Bronx, NY – Senator Jeff Klein on Saturday announced $172,000 in state funding that he secured for Castle Hill Little League. The announcement was made during the league’s opening day ceremony. The grant will be used for a variety of […]
Chairman Crowley, Congressman Costello Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Address Looming Doctor Shortage (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) and Congressman Ryan Costello (R-Penn.) announced today the reintroduction of legislation to expand the current cap on the […]
Friday, May 5 — In Spanish, today’s date is Cinco de Mayo, and celebrations will be held in many cities across the U.S., as well as Mexico. These events mark the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla in 1862, when outnumbered […]
Horace Mann (1796) Mann overcame limited early education to enter law and politics. He became secretary of Massachusetts’ new board of education in 1837, at a time when the public school system was in poor condition. In his 12 years […]
Apodal Definition: (adjective) Having no limbs feet, or footlike appendages. Synonyms: Apodous Usage: Eels are apodal and well adapted for wriggling in the mud, through the crevices of reefs, and along rocky shores.
They are the good Samaritans that find us robbed of all our dreams by the roadside of life, bleeding and weeping and desolate; and such is their skill and wealth and goodness of heart, that they not only heal up […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor He stands in front of his dressing quarters in the Yankees clubhouse and you hear the right words. Aaron Judge has been a major part of this New York Yankees offense and it’s a matter now […]
IDC’s New Legislation Protects the Right to Join a Union and Fights Union-Busting Laws Spreading Across the Nation On May Day Independent Democratic Conference stands with AFL-CIO, UFT, Building Trades, Uniformed Services and other public employee unions to protect collective […]
There is a tremendous need for recycled eyeglasses throughout the world .This year the Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association is partnering with the Lions Club International to collect used eyeglasses for charity. Together we are collecting used eyeglasses.We will have them […]
MMCC Hosts First-Ever Spring-Fest by David Greene The Montefiore Mosholu Community Center on Dekalb Avenue in Norwood, held it’s first annual Spring Fest on Sunday, April 30. Now celebrating their 75th year, the daylong event featured an open house where […]
A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
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