Empire City Casino Partners with New York Blood Center in Response to Emergency Blood Donation Appeal; Hosting Local Blood Drive August 17 in Casino’s Good Time Room   Public Urged to Help the Cause Pre-Register Available at NYBloodCenter.org   (Yonkers, […]

Matthew Alexander Henson (1866) Orphaned in his youth, Henson went to work on a merchant ship at the age of 12. After nearly a decade at sea, he met American explorer Robert E. Peary and became his valet and assistant […]

The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly […]

protuberant Definition: (adjective) Swelling out from the surrounding surface. Synonyms: bellying, bulgy, bulbous Usage: The huge and protuberant stomach was amply supported by wide and massive hips, and the shoulders were broad as those of a Hercules.      

Washington D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is reminding citizens that August is Tree Check Month. This is the best time of year to check your trees for signs of the Asian […]

BP DIAZ & BRONX COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY RELEASE ‘THE BRONX COUNTY BUILDING’S HISTORIC MURALS: AN ARTISTIC LEGACY’ Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and the Bronx County Historical Society have partnered on a new publication highlighting the historic artwork within […]

SENATOR RIVERA RESPONDS TO REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE’S COMMENTS ON THE NEW YORK HEALTH ACT  “Mr. Molinaro needs to get his facts straight: Universal healthcare is not a radical idea. Inevitably, there will be challenges in implementing any new system in New […]

Uber and Lyft Drivers Call on City Officials to Pass Historic LegislationIDG to City Council: “Be on the right side of history” New York, NY — After a two year campaign by the Independent Drivers Guild, New York City officials […]

John Heathcoat (1783) Heathcoat was not the first person to invent a lacemaking machine, but his apparatus was the first to produce an exact imitation of handmade pillow lace. Patented in 1809, it was the most complex textile machine then […]

Men’s lives are as thoroughly blended with each other as the air they breathe: evil spreads as necessarily as disease. George Eliot (1819-1880)  

morganatic Definition: (adjective) Of or being a legal marriage between a person of royal or noble birth and a partner of lower rank, in which it is agreed that no titles or estates of the royal or noble partner are […]

Elected leaders will provide over $1.2 million to fund new skate park and fitness equipment Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and City Council member Andrew Cohen announced today that they have allocated a combined $1,249,000 in capital funding for […]

Council Member Fernando Cabrera Will Join Police Precincts, Community Residents For National Night Out Tuesday, August 7th, 2018 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM   Council Member Fernando Cabrera will join the 44th, 46th, 50th and 52nd precincts and local residents […]