On Wednesday, March 16, 2016, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. toured the United Parcel Service facility on Brush Avenue in Throggs Neck. During the tour, Borough President Diaz spoke to hundreds of UPS employees who work at the site. […]
STATE BAN ON SEX DISCRIMINATION Tuesday, March 22 — The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based on sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing. While this act is a famous landmark in the national […]
Increased Minimum Wage Increases Unemployment By Frank Vernuccio, Jr., J.D. The debate over raising the minimum wage has become a significant factor in the presidential contest. The evidence indicates that, contrary to the claims of Senator Sanders and […]
Honey-Butter Biscuit Tenders Combine Two Taste Favorites into One Amazing Menu Offering Fans of crisp, hand-battered, juicy fried chicken and flaky, buttery, scratch-made biscuits can now have the best of both delicious worlds. Beginning Monday, March 28, Church’s Chicken will introduce […]
HEALTH DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHES ZIKA CALL CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO REQUEST VIRUS TESTING Call center streamlines testing procedures and assures that appropriate tests are ordered, packaged and tracked The City’s Health Department today announced a new […]
This article was originally published on Outside Pitch MLB. A healthy competition is good for any ball club. And for the New York Yankees, said competition comes in the form of their final spot in the starting rotation. With Masahiro Tanaka, Luis Severino, Michael […]
Best in-depth political reporting in 2015 to be honored by Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis Political writers are invited to enter their best and most thoughtful stories on politics from 2015 in the National Press Club Journalism Contest. The […]
DraftKings and Fanduel New York Settlement: Don’t Believe the Doom and Gloom By Scott Engel/ Managing Director Rotoexperts.com Article published with permission from Rotoexperts.com March 21,2016 At first glance, the news that Daily Fantasy Sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel have […]
LEHMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS presents 35th Anniversary of Colombia’s Premiere Salsa Band GRUPO NICHE Lehman Center for the Performing Arts presents the return of GRUPO NICHE for a dazzling concert celebrating their 35th anniversary on Saturday, April 16h, 2016 at 8pm. One of the world’s most […]
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If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
melange Definition: (noun) A mixture. Synonyms: mishmash, farrago, hodgepodge, mingle-mangle, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag Usage: The movie was a strange melange of romance, science fiction, comedy, and drama.
Joseph Fourier (1768) Fourier was a French mathematician and Egyptologist. As an engineer on the Egyptian expedition led by Napoleon—who later made him a baron—he conducted anthropological investigations and wrote the preface to the monumental Description de l’Égypte, whose publication […]
AMERICAN WINES — Julio Gallo Monday, March 21 — Today marks the birthday in 1910 of one of the major figures of the American wine industry — Julio Gallo. When Prohibition ended, he and his brother Ernest started making wine […]
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