Irish-Americans Today Congress proclaimed March as Irish-American Heritage Month in 1991, and President Barack Obama issued a proclamation commemorating the occasion this year. Originally a religious holiday to honor St. Patrick, who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth […]
Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary-General, will deliver the 47th Annual Herbert H. Lehman Lecture on Thursday, March 17, at the Lovinger Theatre at 11 a.m at Lehman College. The title of the lecture is “From Turmoil to Opportunity: The United Nations […]
Bronx-born novelist and writer E. L. Doctorow, who died July 21st, was interred here at Woodlawn Cemetery on Thursday, October 1st. I was among only three others, besides the family, to attend. He included Woodlawn in his novels “Ragtime” […]
WAR ON POVERTY Wednesday, March 16 — The first salvo in what we’ve come to know as the War on Poverty was fired on this date 52 years ago. Following President Lyndon Johnson’s State of the Union call for tackling poverty […]
SENATOR KLEIN CELEBRATES ST. PATRICK’S DAY Klein Donates Thousands of Shamrock Cookies to Parade Marchers In Honor of St. Patrick’s Day BRONX, NY – State Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester), together with Councilman James Vacca (D-Bronx) joined the 2016 […]
Program celebrated female engineers during Pi day and Women’s History Month Long Island City – In celebration of Pi day and Women’s History Month, the New York City Department of Design and Construction’s STEAM education initiative hosted 20 female […]
COURT APPEARANCE: Belva A. Lockwood Monday, March 14 — This month in 1879 marked a milestone in women’s history and the opportunities available to them. Earlier, President Rutherford Hayes signed a congressional act “to relieve certain legal disabilities of […]
New York State Youth Pardon Program Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is offering executive pardons to New Yorkers convicted of nonviolent crimes at ages 16 and 17, who have been crime free for a minimum of 10 years since their offense. […]
VOTER REGISTRATION The right to vote began to receive some supervision more than two centuries ago, when Massachusetts acted this month in 1801 to register voters. At that time, the franchise was limited to men — usually those of local repute […]
Car and car parts dealers had sales of $1.0 trillion, representing an increase of 6.5 percent over the previous year, according to new statistics released today from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2014 Annual Retail Trade Survey. The Census Bureau […]
DOG LICENSING Wednesday, March 9 — “Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.” Whatever is the merit in the remark by the late advice columnist Ann Landers, there are few bonds of esteem stronger than […]
Honda and Mercedes-Benz Tie for Most Wins U.S. News & World Report ranked the 2016 Best Cars for Families. U.S. News evaluated 256 vehicles and named winners across 21 categories. The 2016 Best Cars for Families winners have the […]
NEW YORK — As New Yorkers went about their busy day in the City Hall area on Saturday, a group of community-minded citizens, led by NYC Council Member Andy King, stood in a moment of silence for a purpose. […]
INVENTIVE SOCIETY LADY Tuesday, March 8 — The inventor of the first practical automatic dishwasher was born on this date in 1839 and was perhaps an unlikely candidate for the distinction. Josephine Cochrane was a socialite, and devised the […]
THE PIES HAVE IT Monday, March 7 — Las Vegas is renowned for spectacular stage shows and as a destination for conventions and expositions. One opens there today that likely would draw an enormous crush of visitors. But sadly, the […]
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