MAY 17, 2020 The Bronx Business NewsletterReaching 7,166 businesses in Bronx, NY Impact Poll UpdateWill Re-Opening Lead to Quick Recovery?As small business owners cautiously reopen and optimism grows, will it last? What are business owners most worried about this week? Read the latest […]
Saturday afternoon Councilman Mark Gjonaj came to the Key Food supermarket on Westchester Avenue in Pelham Bay to hand out face masks to residents of the area. He had the standard blue paper, and two different types of cloth (yellow […]
Lt. Colonel Joseph T. Nader Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2010 Joseph T. Nader, retired Lt. Col and retired Lt. YPD, also a Yonkers native, served in North Africa and Italy during WWII and at Ft. Gordon during the Korean War. […]
Walter Adolph Gropius (1883) Gropius was the immensely influential director of the Bauhaus school of art and architecture in Germany. In 1937, he immigrated to America and became head of Harvard’s architecture department. He was an early exponent of the International style and believed that all design—whether of a chair, a building, or a city—should focus on the particular needs and problems involved, without regard to old styles. His 1923 re-design of what everyday object is now considered an icon of 20th-century design? More…
Habit, n.: A shackle for the free. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
molder Definition: (verb) To crumble to dust; disintegrate. Synonyms: rot, decompose Usage: Far better that crows and ravens … should pick my flesh from my bones, than that they should be prisoned in a workhouse coffin and molder in a pauper’s grave. Discuss.
Dennis Lee Hopper (1936) Hopper was an American film actor. He appeared in two films with James Dean in the 1950s but achieved fame of his own after directing and starring in 1969’s Easy Rider. His career foundered in the 70s, but important roles in Apocalypse Now (1979) and Blue Velvet (1986) helped him revitalize his career in the 80s and 90s. In addition to acting, he was a noted artist. In 1983, he checked into rehab shortly after performing what daredevil stunt involving dynamite? More…
If a governor comes out of his government rich, they say he has been a thief; and if he comes out poor, that he has been a noodle and a blockhead. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
somnambulate Definition: (verb) To walk or perform another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition. Synonyms: sleepwalk Usage: We had to put special locks on the door to prevent me from unwittingly leaving the house when I somnambulate. Discuss.
Washington has issued an advisory warning about North Korea’s ongoing cyber threat. According to the statement, “The DPRK’s malicious cyber activities threaten the United States and the broader international community and, in particular, pose a significant threat to the integrity […]
My job as a financial advisor today is most interesting. The questions are abound? ” What should I do about the stock market”? Why is my 401k down? How can I get my account to go up? If I could […]
By: Rev. J. Loren Russell 2 Corinthians 4:17 NKJV “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” I must admit, I was challenged by the […]
Henry Jaynes Fonda (1905) Henry Fonda was an American film actor who started out on Broadway. His role in the 1934 play The Farmer Takes a Wife led to a role in the film version, and more than 100 other films followed. He portrayed honest men in movies such as The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and won an Academy Award in 1982 for his last film, On Golden Pond, made with his daughter, Jane. Married five times, he was also the father of actor Peter Fonda. Whose murder did Fonda witness as a teen? More…
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
lollygag Definition: (verb) To waste time by puttering aimlessly; dawdle. Synonyms: footle, hang around, mill about, tarry, loiter, lounge, lurk, linger, loaf Usage: I spent my vacation just lollygagging around my house, but now it is time to get back to work. Discuss.
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