Archive for December, 2016

What Are Your Electeds Doing Today — Correction 

What Are Your Electeds Doing Today — Correction 

Monday, December 19 All 538 Electors from all 50 States and the District of Columbia will officially cast their ballots for President and Vice President of the United States today. 9:45​ AM — Governor Cuomo Makes an Announcement at the Museum of […]

by · December 19, 2016 · Bulletin Board, News
Bulletin Board: To-Go Meals, Sweets & Sweaters Events

Bulletin Board: To-Go Meals, Sweets & Sweaters Events

Community leader Bharati Kemraj invites Bronxites to  be jolly and share a little kindness to our youth, communuty and veterans by supporting the Holiday events she has created. Wednesday, December 21, 2016 from 5-6PM. Complimentary Holiday ‘To Go Meals’ will […]

Profile America: Spaced Out

Profile America: Spaced Out

Monday, December 19 — The satellite Atlas was launched from Cape Canaveral on this date in 1958. The spacecraft would make history the next day, beaming the first voice heard from space — a recording of President Eisenhower with a 58-word […]

by · December 19, 2016 · Profile America, Uncategorized
The NYS CAPITOL BUILDING, ALBANY,

Electoral College Convenes Noon Monday in Albany

The Electoral College for the State of New York will convene in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol in Albany (NY) on Monday, December 19, 2016 at 12:00 pm. All 538 Electors from all 50 States and the District […]

by · December 18, 2016 · News, Politics
Tech Focus: Fake News

Tech Focus: Fake News

By Rob Giuffre We live in an age where technology has made the dissemination of information as seamless as the human thought process itself.   People can literally connect their computers to the internet and broadcast their own personal stream of […]

by · December 18, 2016 · Tech Focus, Technology
Matters of Faith: THE INCREDIBLE LOVE OF GOD

Matters of Faith: THE INCREDIBLE LOVE OF GOD

By Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv. Matthew 22:37-40 “Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with […]

by · December 18, 2016 · Matters of Faith, Religion
Op-Ed: DIRECT CARE WORKERS MUST BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK, CARE AND COMPASSION

Op-Ed: DIRECT CARE WORKERS MUST BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK, CARE AND COMPASSION

By Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb  Direct Care employees are compassionate, hard-working people who provide a vital service to those with developmental disabilities. Caring for those who struggle to care for themselves is both a mental and physical challenge, […]

by · December 18, 2016 · Op Ed
Profile America: Chewsy Americans Know Their Gum

Profile America: Chewsy Americans Know Their Gum

Sunday, December 18 — The month of December has given Americans a lot to chew on, beyond holiday cookies, fruitcakes and candies. In December 1869, chewing gum was patented by Ohio dentist William Semple, who hoped that the flavored gum would […]

by · December 18, 2016 · Profile America

Bronx DA: BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO 20-YEARS-TO-LIFE FOR MURDER IN 2013 SHOOTING

Aroldis Chapman Back in the Bronx: Everyone Is Content

Aroldis Chapman Back in the Bronx: Everyone Is Content

  By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor There are opinions about Aroldis Chapman and it extends to a minority of Yankees fans that won’t forgive the  issue of domestic violence abuse. That issue is in the past and the Yankees took their […]

by · December 17, 2016 · Sports
Orville and Wilbur Wright aboard their Wright Flyer.

Profile America: First In Flight

Saturday, December 17 — A dream of the ages became reality 113 years ago today on a windswept beach at North Carolina’s Outer Banks. There, the Wright brothers made the world’s first powered, heavier-than-air flight. With Orville and Wilbur alternating as […]

by · December 17, 2016 · Profile America
Bronx DA: BROOKLYN MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER OF NYPD OFFICERS

Bronx DA: BROOKLYN MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER OF NYPD OFFICERS

Baseball vs. Aliens: The Game has Changed

Baseball vs. Aliens: The Game has Changed

By William Coppola Where is the next generation of big league players coming from? What will the motivation to attend a baseball game come from in the next ten years? I guess you’d have to start with youth baseball. Or […]

by · December 17, 2016 · Sports
Rosemary Ordonez-Jenkins, Jose Francisco Avila and Garifuna Friends Honor Councilmember Gibson

Rosemary Ordonez-Jenkins, Jose Francisco Avila and Garifuna Friends Honor Councilmember Gibson

by · December 17, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Let’s not forget how important Nick Mangold was to the Jets

Let’s not forget how important Nick Mangold was to the Jets

By Steven Simineri Back in April, longtime Jets center Nick Mangold took out a full-page ad in the New York Post to honor his close friend, former left tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson on the day of his retirement. Mangold, one of […]

by · December 17, 2016 · Sports