Rest In Peace Joseph Pennaso

Rest In Peace Joseph Pennaso

Joseph Pennaso, Veteran advocate and friend of the community, will not be forgotten. Funeral services will be held at Dormi Funeral Home on Morris Park Avenue.

by · March 27, 2017 · Bulletin Board
Senator Klein, joined by Bronx DA Darcel D. Clark and DOC Commissioner Joseph Ponte, announced $100,000 in funding for the Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau

Senator Klein, joined by Bronx DA Darcel D. Clark and DOC Commissioner Joseph Ponte, announced $100,000 in funding for the Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau

SENATOR KLEIN TOURS RIKERS ISLAND, VISITING THE BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S PROSECUTION UNIT & JAIL FACILITY THAT HOUSES ADOLESCENT MALES Senator Klein, joined by Bronx DA Darcel D. Clark and DOC Commissioner Joseph Ponte, announced $100,000 in funding for the Rikers […]

by · March 27, 2017 · Bulletin Board
UNIVAC-1 was the first  computer and  was used to process data from the 1950 Census of the U.S. population.

Profile America: Mobile Computing

Monday, March 27 — A triumph of mobile computing was achieved on this date in 1961.  A division of the Sperry Rand Corporation equipped a trailer truck to haul a UNIVAC I computer from New York City down to North Carolina […]

by · March 27, 2017 · Profile America
Op-Ed: Opportunity to Address Outmigration From New York State

Op-Ed: Opportunity to Address Outmigration From New York State

AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS OUTMIGRATION Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C,I,Ref-Canandaigua) Not only are New York’s high taxes and suffocating regulations holding New Yorkers back, they’re driving them away. The insufferable business climate and nation’s worst tax burden have […]

by · March 27, 2017 · Op Ed
Quote of the Day: March 26, 2017

Quote of the Day: March 26, 2017

A woman’s heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe. George Eliot (1819-1880)

by · March 26, 2017 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: March 26, 2017

Word of the Day: March 26, 2017

Connoisseur Definition: (noun) A person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts. Synonyms: Cognoscente Usage: I brought the painting to the world’s best art connoisseur’s, and they all agreed that it was an authentic Picasso and would […]

by · March 26, 2017 · Bulletin Board
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How Best to Remember Jimmy Rollins MLB Career

By Steven Simineri Coming off a stint last October as an in-studio analyst for TBS’s major league baseball post-season coverage following stints with the Dodgers and the White Sox in 2015 and2016, respectively, 38-year old Jimmy Rollins is in camp with the […]

by · March 26, 2017 · Sports
Laurie Hernandez, winner, Jefferson Award for Outstanding Service by a Young American 25. Photo: Luis Vazquez

Olympian Laurie Hernandez Has Many Options

By Luis Vazquez Laurie Hernandez, Olympic gold medal gymnastic champion and recipient of the Jefferson Award for Outstanding Service by a Young American 25 or under, continues to ride the winds of fame in 2017 with the same eyes of […]

by · March 26, 2017 · Sports
City must notify residents of homeless shelters in advance: Senator Klein

City must notify residents of homeless shelters in advance: Senator Klein

City must notify residents of homeless shelters in advance: Senator Klein Proposal to create real community notification & hearing process moves forward in NYS budget talks Albany, NY — Residents in The Bronx have been outraged when a homeless hotel, […]

by · March 26, 2017 · Bulletin Board
Greg Bird takes flight in Yankees spring training. Credit: m.mlb.com

Greg Bird and the Yanks Are Soarin’ in Spring Training

By Lenny Ortiz With the conclusion of spring training less than a week away the Yankees look to stay hot and get off to a good start in April. Loaded with one of the best farm systems in all of […]

by · March 26, 2017 · Sports
BRONX DA: BRONX MAN INDICTED FOR RAPE, MURDER OF NEIGHBOR IN 1999

BRONX DA: BRONX MAN INDICTED FOR RAPE, MURDER OF NEIGHBOR IN 1999

by · March 26, 2017 · Bulletin Board
SENATOR KLEIN & THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN BEGIN SEASONAL FREE HOME GARDENING PROGRAMS

SENATOR KLEIN & THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN BEGIN SEASONAL FREE HOME GARDENING PROGRAMS

SENATOR KLEIN & THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN BEGIN SEASONAL FREE HOME GARDENING PROGRAMS Senator Klein was presented with a plaque commemorating the 125th anniversary of the NYBG Bronx, NY – Senator Jeff Klein and New York Botanical Garden green […]

by · March 26, 2017 · Bulletin Board
Bronx District Attorney Clark and Senator Klein Visit Rikers Island

Bronx District Attorney Clark and Senator Klein Visit Rikers Island

Matters of Faith: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN LOOKING?

Matters of Faith: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN LOOKING?

By Rev. J. Loren Russell, MDiv Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Noted author, poet, philosopher, mystic and theologian, Howard Thurman was quoted to have said, […]

by · March 26, 2017 · Matters of Faith, Religion
Profile America: Wonder Bread

Profile America: Wonder Bread

Sunday, March 26 — Bread making goes back in history some 6,000 years, and for much of that time white bread had a higher status than coarser varieties.  With its popularity well established, the first commercial, pre-packaged white bread hit the […]

by · March 26, 2017 · Profile America