Tuesday night’s Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association meeting opened with a bang as PPNA President Edith Blitzer took aim at an unnamed person she said had a big mouth who is claiming that certain neighborhood organizations are in the pockets of […]
In the triangle at White Plains Road and Van Nest Avenue is the Van Nest Memorial, with its new flagpole the Van Nest community received. Rich Vitacco of the East Bronx Historical Society gave a history of the Van Nest […]
This year’s Annual Peace Plaza Veteran’s Day event of remembering Veterans of Foreign Wars was emceed by Silvio Mazzalla and hosted by the Morris Park Community Association. Close to one hundred people came out to honor Bronx Veterans, who made […]
Hosted by 49Pct -NCO A – Build The Block Meeting Thursday, November 14th 2019. Meeting starts at 7 P.M. Doors open at 6:30 P.M for light refreshments. Einstein Hospital Campus – Lubin Hall, 1200 Van Nest Ave, Bronx NY 10461Parking […]
There was a constant line of children down the block with more coming from all directions (estimated at well over one-thousand) waiting to get into the Kissmet Catering Hall on Westchester Avenue on Halloween. They were there to see their […]
Tuesday was the groundbreaking for a new Community Playground in the huge play area next to IS 339 and IS 313. There is currently a play area for the students of both schools but is in need of many repairs. In […]
The corner of Westchester Avenue and Noble Avenue was co-named Pandit Vishnu Sukul Way Saturday afternoon. Pandit Vishnu Sukul helped establish the Vishnu Mandir (Hindu Temple) at 1216 Noble Avenue in 1996, and was a pillar of the Hindu community […]
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By Robert PressTelling the audience gathered at the Union Community Health Center located at 260 East 188th Street that seventy-four million Americans have no dental care Councilman Ritchie Torres said that that there are seventy-four dentists for every hundred thousand […]
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By Robert Press On Wednesday, Bronx City Council members Ruben Diaz, Sr. and Andy King were joined by Queens Councilman Robert Holden to announce they were going to vote no on closing Rikers Island jail. They issued a joint-statement explaining […]
In front of an estimated at twenty-five thousand people at Queensbridge Park ( what could be the largest crowd to see any of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary contenders), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez credited Sen. Bernie Sanders as inspiring her to […]
The 6th Annual Carrion Movement — which is named for its founder Tanya Carrion — is an event for domestic violence survivors. The event was held Saturday at the United Federation of Teachers headquarters on Halsey Avenue. The co-hosts of […]
This past Friday October 11th the thirty-first anniversary of National Coming Out Day was marked in the Bronx at the Bronx Museum. In his remarks, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. said, “It’s okay for me to be who I […]
Saturday marked the 43rd Annual Bronx Columbus Day Parade. The parade marched down Morris Park Avenue, and this year turned up Williamsbridge Road to Lydig Avenue before ending one block short of Pelham Parkway. The Grand Marshal for the parade […]
VNNA President Bernadette Ferrara opened the monthly meeting with the Presidents Report, which included mention of the Sunday’s Bronx Columbus Day Parade. She mentioned that this year the parade would start at Bronxdale Avenue and turn up Williamsbridge Road ending […]
By Robert Press Monday October seventh was the Williamsbridge NAACP Early Childhood Education Center Pink Parade with Grand Marshal Councilman Andy King. The children and adults lined up outside the center on East 219th Street. From there they marched to […]
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