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Gleyber Back At Short And Expected To Hit Home Runs

Gleyber Back At Short And Expected To Hit Home Runs

By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Gleyber Torres hit his first home run of the spring Saturday afternoon. The Yankees expect a lot of those long balls to be hit as Opening Day awaits in three weeks.   The home run went […]

by · March 1, 2020 · Sports, Uncategorized
The sparsely attended meeting

The Mark Gjonaj Show

It was billed as a 1400 Blondell Avenue Town Hall meeting. Above that on the flyer were photos of Assemblyman Michael Benedetto and Councilman Mark Gjonaj and the logos from NYC Bronx Community Board 10 and 11, with each name below […]

by · February 26, 2020 · Uncategorized
Commissioner Shea addressing the class of recruits at the Police Academy.

Overall Crime in New York City Hits Record Low in 2019

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Dermot Shea came to the Police Academy (in Queens) to see the class of 530 recruits that will be hitting the streets of New York City, and to hold a press conference on the […]

by · January 8, 2020 · Uncategorized
A group photo of the members of the Al-Shaib community and their guests.

Peace December January 2020 Dinner

Friday January 3rd was the first Peace December meeting and community dinner of 2020. People of all ethnic backgrounds filled the Al-Shaib Community room on Westchester Avenue. Sheikh Musa Drammeh introduced first time visitor Assemblyman Michael Benedetto. Benedetto started out […]

by · January 7, 2020 · Bulletin Board, Uncategorized
Word of the Day: January 3, 2020

Word of the Day: January 3, 2020

pretermit  Definition: (verb) Leave undone or leave out. Synonyms: neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, miss, drop Usage: Tom overslept and would need to pretermit his usual morning workout if he wanted to make it to work on time. Discuss.

Quote of the Day: December 16, 2019

Quote of the Day: December 16, 2019

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire. Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

by · December 16, 2019 · Uncategorized
Quote of the Day: November 25, 2019

Quote of the Day: November 25, 2019

The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence…Accordingly, with admirable, though misdirected intentions, they very seriously and very sentimentally set themselves to the task of remedying the evils that they see. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

by · November 25, 2019 · Bulletin Board, Uncategorized
Offseason Begins For Yankees And Making Moves

Offseason Begins For Yankees And Making Moves

By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor  Aaron Boone could have won the 2019 AL Manager of The year but he was the runner up to the Twins’ Rocco Baldelli. Boone was deserving with a team that overcame a  MLB record 30 […]

by · November 12, 2019 · Sports, Uncategorized
Drew Hunter Returning to The Armory Where He Achieved Legendary Status

Drew Hunter Returning to The Armory Where He Achieved Legendary Status

Cover Photo: John Nepolitan Drew Hunter’s return to The Armory on Saturday will be especially gratifying for two reasons.For one, he will be working alongside high school track & field athletes as an instructor at The Armory Indoor Track & Field Camp at The Armory New […]

by · November 12, 2019 · Sports, Uncategorized
NYCFC And Head Coach Part Ways

NYCFC And Head Coach Part Ways

New York City FC today announced that the Club and Head Coach Domènec Torrent have mutually agreed to part ways. Torrent replaced Patrick Vieira as New York City FC Head Coach in June 2018 and helped guide NYCFC to a […]

by · November 8, 2019 · Sports, Uncategorized
Whose Birthday Is It? October 22, 2019

Whose Birthday Is It? October 22, 2019

Doris Lessing (1919) Lessing is a British writer and winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature. Born in Iran, she moved with her family to a farm in what was Southern Rhodesia in 1924 and lived there until 1949, when she settled in England and began her writing career. Her work often addresses social and political themes, particularly the place of women in society. The Golden Notebook, her most widely read novel, is considered a feminist classic, although Lessing herself has said what about feminists? More…

by · October 22, 2019 · Uncategorized
NY Yankees closer, Aroldis Chapman

More Than Chapman Cost Yankees ALCS To Astros

By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Aroldis Chapman threw a slider to Jose Altuve Saturday night in Houston in the ninth inning and again the Houston Astros for the second time in three years denied the Yankees another World Series opportunity. […]

by · October 21, 2019 · Uncategorized

Bronx DA: Man Indicted For Possessing Forged Check And Stealing $40,000 From Elderly Bronx Woman

For Immediate Release October 9, 2019 MAN INDICTED FOR POSSESSING FORGED CHECK AND STEALING $40,000 FROM ELDERLY BRONX WOMAN Defendant Used Forged JPMorgan Chase Check; Withdrew Funds From Several TD Bank Locations Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced […]

by · October 10, 2019 · Uncategorized
Madame Tussauds Hollywood

Madame Tussauds Hollywood

BY Jason Gonzalez: Contributing Writer Bronx Chronicle The Bronx Chronicle concluded its L.A. [Los Angeles] excursion, by politicking with the some of the biggest cultural icons and celebrities Hollywood has produced in macrocosm for our entertainment. As we cruised through […]

Bronx BP Diaz Jr. speaks of the opportunity to not only Bronx residents, but those in neighboring Westchester County.

BRONX BP DIAZ & WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE LATIMER LEAD DISCUSSION OF NEWLY CREATED PENN STATION ACCESS BRONX & WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COUNCIL

On Thursday, September 26, 2019, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Westchester County Executive George Latimer hosted the inaugural meeting of the Penn Station Access Bronx & Westchester Community Council at Mercy College in Morris Park – next to one of […]

by · September 27, 2019 · Uncategorized