Archive for September, 2020

Word of the Day: September 2, 2020

Word of the Day: September 2, 2020

inundate  Definition: (verb) Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid. Synonyms: deluge, flood, swamp Usage: If we inundate the senator’s office with letters of protest, we are certain to get her attention. Discuss.

by · September 2, 2020 · Bulletin Board

Developing resiliency in a post-COVID world

With everything that has happened in 2020, thinking about what challenges may lay ahead is probably the furthest thing from most people’s minds. It has not been easy for many people to adjust to what has become the new normal, […]

by · September 1, 2020 · Bulletin Board

100 PERCENT – 11th Council District

This is the first of a series of articles on the Bronx City Council races. There are currently six candidates who have announced they are running in the 11th Council District, and I have divided them into two categories. There […]

by · September 1, 2020 · Politics
Whose Birthday Is It? September 1, 2020

Whose Birthday Is It? September 1, 2020

Walter Reuther (1907) Reuther was a US labor leader. As a local union leader in Detroit, Michigan, he helped organize sit-down strikes that made the United Automobile Workers (UAW) a power in the auto industry. He was president of the UAW from 1946 until his 1970 death in a plane crash. He was an architect of the 1955 merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). What role did Reuther play in the so-called Chicken War between the US and Europe in the 1960s? More…

by · September 1, 2020 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: September 1, 2020

Quote of the Day: September 1, 2020

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives. Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) 

by · September 1, 2020 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: September 1, 2020

Word of the Day: September 1, 2020

speculative  Definition: (adjective) Showing curiosity. Synonyms: inquisitive, wondering, questioning Usage: He raised a speculative eyebrow but said nothing about her earlier absence, suspecting that she would not want to discuss it in front of their hosts. Discuss.

by · September 1, 2020 · Bulletin Board
Mets Lost Again In The Bronx

Mets Lost Again In The Bronx

By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Blame Edwin Diaz. Put the blame on Dellin Betances, Drew Smith. Simple, the Mets always find ways to lose in the Bronx. Except, Sunday was a fiasco and further questions a direction where this team […]

by · September 1, 2020 · Sports
Coppola: “Let’s Make A Deal” Time. Is It Smart In 2020?

Coppola: “Let’s Make A Deal” Time. Is It Smart In 2020?

By William Coppola/ Bronx Chronicle Sports Sometimes what has always worked in the past, just doesn’t fit the situation you are in today. What has turned into a mediocre attempt at a normal baseball season, has brought us to the […]

by · September 1, 2020 · Sports