By Brandon Colon The Staten Island Yankees were back at home in Richmond County Bank Ballpark after a short three-game game road trip in Vermont against the Lake Monsters. The Baby Bombers would win the first game of the series […]
New Yorkers Deserve Better Than They’re Getting A special message from New York State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and the Assembly Minority Conference. The 2017 session was an exercise in dysfunction, where political agendas impeded the public’s work. From […]
By Reverend J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv. Deuteronomy 8:7-10a (KJV) For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; A land […]
Exuberance is better than taste. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)
Today the Yankees signed OF Clint Frazier to a MLB contract and selected him to the 25-man roster from Wilkes-Barre Railriders. He will wear No. 30. He is ranked as the Yankees’ No. 2 prospect by MLB.com. With Dustin Fowler going […]
By Brandon Colon Gleyber Torres is an up-and-coming shortstop in the New York Yankees organization. Torres was acquired last year with other prospects and Adam Warren from the Chicago Cubs for Aroldis Chapman who eventually won the World Series with […]
Horror at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center On Friday afternoon, a disgruntled former hospital worker armed with an AR-15 rifle sneaked into the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center on the Grand Concourse where he opened fire, wounding six people, one fatally, before killing […]
America’s first commercial oil refinery was put in operation this month in 1860. It was built in Titusville, Pennsylvania, on the banks of Oil Creek. That town was the site of the country’s first productive oil well in 1859, and […]
In the past, hot summer days meant that some enterprising youngsters in the neighborhood would set up a lemonade stand or the family would share a pitcher of iced tea on the front porch to cool off. In recent times, […]
Saturday, July 1 — On this date 46 years ago, the sun set on our old concept of coming of age. The 26th amendment to the Constitution became law effective July 1, lowering the age requirement for voting in […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on Republicans’ Plan to Slash Essential Medicaid Funding (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement after the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office found that Medicaid funding would be slashed by 35 […]
NYCHA Brings Money Management to Public Housing in Pilot Program by David Greene The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has teamed up with the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs and the non-profit Urban Upbound, that will bring […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor It was inevitable and boxing promoters are beginning to see the picture when Manny Pacquiao defends his WBO welterweight title tomorrow night from Australia. It has nothing to do with Pacquiao and his continued quest at […]
Senator Klein Co-Sponsors Second Annual Senior Prom State Senator Jeff Klein partnered with The Hebrew Home at Riverdale and Kingsbridge Riverdale Van Cortlandt Development Corporation to co-sponsor the nursing home’s second annual Senior Prom event. Hundreds of seniors packed into […]
9th Annual River Avenue Skate Event, 7/1 from 11am to 5pm. Prizes
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