NYCFC and Concacaf today announced that the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League (SCCL) Round of 16 home leg against A.D. San Carlos on February 26 at 6 p.m. will be played at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey. Given the […]
FORMER RIKERS ISLAND INMATE INDICTED IN SLASHING OF NYC DOC OFFICER IN JAIL Unprovoked Attack Left Officer with Multiple Cuts Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a former Rikers Island inmate has been indicted for Attempted Aggravated […]
Aaron Burr (1756) Before he shot and mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton in the famous duel, Burr was a well-regarded lawyer and politician, having served in the American Revolution and held various offices, including that of senator. But after Hamilton used his influence to thwart more than one of his political aspirations, Burr—then vice president—challenged him to a duel and won. Later, he was tried for and acquitted of treason for a plan to seize what areas of North America, possibly to create a new country? More…
We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would be a sorry business without them. With them it’s grand and great. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
cleaver Definition: (noun) A butcher’s knife having a large square blade. Synonyms: chopper Usage: Beside this range was a butcher block upon which lay a great cleaver with a keen edge. Discuss.
Fordham University Head Football Coach Joe Conlin announced the signing of five additional football student-athletes to letters of intent with Fordham for the 2020 season. They join the nine student-athletes who signed letters of intent in December. The new signees are Patrick Barr […]
VNNA President Bernadette Ferrara opened the meeting announcing that Community Board 11 would be having a meeting of its Health and Social Services Committee on Tuesday February 11th at the board office 1741 Colden Avenue at 7 PM. The main […]
Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron (1934) Aaron was the first US baseball player to hit more career home runs than Babe Ruth. After playing briefly in the Negro leagues and then in the minor leagues, Aaron moved up to the majors as an outfielder with the Milwaukee—later Atlanta—Braves in 1954 and was National League MVP in 1957. Upon breaking Ruth’s record in 1974, he was besieged by the media and badgered by racist letter-writers, and retired just two years later. Aaron’s home run record remained unbroken until when? More…
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything. Jane Austen (1775-1817)
overblown Definition: (adjective) Puffed up with vanity. Synonyms: pompous, grandiloquent, pontifical, portentous Usage: The book contains a heavy dose of overblown lyrical description. Discuss.
By William Coppola- Contributor Bronx Chronicle Sports The search for the next Mike Trout or Max Scherzer has taken on a new partner. That being, analytics and algorithms. Today professional baseball organizations, have asked their scouts to give them more […]
High anticipation transforms into reality this Saturday as the famed 113th NYRR Millrose Games takes place at The Armory New Balance Track & Field Center.“ I don’t think there is any other atmosphere in the entire world like the Millrose Games when it comes […]
BRONX PROSECUTOR RECEIVES MORGENTHAU AWARD Chief of Strategic Enforcement/Intergovernmental Relations Kerry Chicon Will Be Honored by DAASNY Today Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that Assistant District Attorney Kerry Chicon is a recipient of the Morgenthau Award from […]
Cases of Interest for the Week of February 3, 2020 Monday, February 3, 2020 ADAJudgePart #Status Defendant Name Case Details Lung, F.Hornstein96Appearance Idris Abdul-Muhaymin Charged with first-degree Murder and additional charges for the fatal stabbings of his 73-year-old uncle and a […]
New York City & Vicinity District Council of Carpenter’s Vice President Honored During Saint Dominic’s 39th Annual Business and Labor Awards Dinner Saint Dominic’s Family Services, located in the Bronx and Rockland and Orange Counties, recognizes NYC Union Carpenters for Years […]
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