Articles by: Joseph Oddo

HUNGARIAN STATE FOLK ENSEMBLE AT LEHMAN CENTER

Lehman Center Presents Direct From Budapest Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Sunday, November 17th at 8 p.m. RESERVE TICKETS — GET TICKETS — CHILDRENS TICKETS $10 *Program subject to change *Box Office service fees will apply Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Lehman […]

by · November 6, 2013 · Bulletin Board

FERRY POINT FERRY

To my North East Bronx Community Alliance partners and all other community groups: Boat clubs, businesses etc. would benefit from Manhattanites gaining access to our neighborhood by Ferry Service on the East River. Or Bronx commuters, shoppers or patrons of […]

by · November 6, 2013 · Bulletin Board

NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS DEADLINE

Citizens Committee Neighborhood Grants 

Deadline: January 27, 2014

 Through their Neighborhood Grants, Citizens Committee awards micro-grants of up to $3,000 to resident-led groups to work on community and school improvement projects throughout the city. Citizens Committee prioritizes groups based in low […]

by · November 6, 2013 · Bulletin Board, Education News, Local News

SAVOR THE BRONX CULTURAL EVENTS

Bronx Calendar Upcoming Events Paulo Bruscky: Art Is Our Last Hope Wed Nov 06 @11:00AM HISTORY WOVEN INTO CLOTH Selections from the Textile Collection of The Bronx County Historical Society Wed Nov 06 @ 4:30PM FIRST WEDNESDAYS BRONX CULTURE TROLLEY […]

by · November 6, 2013 · Bulletin Board, Education News

TIPS FROM IRS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH AN IRS TAX SCAM

Media Relations Office Washington, D.C. Media Contact: 202.622.4000 www.IRS.gov/newsroom Public Contact: 800.829.1040 IRS Warns of Pervasive Telephone Scam Tax Scams Every year, many people fall victim to scammers trying to dupe taxpayers out of their hard-earned money or steal their […]

by · November 6, 2013 · Bulletin Board, Business, Domestic News

Pelham Parkway Horse Stables Auctioned !

Pelham Parkway Horse Stables Auctioned off by, Rosanna Delgado The horse stables located at Pelham Parkway South was sold at the judicial foreclosure auction held Nov 4th in the Bronx Supreme Court. The approximate amount of judgment is $19,686,28 plus […]

by · November 6, 2013 · Local News

Mayor Bloomberg’s Water Tunnel improvements Update

Mayor Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Operations Cas Holloway and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Carter Strickland today visited a construction site in Newburgh, New York where work has begun on a project to build a 2.5-mile-long bypass tunnel approximately 600 […]

by · November 5, 2013 · Business

President Obama Proclaims November National Family Caregivers Month

In recognition of the sacrifices that are made by loved ones in the service of our Veterans, Seniors, and the Disabled President Barack Obama has declared November 2013 National Family Caregivers Month. The following is the proclamation as issued by […]

by · November 5, 2013 · Domestic News

Pelham Parkway Horse Stable Sold At Auction

Rusty or Bronco as he is known to many has had his stable sold. Today a tax lien court ordered auction took place at Bronx Supreme Court. The ramshackle structure and the land it sat on was sold to the […]

by · November 5, 2013 · Local News, Uncategorized

New York City Fall Forest Weekend

The New York Botanical Garden is a magical place all year round. My favorite place in the Garden is the Thain Family Forest. It is a 50 acre tract of the native forest that once made up most of New […]

by · November 5, 2013 · Features

Water for the Future

The following is a statement issued by Mayor Bloomberg on the state of the capital improvements that are being made to the Delware water tunnel. Mayor Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Operations Cas Holloway and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Carter […]

by · November 5, 2013 · Domestic News

Does Government Create Jobs

On November 1, 2013, Andrew R Thomas Associate Professor of Marketing and International Business at the University of Akron in the Great State of Ohio has in 13 short paragraphs taken apart the tea party’s mantra that government does not […]

by · November 4, 2013 · Editorials

What is bullying?

By Christian Claudio Bullying is a widespread and serious problem that can happen anywhere.  It is not a phase children have to go through, it is not “just messing around”, and it is not something to grow out of.  Bullying […]

by · November 4, 2013 · Features