Articles by: The Bronx Chronicle
NYC Department of Sanitation Team Deployed to Puerto Rico
NYC Department of Sanitation Team Deployed to Puerto Rico On October 6th, the New York City Department of Sanitation sent 31 workers to Puerto Rico. The 30 uniformed workers and one civilian employee will help the Puerto Rico Emergency Management […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on White House Immigration Demands
Chairman Crowley Statement on White House Immigration Demands (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after the White House released a series of demands that President Trump would require before agreeing to protect […]
Word of the Day: October 21, 2017
Meanly Definition: (adverb) In a miserly manner. Synonyms: Humbly Usage: They lived meanly and without ostentation.
Whose Birthday Is It? October 21, 2017
John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (1917) Considered one of the main innovators of bebop along with Charlie Parker, Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. His virtuosity and comic wit—in addition to his trademark puffed cheeks and 45-degree […]
Quote of the Day: October 21, 2017
An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; […]
ARTS, CULTURE & FUN MAKE YOUR MARK: COMMUNITY ART DAY
This fall a multi-purpose space will be installed at Concrete Plant Park to support even more activities at the Park and at the Foodway! The container is your community space! We will paint a mural that celebrates the community and […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on Trump Administration’s Repeal of the Clean Power Plan
Chairman Crowley Statement on Trump Administration’s Repeal of the Clean Power Plan (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after President Trump’s administration repealed the Clean Power Plan: “Climate change is undeniably real […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on the September Jobs Report
Chairman Crowley Statement on the September Jobs Report (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement on the Labor Department report that the U.S. economy lost 33,000 jobs in September: “The U.S. economy is […]
Senator Jeff Klein Collects over 1,000 Signatures to Save Columbus Statue at Morris Park Columbus Day Parade; Petition Drive will Continue for Two Weeks
Senator Jeff Klein Collects over 1,000 Signatures to Save Columbus Statue at Morris Park Columbus Day Parade; Petition Drive will Continue for Two Weeks Senators Klein & Savino, Assembly Members Gjonaj & Benedetto, Italian-American leaders & parade-goers rally to save […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on Passage of the House Republican Budget
Chairman Crowley Statement on Passage of the House Republican Budget (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the passage of the damaging House Republican Budget: “House Republicans passed a budget today that […]
Fordham Posthumously Honors Beloved Knicks Hall of Fame Analyst, John Andariese
John Andariese to Receive Johnny Bach Award at Fordham Basketball Tip-Off Dinner on Monday Night, October 30 at The Water Club in New York City Fordham Posthumously Honors Beloved Knicks Hall of Fame Analyst, Distinguished Fordham Alumnus New York, October […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on Diwali
Chairman Crowley Statement on Diwali (Queens, N.Y.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement in celebration of Diwali: “Happy Diwali to the millions of Indian-Americans and all those celebrating this joyous festival of lights. This […]
Word of the Day: October 19, 2017
Colloquial Definition: (adjective) Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation. Synonyms: Conversational Usage: She wrote her essays in a colloquial style that the teacher strongly criticized.
Whose Birthday Is It? October 19, 2017
John McLoughlin (1784) A Canadian doctor and fur trader, McLoughlin became administrator of the far western region of England’s Hudson’s Bay Company in the 1820s. In spite of the strained relations between Britain and the US, “the Father of Oregon” […]
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