Archive for September, 2015

PS 106 School Supplies Event Hosted By AM Sepulveda

PS 106 School Supplies Event Hosted By AM Sepulveda

300 backpacks and back-to-school supplies distributed last Saturday at Caserta Playground ‘Family Fun’ celebration   Over 400 people attended a back-to-school celebration and free school supplies giveaway held last Saturday at Caserta Playground which was jointly sponsored by Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda and the PTA of […]

Photo Credit: Office of Council Member Andy King

‘Gentleman’ Council Member Celebrates National Bow Tie Day

DAPPER BRONX LAWMAKER OBSERVES NATIONAL BOW TIE DAY Bronx Councilman Andy King — best known for his dapper dress style and bow ties – treated members of his Bronx staff to bow tie shopping in celebration of National Bow Tie Day […]

by · September 2, 2015 · Bronx Personalities, Local News
WYSK: A Mistake For Cuomo To Ignore PR’s New Progressive Party Leaders

WYSK: A Mistake For Cuomo To Ignore PR’s New Progressive Party Leaders

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz District 32 Bronx County It Will Be a Mistake for Governor Andrew Cuomo To Not Meet with the New Progressive Party Leaders You should know that New York State Governor Andrew […]

by · September 2, 2015 · Government, News, Op Ed
Today’s Verdict: Time For Tougher Gun Laws Is Now

Today’s Verdict: Time For Tougher Gun Laws Is Now

THE TIME FOR TOUGHER GUN LAWS IS NOW!   Although much of my time in front of a television camera occurs while I am seated at a round table filming “Today’s Verdict”, the killing of the two U.S. journalists during […]

by · September 2, 2015 · Crime, Op Ed
Vester Flanagan's image was captured by the mortally wounded WDBJ photographer Adam Ward.

Editorial: Help Them Before They Kill, Again

Help Violent Mentally Ill People Before They Kill, Again  Before the terrifying on-air murders of TV journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward by their former WDBJ-TV colleague Vester Flanagan aka Bryce Williams, I wrote an op-ed column (“Help them before they […]

by · September 2, 2015 · Editorials, Special Sections
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Foundation Work Begins on Future Manhattan Supertall Building

Foundation work has finally begun on 53 West 53rd Street almost a year after excavation began for the future supertall. Controversially, the old American Folk Art Museum, designed by Todd Williams and Billy Tsien, was demolished to make room for the “Torre […]

by · September 2, 2015 · Business, News
Central Park Procession Planned for Pope Francis

Central Park Procession Planned for Pope Francis

POPE FRANCIS CENTRAL PARK PROCESSION   The Mayor’s Office announced that on Friday, September 25, Pope Francis will greet thousands of guests in a historic procession through Central Park along the West Drive. Residents of New York State may apply to receive […]

by · September 1, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Faith, News, Religion
The Winner of the Jacobi Auxiliary’s Spring’s Yankee Ticket Raffle

The Winner of the Jacobi Auxiliary’s Spring’s Yankee Ticket Raffle

On June 18th,  Jody Bonura, the winner of  the Jacobi Auxiliary’s Spring’s Yankee ticket raffle, attended a home game at Yankee Stadium.  She was given the opportunity to meet Yankees Coach Joe Girardi who not only generously donated the tickets […]

by · September 1, 2015 · Bulletin Board
BRONX DA: 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A MEMORIAL DAY KILLING

BRONX DA: 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A MEMORIAL DAY KILLING

20 YEARS FOR A MEMORIAL DAY KILLING Sentencing for 2008 Mt. Hope Gun Death of a Yonkers Man   (Bronx, NY – August 27, 2015) – Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson today announced the sentencing of 32-year-old CADMAN WILLIAMS to 20 […]

by · September 1, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
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Museum of Political Corruption National HS Essay Contest Opens

“What is political corruption and why should we care?” is the provocative topic for the inaugural Museum of Political Corruption’s national essay contest. Founded by Bruce Roter, the Albany-based Museum of Political Corruption was inspired by the seemingly relentless corruption […]

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: September 1, 2015

A toddling little girl is a center of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other. George Eliot (1819-1880)   http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/shPg.aspx?t=q16679uUY32

by · September 1, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Trafficked Guns Are Like ‘Cockroaches’ | The Trace

Trafficked Guns Are Like ‘Cockroaches’ | The Trace

Spot treatments don’t work if the larger problem is left unchecked by Mike Spies — The Trace Imagine the United States is an apartment building with a cockroach problem. Some residents, unsettled by the creatures, hire exterminators to end the […]

by · September 1, 2015 · Crime, News
Bronx Chronicle Photo of the Day: September 1, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Photo of the Day: September 1, 2015

by · September 1, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Photos
Bronx Fashion Week Returns 9/17

Bronx Fashion Week Returns 9/17

Bronx Fashion Week returns on September 17, 2015 at the new Bay Plaza Mall in Co-op City from 4-9 PM. The event is in collaboration with Eat NYC and the first Bronx Food & Wine Festival will benefit the Food […]