Conti’s Bakery located at 786 Morris Park Avenue a fixture in the Morris Park/Van Nest communities for 98 years received a New York State Empire Award from State Senator Gustavo Rivera. Senator Rivera going around his district to find local […]

Talcott Parsons (1902) From 1927 until his retirement in 1974, Parsons, an American sociologist, trained three generations of students at Harvard University. He was known for his attempt to construct a single theoretical framework within which general and specific characteristics of societies could be systematically classified and was largely responsible for introducing the work of Émile Durkheim and Max Weber to American sociologists. Why was Parsons considered one of the most controversial sociologists in the world? More…

It is impossible for good or evil to last for ever; and hence it follows that the evil having lasted long, the good must be now nigh at hand. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) 

ballyhoo  Definition: (noun) Blatant or sensational promotion. Synonyms: hoopla, hype, plug Usage: The ballyhoo that accompanied Kyle’s campaign for student council was ultimately unnecessary, as no one chose to run against him. Discuss.

BRONX PROSECUTOR TO RECEIVE THOMAS E. DEWEY MEDAL ADA Astrid Borgstedt Will Be Honored By New York City Bar Association Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that Assistant District Attorney Astrid Borgstedt is a recipient of the Thomas […]

Hector Berlioz (1803) Berlioz was a French Romantic composer. He studied music in Paris against his parents’ wishes, and his first great score, Symphonie fantastique, became a landmark of the Romantic era. An impassioned and contentious critic, he was constantly at war with the musical establishment. Although he was the most compelling French musical figure of his time, his distinctive compositional style kept almost all his music out of the repertory until the mid-20th century. What are his most famous works? More…

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)

wayfarer  Definition: (noun) A traveler going on a trip. Synonyms: journeyer Usage: A little way past the inn we came upon a notice-board whereon the lord of the manor warned all wayfarers against trespassing. Discuss. 

The Van Nest Neighborhood Alliance December meeting was a very well attended meeting which VNNA President Bernadette Farrara mentioned that the VNNA gave out 73 turkeys for the Thanksgiving holiday. She mentioned which elected official gave how many thanking State […]

It was the coldest evening of the fall season yet, but over a hundred little league players, their siblings, and parents came to enjoy the yearly Christmas Festival put on by the directors of the Castle Hill Little League on […]

Emily Dickinson (1830) Dickinson is widely considered one of the greatest American poets. After attending Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke Seminary, she returned to her family home and spent the rest of her life there, writing. By 1860, she was boldly experimenting with language. Few of her poems were published in her lifetime, but after her death, her cache of poems was discovered, and heavily edited collections were published starting in 1890. It was not until what year that an unaltered collection was published? More…

There are two sorts of beauty, one of the mind, the other of the body; that of the mind displays and exhibits itself in intelligence, in modesty, in honorable conduct, in generosity, in good breeding…and when it is this sort of beauty…that is the attraction, love is apt to spring up suddenly and violently. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)