BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FATALLY SHOOTING MAN AFTER A DISPUTE Defendant Pleaded Guilty to First-Degree Manslaughter Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 25 years in […]
Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués (1844) Sarasate was a Spanish violinist and composer. He began studying the violin with his bandmaster father at age five, and at his first public concert at age eight, he impressed a wealthy patron and was sent to study in Madrid. There, Queen Isabel II gave him the Stradivarius violin that he would play for the rest of his life. He made his Paris debut in 1860 and commenced touring the world. He wrote scores of brilliant virtuoso works, some of which are still played today. Where are his violins now? More…
The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
functionary Definition: (noun) A worker who holds or is invested with an office. Synonyms: official Usage: The functionary next in consequence to the agent was the blacksmith, a most important, and, indeed, indispensable personage in a frontier community. Discuss.
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor With the number of coronavirus cases increasing there is also a watch and cautious approach that could impact sports in New York. Already major sporting events have been suspended or closed to the public in […]
Francis S. Currey | NY State Senate Sergeant Francis S. Currey Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2006 Honored throughout the country for his gallant actions during World War II, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Francis S. Currey is a […]
By Philip Foglia A 2018 Gallup poll indicated that a whopping 75% of the American electorate want term limits for Congress and a McLaughlin and Associates poll similarly found 82% of voters favor term limits and 73% more likely to […]
The scheduled guest speaker for the March meeting was Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark. A few hours before the meeting VNNA President Bernadette Ferrara announced that the scheduled guest Bronx DA Clark was sick and would have to be rescheduled […]
Cases of Interest for the Week of March 9, 2020 Monday, March 9, 2020 ADAJudgePart #Status Defendant Name Case Details Borgstedt, A.BruceT16Appearance Carlos Camilo Charged with Attempted Murder and additional charges for stabbing his 12-year-old son and 18-year-old stepdaughter in their […]
Vita Sackville-West (1892) Sackville-West was an aristocratic English writer and gardener who married the diplomat and author Harold Nicolson in 1913. Their complicated relationship is chronicled in Portrait of a Marriage, a biography inspired by her journals and written by their son Nigel. The gardens at Sissinghurst Castle, which she designed, are among the most visited in England. However, she is perhaps best remembered for her love affair with author Virginia Woolf, which inspired which of Woolf’s novels? More…
Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident. L. Frank Baum (1856-1919)
chummy Definition: (adjective) (Used informally) Associated on close terms. Synonyms: buddy-buddy, thick Usage: The bartender is chummy with his regular customers. Discuss.
$50,000 Grant Will Help Youth Shelter Expand Transitional Living Program New York,Covenant House New York today announced it received a $50,000 grant to help advance workforce development from Bank of America. BofA Global Research Analyst Alex Perry presented the grant […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Images: Warren King Jr./ Bronx Chronicle Sports After a season ending 65-61 loss to George Mason Saturday afternoon up at Rose Hill the Fordham Rams finished last again the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was another […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell “I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us. 10 Therefore, if I come, I will call to mind his deeds which he does, prating […]
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