Sanitation Department Proposes Expanded Organics Recycling Requirements for Large Food Retailers and Food Service Establishments Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia today announced a proposal to require additional commercial food establishments to separate organic waste. The proposal is expected to increase food […]
Congressman Crowley on CBO Analysis of President Trump’s Budget (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of President Trump’s budget: “The Congressional Budget Office’s score of President […]
Charles Horace Mayo (1865) Mayo was a gifted surgeon who, with his father, brother, and several other doctors, founded the world-renowned non-profit medical center in Minnesota that would become the Mayo Clinic. In addition to seeing patients, Mayo served as […]
Repose Definition: (noun) The act of resting or the state of being at rest. Synonyms: Ease, Relaxation, Rest Usage: The vacationer took his repose beside the swimming pool.
Abreu Calls for Investigation into Mass Firing at Charter High School for Law and Social Justice 73% of faculty fired on June 20th at Bronx charter school in alleged union-busting tactic BRONX, N.Y. – In response to the news of […]
Register here! Journey through the lower segments of the Bronx via canoe traveling south and back passing along Concrete Plant Park, Hunts Point Riverside Park and Soundview Park on this urban adventure. Travel to the connecting Long Island Sound and […]
Wednesday, July 19 Governor Cuomo is in Nassau County and New York City. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is in the North Country. 8:30 AM – Comptroller Scott Stringer delivers keynote address at Accountants Club of America and New York State […]
Fervent Definition: (adjective) Having or showing great emotion or zeal. Synonyms: Ardent, Fervid, Fiery, Impassioned, Perfervid, Torrid Usage: She was a fervent opponent of the death penalty and organized a monthlong hunger strike to protest the practice.
Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he’s in love with her. Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853) Lorentz was a Dutch physicist who, in 1902, shared the second Nobel Prize in Physics. A pioneer in formulating the relations between electricity, magnetism, and light, he was one of the first people to postulate the […]
ASTOR APPOINTS JEANNINE MENDEZ AS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS IN THE BRONX Bronx, NY – Astor Services for Children & Families in the Hudson Valley and the Bronx, a non-profit that serves more than 8,000 children with emotional and […]
Free Community Rowing Saturdays 1-6pm May 27 – September 2 More info here! Through Community Rowing, Hunts Point residents of all ages explore the Bronx River aboard student-built wooden row boats, accompanied by Program Assistants who teach them about the […]
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