by David Greene Three-weeks after a still-unexplained explosion, the shelves remain bare at the popular Morton Williams Supermarket at Jerome Avenue and East Kingsbridge Road. Worker’s remain busy at repairing the damage caused by the November 13 explosion, that blew […]
Washington, DC – Legislation renaming the Morris Heights Post Office after former Tuskegee Airman and Bronx Community College President Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. has been approved in the Congress. The bill now heads to President Barack Obama’s desk for his […]
Wednesday, December 14 — Among other special observances being noted in December is Learn a Foreign Language Month, with the goal of getting people to broaden their outlook on the world by taking a course in another language. Increasingly, many different […]
Council District 13 in Morris Park Race Heats Up Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj, as expected, has thrown his hat into the ring in the contest to replace popular but term-limited City Councilman Jimmy Vacca in the Bronx’s 13 District. Gjonaj made […]
By Frank V. Vernuccio, Jr., Esq. Pope Francis is considering making an erroneous decision that may have grave consequences for religious freedom, not just for Catholics, but for all people who are suffering at the hands of repressive governments. In the […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor Once upon a time the heavyweight division was the King of New York. Then there was Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe, Shannon Briggs, Evander Holyfield, Shannon Briggs the pride of Brooklyn, and a brawler named Mike Tyson. […]
By Christopher Saunders James Kaprielian entered the 2016 season as the odds-on favorite to be the first pitcher in his draft class to make the Big Show. After throwing in the low-90s at UCLA, he was clocking at 99 mph […]
Assemblyman Marcos A. Crespo & Senator Ruben Diaz: Christmas Comes Early for Tenants at Stebbins-Hewitt & Bronx River Houses with Delivery of New Appliances Assemblyman Marcos Crespo and Senator Ruben Diaz worked to secure $3 Million in funding for New […]
Talcott Parsons (1902) From 1927 until his retirement in 1974, Parsons, an American sociologist, trained three generations of students at Harvard University. He was known for his attempt to construct a single theoretical framework within which general and specific characteristics […]
Their zeal might sometimes be too ardent, but it was always sincere. John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
Drachm Definition: (noun) A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth a fluid ounce. Synonyms: Fluidram Usage: She measured out a drachm of the sweet-smelling elixir and administered it to the ailing child.
Tuesday, December 13 — The important holiday business of viewing such classics as “It’s A Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Story” on home TVs owes much to a technological advance this month 78 years ago. In December 1938, Russian-American engineer Vladimir […]
Edvard Munch (1863) Best known as the painter of The Scream, Munch was a Norwegian artist and an important forerunner of expressionistic art. His early life was marked by the deaths of his mother and favorite sister, and he said […]
It’s so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn’t it? Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
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