Profile America: A Fluid Situation
Bottled water has surged in popularity in recent decades.
St. Helena Parish Carnival
REVIVAL OF PARISH CARNIVAL After 25 years, St. Helena is bringing back its 3-day Carnival, with rides and games presented by McDaniel Brothers Shows, the same company that presented the last carnival 25 years ago. The Carnival will take place […]
Bronx DA: Bronx Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Assaulting Bus Driver Who Later Died From Injuries
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a 32-year-old Bronx man has been sentenced to nine years in prison with five years post-release supervision for the death of a school bus driver. District Attorney Clark […]
Bronx DA: Bronx Man Who Slashed His Children’s Throats Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Attempted Murder
Teenage Stepson Played Dead, Ran for Help for Younger Brother Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the vicious knife attack on his son […]
Bronx DA: Bronx Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for 2012 Killing of his Mother
BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR 2012 KILLING OF HIS MOTHER Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man who fatally shot and beat his mother when he was 16 years old […]
Quote of the Day: June 23, 2016
The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
Word of the Day: June 23, 2016
extirpate Definition: (verb) To destroy totally. Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, uproot Usage: The tyrant’s first order of business upon assuming power was to extirpate the vestiges of political democracy.
Whose Birthday Is It? June 23, 2016
Bob Fosse (1927) Born into a vaudeville family, Fosse began dancing professionally at age 13. He won his first Tony Award for choreographing the Broadway musical The Pajama Game in 1954 and went on to win six more Tonys for […]
Democrats In Congress Sit-In to Demand A Vote on Gun Violence
Democrats In Congress Sit-In to Demand A Vote on Gun Violence WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman José E. Serrano joined fellow House Democrats’ sit-in on the House Floor to demand that Speaker Ryan and House Republicans allow a vote on bipartisan […]
POP-UP IDNYC ENROLLMENT CENTER LAUNCHES AT SPRING BANK 10AM TODAY
City agencies and Spring Bank will launch IDNYC’s first pop-up enrollment center at a bank, located at 69 E. 167th St (Gerard Av) in the Bronx, on Thursday, June 23 at 10 a.m.
Profile America: Key Invention
On this date in 1868, Christopher Sholes of Milwaukee, Wisconsin received a patent for the first practical typewriter.
Congressman Engel Announces $224,714,082 in Title I Funding for Bronx Schools
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced today that the U.S. Department of Education has allocated $224,714,082 in federal funds to schools in Bronx County as part of the Fiscal Year 2016 […]
BP Diaz & Senator Klein Host ‘NY Salutes America’ Fireworks Extravaganza & Eating Contest
On Thursday, June 30, 2016, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and State Senator Jeff Klein will host the borough’s official kickoff to the Independence Day Celebrations, the annual “New York Salutes America” boardwalk festival and fireworks extravaganza at Orchard […]
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