The public schedule for Assemblyman (and Congressional candidate) Michael Blake said that at 1 PM he and Assemblywoman Karenes Reyes R.N. would be distributing food to the community.  Assemblywoman Reyes’s staff and some volunteers had stacked two hundred boxes packed with various […]

In two separate Bronx events Monday Brooklyn Borough President (and 2021 NYC Mayoral candidate) Eric Adams gave out 3,000 face masks to Bronx residents. At noon Brooklyn BP Adam arrived at the Michelangelo Apartments (located at 225 East 149th Street) […]

Nelle Harper Lee (1926) The daughter of an Alabama lawyer, Lee studied law before publishing her first novel in 1960. To Kill a Mockingbird, the story of a white lawyer who defends a black man falsely accused of raping a white girl, immediately found national acclaim. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was adapted for film the next year, but Lee largely stayed out of the spotlight. What did she once write in response to a school board’s decision to ban her novel? More…

In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears. Edith Wharton (1862-1937) 

egocentric  Definition: (adjective) Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs. Synonyms: self-centered Usage: My sister is so egocentric that when I broke my arm on her birthday, her primary concern was that her party would be ruined. Discuss. 

BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY DARCEL D. CLARK URGES COMMUNITY TO BE VIGILANT ABOUT CHILD ABUSE DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS Reports of Abuse Have Dropped Significantly, Leading to Concerns That Staying at Home Decreases Contact with Mandated Reporters of Abuse           Bronx […]

People began lining up at 7:30 AM at the corner of Astor and Wallace Avenues. State senator Alessandra Biaggi was going to arrive at 11 AM to give out free meals, masks & gloves, and hand sanizer to the residents of the Pelham parkway Houses.  Three […]

Ulysses S. Grant (1822) Though he served with bravery in the Mexican-American War, Grant resigned his post several years later, possibly due to his heavy drinking. However, he returned to serve in the US Civil War and won a string of brilliant victories. Three years after Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to him, ending the war, Grant was elected president. Still, he spent his final years in poverty after being swindled by a friend. Days before his death, he did what to secure his family’s finances? More…

A nation never falls but by suicide. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) 

stepper  Definition: (noun) A professional dancer. Synonyms: hoofer Usage: My petite friend Anna has made a name for herself as a gifted stepper, proving that you need not be tall and long-limbed to succeed as a dancer. Discuss.