Solar Storms and the Earth’s Protective Shield – Laura Roberts Artal

Vernuccio’s View: The Imminent EMP Threat

Even as North Korea moves closer to the ability to launch an ICBM against the American homeland, there is a tendency to underestimate the catastrophic effects even a single nuclear warhead could produce. Just one atomic bomb, exploded at the […]

by · October 12, 2016 · Military, Vernuccio's View
Chase Edmonds, Fordham University. Credit: news.fordham.edu

Chase Edmonds Named National Offensive Player of the Week

Fordham junior running back Chase Edmonds was named STATS NCAA FCS and CFPA NCAAFCS Offensive Player of the Week as well as Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week, it was announced today. It is the first weekly honor of […]

by · October 11, 2016 · Sports
A crossing guard and two police officers assist an elderly woman crossing the street in Morris Park. Photo by David Greene

Morris Park Senior Gets A Police Escort

A pair of Bronx patrolmen can take a bow after going above and beyond the call of duty recently. The pair were observed coming to the aid of an elderly woman battling heavy winds as she crossed busy Morris Park […]

by · October 11, 2016 · Local News, Photos

‘Nosh The Vote’ Voter Registration Drive This Morning 

​This morning,  the de Blasio Administration is teaming up with the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project for #NoshTheVote, a voter registration drive taking place this morning in the Bronx.    Fauzia’s Heavenly Delights             11 AM – 3 PM Concourse Village […]

‘Nosh The Vote’ Voter Registration Drive This Morning 

‘Nosh The Vote’ Voter Registration Drive This Morning 

​This morning,  the de Blasio Administration is teaming up with the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project for #NoshTheVote, a voter registration drive taking place this morning in the Bronx.    Fauzia’s Heavenly Delights             11 AM – 3 PM Concourse Village […]

SISFI Hosts Bronx Males Emotional Wellness Support Group – October 17th

SISFI Hosts Bronx Males Emotional Wellness Support Group – October 17th

Oct. 17th, 8am-4pm, SISFI hosts NYC Suicide Summit “Changing the Paradigm of Intervention, Prevention and Postvention” at Urban Health Plan, Inc., 1054 Simpson St., Bronx, NY, 10459. The summit addresses increased rates of suicide in NYC as reported by the […]

A man wedges his body inside a used clothing bin along East 180 Street in Van Nest. Photo by David Greene.

Dumpster Diving Fail

A man wedges his body inside a used clothing bin along East 180 Street in Van Nest.

by · October 10, 2016 · News, Photos
Bronx DA: CASES OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 10, 2016

Bronx DA: CASES OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 10, 2016

Children’s Aid Society to Lead Bronx Anti-Poverty Initiative

Children’s Aid Society to Lead Bronx Anti-Poverty Initiative

CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY TO LEAD BRONX ANTI-POVERTY INITIATIVE Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announced today that The Children’s Aid Society had been designated as the not-for-profit organization to coordinate the newly created poverty reduction initiative in The Bronx, as […]

Volunteer with the Friends of Pelham Bay Park – October 15th

Volunteer with the Friends of Pelham Bay Park – October 15th

by · October 10, 2016 · Bulletin Board, Parks
NYPD Female Officers & BX Girls Empowerment Day – Today 9a.m. – 2p.m.

NYPD Female Officers & BX Girls Empowerment Day – Today 9a.m. – 2p.m.

Dreft detergent first came on the market on October 10, 1933. Photo credit: Dreft

Profile America: Detergent Cleaning Power

Monday, October 10 — Something that we all take for granted made its appearance on this date in 1933, when the first household detergent — named Dreft, and still in production — went on sale. The chemistry of making soap had […]

by · October 10, 2016 · Profile America
Profile America: Women’s Prison

Profile America: Women’s Prison

Sunday, October 9 — On this date in 1873, a sturdy and somber-looking building opened its doors to admit 17 long-term residents. Then it promptly closed and locked those doors. With the opening of the Indiana Reformatory Institution for Women and […]

by · October 9, 2016 · Profile America
President-elect Donald J. Trump won a stunning and decisive victory over Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday November 8.

Op-ed: Trump’s Latest Gaffe Hits Close To Home For GOPers

Donald Trump’s promoters and supporters in the media and inside the Republican party should be rejected strongly as Trump is today.

by · October 9, 2016 · Op Ed, Politics
Correction Officer Sentenced for Smuggling Cell Phone to Rikers Island Inmate

Correction Officer Sentenced for Smuggling Cell Phone to Rikers Island Inmate