well-heeled Definition: (adjective) Having plenty of money. Synonyms: prosperous, well-off, well-to-do, comfortable, easy Usage: The price tag is out of reach of all but the most well-heeled. Discuss. 

It was at the beginning of the Friday rush hour, but police had to close down Morris Park Avenue in the Van Nest neighborhood to all traffic at Unionport Road. A distressed woman climbed out over a roof threatening to jump. […]

It lasted only a few minutes at the north corner of Fordham Road and Valentine Avenue. A dozen people with orange stickers ‘Trump/Pence OUT NOW’ on them handing out flyers for a planned march on Trump Tower on Saturday December […]

Cases of Interest for the Week of December 9, 2019 Monday, December 9, 2019 ADAJudgePart #Status Defendant Name Case Details Lung, F.Michael77Decision on Motions Angel Montanez Charged with second-degree Murder, first-degree Manslaughter, first and second-degree Strangulation, three counts of Endangering the […]

William Whiston (1667) Whiston was an English clergyman and mathematician. He won favor through his New Theory of the Earth and in 1701 was made deputy to Sir Isaac Newton, whom he succeeded as a professor of mathematics at Cambridge. Well known as a preacher, Whiston aroused opposition by proclaiming his opinions about early Christianity, and in 1710 he was dismissed from the university for heresy. In 1736, he caused widespread panic when he predicted that what would bring the world to its end within the year? More…

One cannot fix one’s eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy. Jane Austen (1775-1817)

buccaneer  Definition: (noun) Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation. Synonyms: sea rover, pirate Usage: The buccaneer on the wave might relinquish his calling and become at once if he chose, a man of probity and piety on land. Discuss.

It was a cold Thursday night outside Bronx Borough Hall and in Lou Gehrig Plaza across the street people were waiting for the Annual Bronx Christmas Tree lighting. Lots of hot chocolate was on hand to warm up the people, […]

For the November crime statistics Mayor Bill de Blasio brought his new police commissioner back to his first command the 44th precinct, at the New Settlement Community Center to announce the eleven month crime stats. Police Commissioner Shea began by […]

Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898) Widely considered the father of photojournalism, Eisenstaedt began creating photo essays in Berlin during the 1920s. He emigrated to the US in 1935 and joined the original photography staff at Life magazine. Soon Eisenstaedt came to epitomize the magazine’s style with his topically important and beautifully composed photographs and his candid portraits of the great and the anonymous. His most famous photograph is of the joyous Times Square kiss of a sailor and a nurse on what day? More…

Humor is the spiciest condiment in the feast of existence. Laugh at your mistakes but learn from them, joke over your troubles but gather strength from them, make a jest of your difficulties but overcome them. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)