Quote of the Day: September 27, 2017
To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text. Henry James (1843-1916)
Archive for September, 2017
Senator Klein Hosts Seventh Annual First Responder Appreciation Barbeque
Senator Klein Hosts Seventh Annual First Responder Appreciation Barbeque First responders from across The Bronx and Southern Westchester were honored for their service Bronx, NY – Senator Jeff Klein along with Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj hosted the seventh annual First Responders […]
Van Nest Neighborhood Alliance Bronx District 13 City Council Debate – October 2
VAN NEST is going to have a forum with the Candidates for the 13th Bx City Council to be on the November 7th ballot. MONDAY, OCTOBER 2ND 7:00PM 1830 AMETHYST STREET, BX, NY 10462 MONSIGNOR FIORENTINO APARTMENTS COMMUNITY ROOM Even […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on Ongoing Carriage Dispute Between Altice USA and The Walt Disney Company
Chairman Crowley Statement on Ongoing Carriage Dispute Between Altice USA and The Walt Disney Company (Queens, N.Y.) – Today, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding the ongoing carriage dispute between cable distributor Altice USA […]
Bronxites Come Together for Caribbean Hurricane Relief Efforts
Bronxites Come Together for Caribbean Hurricane Relief Efforts by David Greene On an unseasonably warm September day, local elected officials joined with several clergy leaders in announcing an effort to collect needed food, clothing and baby supplies for those island […]
Profile America: First Medical Licensing Law
Wednesday, September 27 — On this date in 1772, America’s first medical licensing law was enacted by the colony of New Jersey. A licensing board was set up with three members, and the practice of medicine was forbidden without the […]
Where The Pols Are, September 27
Wednesday, September 27 Governor Andrew Cuomo is in New York City. 9:00 AM – Comptroller Scott M. Stringer hosts his M/WBE University Workshop 1 Centre Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10:00 AM Lieutenant Governor Hochul Delivers Remarks at Women […]
Vernuccio’s View: 21st Century Slavery
Modern slavery exists, it is widespread, and it is a worldwide, lucrative practice. A National Geographic study found “There are more slaves today than were seized from Africa in four centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The modern commerce in humans rivals […]
BronxNet Special Focuses on Hurricane & Earthquake Relief for Puerto Rico & Mexico
Bronx viewers will be able to check in on the progress being made in Puerto Rico and Mexico as relief pours in to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria and into Mexico after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. The one hour bilingual […]
POSTPONED — Bronx Service Academy Night, September 27
SEN. KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, REP. JOSÉ SERRANO AND BOROUGH PRESIDENT RUBEN DIAZ JR. PRESENT SERVICE ACADEMY NIGHT For High School Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors, Their Parents, and School Officials Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Panel begins promptly at 6:30 P.M. Hostos […]
Quote of the Day: September 26, 2017
Why are women…so much more interesting to men than men are to women? Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
Whose Birthday Is It? September 26, 2017
Thomas Stearns “T. S.” Eliot (1888) Eliot was an American-British poet and critic and an immensely distinguished literary figure who, from the 1920s on, was the most influential English-language modernist poet. His early poems, such as “The Love Song of […]
Profile America: A Kodak Moment
Tuesday, September 26 — Simple amateur photography, even selfies, should the idea have occurred, became a possibility for the American public this month in 1888. That’s when George Eastman patented the first camera to use dry, flexible, roll film. Eastman’s […]
Italian-American Orgs Ask NYC Pols For Stances On Columbus Circle Monument
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Columbus Citizens Foundation has partnered with over 39 other Italian-American organizations and announced today that they are reaching out to all NYC elected officials and 2017 electoral candidates for their stance on […]
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