S.Y. Agnon (1888) Agnon was an Israeli writer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest modern Hebrew novelists and short-story writers. Born into a Polish Galician family in what is now Ukraine, Agnon settled in Palestine in 1907.His fiction explores Jewish life […]
A National Post review notes: “Erdogan is turning his country into an Islam-tilted dictatorship.
On this date in 1867, Harvard University opened the first dental school associated with a medical school.
The budgeting process begins next week Monday, July 18th with community leader selection and continues over the next several months until the final ballots are cast in April and enacted June 2017.
She was guilty as charged, but exonerated by a gracious and loving Savior.
There’s still time to sign up for community television production training with Bronxnet TV, July 18 to September 10, 2016.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today launched the 2016 Hydrant Education Action Team (HEAT) program, a fire hydrant abuse prevention campaign that deploys teams of teens hired through the Department of Youth and Community Development’s (DCYD) […]
Council Member Gibson Announces $21.9 Million In Funding for County District Attorneys by Koi Germany, Staff Writer On the sunny steps of the Bronx Court House Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson, joined by Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, Richmond County […]
Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
sinuous Definition: (adjective) Characterized by many curves or turns;winding. Synonyms: wiggly, sinuate Usage: We tried to trace the path of the sinuous stream, but it veered and curved in every direction.
Saint Clare of Assisi (1194) Born to a noble family, Chiara Offreduccio, now St. Clare of Assisi, was deeply influenced by fellow Assisian St. Francis. Refusing to marry, she instead fled to a chapel where she received her vows. She later became abbess of a female […]
On this date in 1995, Amazon.com launched its business of selling books online out of a two-car garage in Bellevue, Washington.
The starting pitching, Michael Pineda this time, and a knuckleball pitcher for Boston, Steven Wright did not help matters for the Yankees who once again went a game below .500 at 44-45.
The veteran reporter passed away Monday from a heart attack.
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