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Quote of the Day: May 29, 2017

Quote of the Day: May 29, 2017

No man is offended by another man’s admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment. Jane Austen (1775-1817)

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JOSE HERNANDEZ is a perfect example of what a person living with a disability is capable of doing with motivation and will. (Wheels of Progress)

United Spinal to Host Bronx Disability Advocate Jose Hernandez for “Roll on Capitol Hill” in D.C.

Roll to Advocate for Greater Access to Quality Affordable Healthcare, Community Integration and Complex Rehab Technology NEW YORK, NY /USNewswire/ — United Spinal Association will host Jose Hernandez from the Bronx, New York, at its 6th Annual Roll on Capitol Hill, […]

Word of the Day: May 29, 2017

Word of the Day: May 29, 2017

Dissociate Definition: (verb) To remove from association; separate. Synonyms: Disjoint, Disunite, Divorce Usage: The senator dissociated herself from the organization when she found that the president had been involved in an embezzlement scheme.

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Chairman Crowley on Updated CBO Score for Republican’s TrumpCare Bill

Chairman Crowley on Updated CBO Score for Republican’s TrumpCare Bill

Chairman Crowley on Updated CBO Score for Republican’s TrumpCare Bill (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office released an updated score of the Republican health care repeal bill: […]

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(PRNewsfoto/Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fo)

9th Annual Runyon 5K at Yankee Stadium, Saturday, July 15

BRONX, New York /PRNewswire/ — On Saturday, July 15, 2017, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation will hold the 9th Annual Runyon 5K at Yankee Stadium – and 100 percent of funds raised will directly support innovative cancer research by brilliant, early […]

Annual Flagging of Graves Held at Woodlawn Cemetery

Annual Flagging of Graves Held at Woodlawn Cemetery

Annual Flagging of Graves Held at Woodlawn Cemetery by David Greene More than 350 volunteers spent the last two weekends at the Woodlawn Cemetery, placing American flags at the graves of members of the U.S. military in honor of Memorial […]

by · May 29, 2017 · Community Events, Holidays
Whose Birthday Is It? May 28, 2017

Whose Birthday Is It? May 28, 2017

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 […]

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Quote of the Day: May 28, 2017

Quote of the Day: May 28, 2017

But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light matter. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)

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Word of the Day: May 28, 2017

Word of the Day: May 28, 2017

Nerveless Definition: (adjective) Lacking strength or energy; spiritless; weak. Synonyms: Feeble Usage: He was a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude.

by · May 28, 2017 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? May 27, 2017

Whose Birthday Is It? May 27, 2017

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 […]

by · May 27, 2017 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: May 27, 2017

Quote of the Day: May 27, 2017

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)

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Word of the Day: May 27, 2017

Word of the Day: May 27, 2017

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 […]

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Congressman Joseph Crowley 14th Congressional District Bronx/Queens

Chairman Crowley on the Holy Month of Ramadan

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 […]

by · May 27, 2017 · Bulletin Board
BRONX DA: BRONX MAN CONVICTED OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER FOR KILLING HOMELESS SHELTER DIRECTOR

BRONX DA: BRONX MAN CONVICTED OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER FOR KILLING HOMELESS SHELTER DIRECTOR

by · May 27, 2017 · Bulletin Board, Crime
Federal Tax Proposal Could Cost Homeowners $21 Billion More in Taxes; Senator Carlucci & IDC Step Up to Protect Taxpayers in ‘Taxing Times’

Federal Tax Proposal Could Cost Homeowners $21 Billion More in Taxes; Senator Carlucci & IDC Step Up to Protect Taxpayers in ‘Taxing Times’