Archive for August, 2015

Lincoln Center Local: Silent Disco in The Bronx

Lincoln Center Local: Silent Disco in The Bronx

August 30th, 4pm-8pm at Woodlawn Cemetery (Fairview Lawn) Jerome Avenue Entrance, Jerome Avenue and Bainbridge Avenue Closest subway: 4 at Woodlawn Lincoln Center’s Silent Disco, powered by Quiet Events, is coming to the Bronx! For one night only, the historic […]

GOP Candidate Ben Carson Pays House Call To Harlem

GOP Candidate Ben Carson Pays House Call To Harlem

  On a sun dappled Tuesday afternoon, retired neurosurgeon and GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson paid a visit to Sylvia’s Soul Food Restaurant in the village of Harlem in Manhattan. The soft-spoken Dr. Carson was greeted by a gaggle of […]

by · August 27, 2015 · News, Politics
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DJ Scott La Rock Shot and Killed On This Day In 1987

Via The Trace (an anti-gun violence newsletter): August 27, 1987 Scott Monroe Sterling, a rapper who performed as DJ Scott La Rock, was shot and killed while trying to diffuse a love triangle at a housing project in the South Bronx. He was […]

A TALE OF TWO SCHOOL SYSTEMS: RAMPANT INEQUALITY IN NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS

A TALE OF TWO SCHOOL SYSTEMS: RAMPANT INEQUALITY IN NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS

Analysis Shows Pipeline to Quality Schooling Reserved for White/Asian Students, while Black/Hispanic Students Condemned to Unequal and Inferior Schools Mayor de Blasio Needs to Keep His Promise to End Inequality — Educational Inequality Leads to Income Inequality   A new […]

by · August 27, 2015 · Education News
WDBJ-TV journalists, Alison Parker (l) and Adam Ward (r).

Ex-Newsman Kills Virginia TV News Team

Yesterday morning, Virginia TV journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, were shot on air in an attack staged by a former colleague. That colleague Vester Flanagan, who went by the name Bryce Williams, recorded the on-air attack which he later released […]

by · August 27, 2015 · News
Cuomo Kicks Off ‘New Americans Day’ At The State Fair, 8/28

Cuomo Kicks Off ‘New Americans Day’ At The State Fair, 8/28

First-Time Special Naturalization Ceremony Celebrating the Newest New Yorkers at the NY State Fair Yesterday, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the designation of New Americans Day at the 2015 Great New York State Fair on Friday, August 28. The day […]

Crowley Remembers 3rd Anniversary of the Oak Creek Sikh Gurdwara Massacre

Crowley Remembers 3rd Anniversary of the Oak Creek Sikh Gurdwara Massacre

“The best way we can honor the lives lost in the Oak Creek tragedy is through meaningful change.”   Earlier this month, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus, released the statement below on the […]

by · August 27, 2015 · Cultures, News
Bronx Chronicle Photo of the Day: August 27, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Photo of the Day: August 27, 2015

Photo by Mike Yagoda

by · August 27, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Photos
The New York Public Library Celebrates Top Summer Readers at Yankee Stadium

The New York Public Library Celebrates Top Summer Readers at Yankee Stadium

New York Public Library Kicks off Summer Reading Program at Mott Haven Branch with Neighborhood Block Party   On Wednesday, August 26th, The New York Public Library will be celebrated the participants of our Summer Reading essay contest. Enthused young […]

MUSIC ON THE BOULEVARD CONCERT BRINGS MERCHANTS HAPPINESS

MUSIC ON THE BOULEVARD CONCERT BRINGS MERCHANTS HAPPINESS

Music on the Boulevard: Success! The Southern Blvd. BID, in conjunction with Marketing & Advertising Solutions Inc. (MAS) & Casita Maria-Center of Arts & Education presented: “Music on the Boulevard” on Saturday August 22nd from 12pm-6pm. This concert was the […]

by · August 26, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Soundview Park Movie Night: ‘Yogi Bear’ on 8/27

Soundview Park Movie Night: ‘Yogi Bear’ on 8/27

  Hey Boo-Boo, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., and Assemblyman Marcos Crespo join New York City Department of Parks & Recreation Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, in hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony and free movie night (‘Yogi Bear’) […]

WYSK: Jorge Ramos Makes the Case for Donald Trump

WYSK: Jorge Ramos Makes the Case for Donald Trump

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz District 32 Bronx County Jorge Ramos Makes the Case for Donald Trump You should know that last night, during Donald Trump’s press conference in Dubuque, Iowa there was a confrontation between […]

by · August 26, 2015 · Op Ed
Bronx Chronicle Photo of the Day: August 26, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Photo of the Day: August 26, 2015

Photo by Mike Yagoda

by · August 26, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Photos

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: August 25, 2015

Quotation of the Day 8/25/2015 If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found that flower in his […]

by · August 25, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Financial Focus: Don’t check your 401(k) account. It’s falling.

Financial Focus: Don’t check your 401(k) account. It’s falling.

Don’t check your 401(k) account. It’s falling. By Anthony Rivieccio, MBA,PFA We will not dub this past Monday as, “Black Monday” but as a short piece on economic history. In financial terms, a correction is the reverse of at least […]