone by prints identified by detective […]
Chairman Crowley on the Holy Month of Ramadan (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement to celebrate the start of Ramadan. “I want to extend my warm greetings to Muslim-American families in Queens […]
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