Archive for December, 2019

Photo courtesy of Debby Kawalick.

Wind Turbine Taken Down By High Winds…

A much maligned monstrosity has been felled by the very thing it was put up for – wind. Co-op City had protested against another billboard at the corners of Baychester and Bartow Avenues almost 2 years ago. In what appeared to […]

by · December 30, 2019 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of December 30, 2019

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of December 30, 2019

Cases of Interest for the Week of December 30, 2019 Monday, December 30, 2019 NO CASES OF INTEREST Check website for updates. Tuesday, December 31, 2019 NO CASES OF INTEREST Check website for updates. Wednesday, January 1, 2020 HOLIDAY NEW YEAR’S […]

BX 12 Select Bus # 5560 surrounded by police cars of the 46th and 48th police cars with one police car in front of the bus that stopped the bus.

Police Action on BX12 Select Bus

Police Action on BX12 Select Bus #5560 on Pelham Parkway Police car after police car lights ablaze and sirens blasting went zooming and zipping across Pelhem Parkway until stopping Coop-City bound Bx 12 Select buss #5560 at three o’clock Sunday […]

by · December 30, 2019 · Bulletin Board
The lit Morris Park Christmas tree.

Morris Park Christmas Tree Lighting

In what was the last Christmas tree lighting in the East Bronx, Sunday night was Morris Park’s Loreto Park Christmas tree lighting. Students from St. Francis Xavier School were on hand led by Ms. Tiz Nastasio. Councilman Mark Gjonaj Assemblyman […]

by · December 30, 2019 · Bulletin Board
Giants Coaching Search Begins At The Top

Giants Coaching Search Begins At The Top

By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Pat Shurmur was not the answer. The Giants have lost a lot of games since 2017, (36) more than any other NFL team and now they are searching for their fourth head coach in the […]

by · December 30, 2019 · Sports
New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli

DiNapoli: Read the Fine Print on Your New Gift Card

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli is urging New Yorkers this holiday season to read the fine print on gift cards for details about fees and expiration dates. While some gift cards sellers have eliminated inactivity fees, consumers should […]

by · December 30, 2019 · Holidays, News, Personal Finance
A Commitment to a New You in a New Year

A Commitment to a New You in a New Year

By Reverend J. Loren Russell “12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must […]

by · December 29, 2019 · Matters of Faith, Religion
Pinstripe Bowl Goes To Spartans At Yankee Stadium

Pinstripe Bowl Goes To Spartans At Yankee Stadium

By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Photo Credit: Robert Cole Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson did not have a successful Bronx homecoming at Yankee Stadium Friday. The former head coach at Fordham University built a program up a few miles away […]

by · December 27, 2019 · Sports
Holiday Cheer Of NY Sports From Here To You

Holiday Cheer Of NY Sports From Here To You

By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor So it goes. Another holiday season is here and from yours truly to yours a Merry Christmas and Happy holidays. There were the usual highs and lows during the 2019 sports year in New York. […]

by · December 24, 2019 · Sports
The Bronx Chronicle Veteran of the Week

The Bronx Chronicle Veteran of the Week

Linda Anesta Williams Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2006 Inductee was nominated by Former Senator Nick Spano A veteran of the Persian Gulf War, Linda Anesta Williams has earned a place among New York’s elite veterans with her honorable […]

by · December 23, 2019 · Veterans
Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of December 23, 2018

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of December 23, 2018

Cases of Interest for the Week of December 23, 2018 Monday, December 23, 2018 NO CASES OF INTEREST Check website for updates. Tuesday, December 24, 2018 NO CASES OF INTEREST Check website for updates. Wednesday, December 25, 2018 HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS DAY […]

Whose Birthday Is It? December 20, 2019

Whose Birthday Is It? December 20, 2019

Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805) Smith was the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In 1827, he claimed that an angel directed him to buried golden plates containing God’s revelation, which he translated as the Book of Mormon. He led converts to Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, and introduced the custom of polygamy. When in 1844 he announced his candidacy for the presidency of the US, he and his brother were thrown in jail, where they were killed by a lynch mob. What happened to the church after his death? More…

by · December 23, 2019 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: December 23, 2019

Quote of the Day: December 23, 2019

The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

by · December 23, 2019 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: December 23, 2019

Word of the Day: December 23, 2019

parterre  Definition: (noun) Seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies). Synonyms: parquet circle Usage: They found the whole of the audience in the parterre standing up and directing their gaze towards the box formerly possessed by the Russian ambassador. Discuss.

by · December 23, 2019 · Bulletin Board
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during their joint press conference, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Benjamin D. Applebaum)

U.S.-Israel Mutual Defense Pact?

President Donald Trump and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)  are advocating a “Mutual Defense” pact with Israel. Senator Graham has stated that “This would be a game-changer for Israel’s security and would be sending the right message to Iran and other […]

by · December 22, 2019 · Military, Vernuccio's View