House Candidate Pushing Farmworker Rights Took Cash From Notorious Sugar Growers By Will Bredderman • 06/03/16 State Senator Adriano Espaillat has styled himself as a champion of agricultural laborers in New York—but fueling his bid for Congress are donations from […]
Robert Patch submitted his application and drawings in 1962, and on this date in 1963, at age 6, he was granted a toy patent.
Verdejo vs Diaz: Photo Gallery [Part 2] A special report from Rich Mancuso, Sports Editor Felix Verdejo and Christopher Diaz brought their training camp to East 151st street in the South Bronx last Saturday. To the delight […]
Former Yankee has the right attitude By Christopher Saunders Greg Golson originally from Austin, Texas, is in his first season with the Bees. He arrived in New Britain anxious to be a major contributor to the new team. He began playing […]
From the Bronx to Orlando: T M Baseball By Rich Mancuso, Sports Editor Orlando FL: Down in central Florida where Disney World and the resorts are a reason to imagine, Tony Melendez and his wife Jessy are in a reality […]
There are more than 56,000 Americans employed in manufacturing sweets and treats.
SAT, JUNE 4 FAMILY ART PROJECT: SOIL SEARCHING What makes soil healthy and rich? Outdoor explorations and indoor group experiments, plus drawing and staining with actual soil, watercolors and other mixed media, help us get in touch with the natural […]
Nihar Janga and Jairam Hathwar are co-champions of the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second […]
hydrophyte Definition: (noun) A plant adapted to grow in water. Synonyms: aquatic plant Usage: Water lilies and other hydrophytes dotted the surface of the lake.
Otto Loewi (1873) Loewi was a German-born American physiologist and pharmacologist. A professor of pharmacology at Austria’s University of Graz, he was forced into exile by the Nazi purge of professors in 1938 and began teaching at New York University […]
Allysa Axelband has won a 2016 Excellence Award for her work as a phenomenal SETSS teacher at SA Bronx 3. She ensures that some of SA’s neediest children are given attention and focus. She is always willing to go beyond […]
Where there is sorrow there is holy ground. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
decollete Definition: (adjective) Cut low at the neckline. Synonyms: low-cut, low-necked Usage: She wore a decollete dress that many of the guests deemed inappropriately revealing.
Edward Elgar (1857) Elgar was an English composer whose oratorio The Dream of Gerontius is considered one of the finest examples of English choral music in history. He received his training from his father and succeeded him as organist of […]
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