Archive for October, 2016
Profile America: Detergent Cleaning Power
Monday, October 10 — Something that we all take for granted made its appearance on this date in 1933, when the first household detergent — named Dreft, and still in production — went on sale. The chemistry of making soap had […]
Profile America: Women’s Prison
Sunday, October 9 — On this date in 1873, a sturdy and somber-looking building opened its doors to admit 17 long-term residents. Then it promptly closed and locked those doors. With the opening of the Indiana Reformatory Institution for Women and […]
Op-ed: Trump’s Latest Gaffe Hits Close To Home For GOPers
Donald Trump’s promoters and supporters in the media and inside the Republican party should be rejected strongly as Trump is today.
Another Record for Chase and Fordham; Rams win Patriot Opener
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor Chase Edmonds, the junior running back for Fordham University, says it is about his team but it is becoming his show each time he gets the ball up at Rose Hill. Saturday afternoon at Jack Coffey […]
Matters of Faith: Life Beyond Our Years
Life Beyond Our Years By Reverend J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv. Genesis 5:20-24 20 So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died. 21 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. 22 After he […]
Tech Focus: Nintendo Launches $60 Classic Mini NES
Tech Focus: Nintendo Launches $60 Classic Mini NES by Rob Guiffre Does your Christmas gift buying list include any late 20-somethings or early 30-somethings? Nintendo Entertainment has the perfect gift-giving option for the late Millennial or young Generation Xer in your […]
No Garbage, Recycling, Organics Collection nor Street Cleaning on Columbus Day, Monday, October 10
No Garbage, Recycling, Organics Collection nor Street Cleaning on Columbus Day, Monday, October 10 The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) announced today that in observance of Columbus Day, there will be no garbage, recycling or organics collection, nor […]
SISFI Hosts Bronx Males Emotional Wellness Support Group – October 10th
Oct. 10th, 6:30pm, SISFI’s Healing in/after Crisis, Distress, Trauma, Death and Suicide Workshop will be at NCNW Child Development Center, 4035 White Plains Rd., Bronx, NY, 10466. There are many people hurting and struggling with crisis, distress, grief and loss […]
East Bronx History Forum Events and Programs for October and December
Special free Programs in October/November 2016 Sat. Oct. 8, 1 PM Join us for a performance by the acclaimed Bob Arthurs Jazz Trio, and help us welcome a new schedule of opening on Saturdays in the fall from 9 AM […]
Profile America: College Football’s Greatest Rout
Friday, October 7 — This date a century ago was a football Saturday for many of the 92 U.S. colleges with active programs. It was also game day for small Cumberland College of Lebanon, Tennessee, which dropped its football team after […]
Madison Bumgarner continues to build on his own legacy in Giants’ win
Madison Bumgarner continues to build on his own legacy in Giants’ win by Steven Simineri Aces don’t mean everything in the playoffs, but Madison Bumgarner proved once again on Wednesday that on some nights aces do mean everything. The lanky […]
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