Archive for January, 2016

Cespedes deal complete and Mets get ready for the spring

Cespedes deal complete and Mets get ready for the spring

Cespedes deal complete and Mets get ready for the spring   By Rich Mancuso   So the mission is complete as the New York Mets and Yoenis Cespedes have reunited. For GM Sandy Alderson and the Wilpon ownership, a three-year […]

by · January 28, 2016 · Sports
Financial Focus: The Most-Overlooked Tax Breaks for the Newly Retired

Financial Focus: The Most-Overlooked Tax Breaks for the Newly Retired

The Most-Overlooked Tax Breaks for the Newly Retired by Anthony Rivieccio, MBA,PFA *Bigger Standard Deduction When you turn 65, the IRS offers a gift in the form of a bigger standard deduction. For 2015 returns, a single 64-year-old gets a […]

Job Interview Fair

Job Interview Fair

by · January 28, 2016 · Bulletin Board
2016 Bronx State of The Borough Address Invitation

2016 Bronx State of The Borough Address Invitation

by · January 28, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Love in Salsa & Merengue

Love in Salsa & Merengue

LEHMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS presents The Concert to Celebrate the Valentine Season! LOVE IN SALSA & MERENGUE Featuring Eddie Santiago, Alex Bueno and Joseph Fonseca Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is happy to present a special concert […]

by · January 28, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Financial Service Centers of New York Launches “FSCNY Aademy”

Financial Service Centers of New York Launches “FSCNY Aademy”

FINANCIAL SERVICE CENTERS OF NEW YORK (FSCNY) LAUNCHES “FSCNY ACADEMY” Member Training Program will provide online curriculum focused on relevant and timely topics  for financial service centers, including: Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, Cyber Security, Anti-Fraud Protection, Consumer Protection, and more. […]

by · January 28, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Birthday of the Day January 28, 2016

Bronx Chronicle Birthday of the Day January 28, 2016

Robert Franklin Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz (1890) Stroud was a convicted murderer serving timein prison when he came across some injuredsparrows in the Leavenworth prison yard. He kept the birds andsoon began raising canaries, which he could sell for […]

by · January 28, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: January 28, 2016

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: January 28, 2016

Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)

by · January 28, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: January 28, 2016

Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: January 28, 2016

burnish Definition: (verb) To make smooth or glossy by or as if by rubbing; polish. Synonyms: furbish, buff, flush Usage: Every afternoon, she would obsessively burnish the floors until the parlor gleamed like an ice rink.

by · January 28, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Liberation by Soviet soldiers surviving prisoners of Auschwitz (Auschwitz). Above the gate of the camp is the famous sign-slogan "Arbeit macht frei» (Arbeit macht frei), which means - "Work makes you free". Concentration released January 27, 1945 part of the 100th Infantry Division of General Fyodor Krasavina. 1st Ukrainian Front.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Let Us Never Forget

Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mourn and remember the millions of Jews, Gypsies, gays, disabled and others who were massacred by the Nazis throughout Europe. We say “never again” yet we know that it can happen again and […]

by · January 27, 2016 · History, World News
Bronx Chronicle Birthday of the Day January 27, 2016

Bronx Chronicle Birthday of the Day January 27, 2016

Lewis Carroll (1832) Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, English author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There. Carroll developed the stories from tales he told to […]

by · January 27, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Salamanca Grabs DC 37 Endorsement For 17 Council Race

Salamanca Grabs DC 37 Endorsement For 17 Council Race

In advance of this evening’s candidate’s forum at Pregones Theater, Rafael Salamanca, Jr. netted the endorsement of DC 37, New York’s largest public employee union. “The future of the Bronx can be bright if we continue to work together to […]

Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: January 27, 2016

Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: January 27, 2016

succinct Definition: (adjective) Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse. Synonyms: compendious, summary, compact Usage: Some students enjoyed the teacher’s succinct style, while others wished she would elaborate on certain topics.

by · January 27, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: January 27, 2016

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: January 27, 2016

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so. Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)

by · January 27, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Aerospace High School Check Presentation

Bronx Aerospace High School Check Presentation

BRONX — New York City Council Member Andy King today presented a check for $100,000 to Principal Erika Hutardo of Bronx Aerospace High School (X545), located on the Evander Childs Educational Complex, 800 East Gun Hill Road, Bronx. The check […]

by · January 27, 2016 · Bulletin Board