Archive for April, 2019

Matters of Faith: The Upside of Death

Matters of Faith: The Upside of Death

By Reverend J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv ‭‭ John 17:20-26 (v.24) – CEV “I am not praying just for these followers. I am also praying for everyone else who will have faith because of what my followers will say about […]

by · April 21, 2019 · Matters of Faith, Religion
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Coppola: Oven Mitts Are A Hot Topic

By William Coppola When a base runner uses an oven mitt for sliding head first into a base, he is touching the bag an inch or two sooner with that mitt than his actual hand. Now what? Today on replay we […]

by · April 20, 2019 · Sports
Terence Crawford Is The Spotlight

Terence Crawford Is The Spotlight

By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor  Madison Square Garden in the next month will be the Mecca of boxing. It begins Saturday night with Top Rank and ESPN Pay-Per-View highlighting welterweight title holder Terence Crawford defending against former two-time champion Amir […]

by · April 19, 2019 · Sports
'Amazon Fresh' online groceries services. (Photo credit: Bronx Chronicle)

USDA SNAP Launches Online Purchasing Pilot Program

Participants May Buy Groceries Online in New York For the first time, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants will be able to select and pay for their groceries online, during a two-year pilot launched today in New York State. In […]

NY AG James and others stand in front of some of the new electric box trucks. Courtesy: Robert Press

Electric Trucks Donated to Bronx NonProfits by NY AG James

By Robert Press Wednesday morning at the front entrance to the Hunt’s Point Market, New York Attorney General Letitia James unveiled the first-of-its-kind fleet of all-electric, zero-emission, delivery trucks in New York City in advance of Earth Day. James showed […]

by · April 18, 2019 · Environment, Health & Nutrition, News
NYCFC beats San Jose 2-1 (Photo credit: Gary Quintal)

NYCFC City Select League

New York City FC Launches City Select League  to Expand Academy Structure New York City FC is excited to introduce the City Select League (CSL) which will commence play in fall 2019. Launched in 2016 as the NYCFC Affiliate League, […]

by · April 18, 2019 · Sports
Coppola: Yankee Comets And Rising Stars

Coppola: Yankee Comets And Rising Stars

By William Coppola With all the injuries to their team this early in the season, the Yankees are getting a good look at all that talent they have in their farm system. Big question is, what are they going to […]

by · April 18, 2019 · Sports
BTI Heads To Bahamas

BTI Heads To Bahamas

By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor It’s been a journey for Tony Melendez and his wife Jessy. From the Bronx they are considered the baseball couple who have been instrumental over the past decade with the training and development of youngsters […]

by · April 18, 2019 · Sports
Bronx DA: Bronx Man Sentenced to 20 Years to Life in Prison for Taking NYPD Officer’s Gun and Fatally Shooting Deli Worker

Bronx DA: Bronx Man Sentenced to 20 Years to Life in Prison for Taking NYPD Officer’s Gun and Fatally Shooting Deli Worker

BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR TAKING NYPD OFFICER’S GUN AND FATALLY SHOOTING DELI WORKER Defendant Pleaded Guilty to First-Degree Murder     Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to […]

by · April 18, 2019 · Bulletin Board, Crime
NATIONAL PR DAY PARADE: INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 2019

NATIONAL PR DAY PARADE: INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 2019

NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAKES INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS  ON ITS PLANS FOR THE 2019 CELEBRATION Loíza is honored municipality in Puerto Rico, and Houston is honored stateside community Chi-Chi Rodríguez to attend the Parade’s 4thAnnual Golf Outing  […]

by · April 18, 2019 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? April 18, 2019

Whose Birthday Is It? April 18, 2019

Clarence Darrow (1857) Darrow was an American lawyer and a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He worked to free anarchists charged with murder in the Haymarket Riot, and his defense of Eugene V. Debs established his reputation […]

by · April 18, 2019 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: April 18, 2019

Quote of the Day: April 18, 2019

Nothing is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life. The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. But the love of the old for the old, that is the […]

by · April 18, 2019 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: April 18, 2019

Word of the Day: April 18, 2019

cogwheel Definition: (noun) A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion. Synonyms: gear Usage: Wheels began to revolve faster and faster, levers and cogwheels to work, chimes to play, […]

by · April 18, 2019 · Bulletin Board
Teamster Nation

Teamster Nation

Listen to the latest edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and learn how Local 237 in New York City used an event honoring former staffer and journalist Marie Colvin to also pay tribute to three school safety agents who stood […]

by · April 17, 2019 · Bulletin Board, Labor, Podcasts
Scriptural Inspirations: It Is Finished

Scriptural Inspirations: It Is Finished

It is Finished! Philippians‬ ‭2:8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.” ‭‭ While hanging on the cross, Jesus said”It is […]

by · April 17, 2019 · Matters of Faith, Religion