Articles by: Aleksander Nilaj

A Broadway Filled Weekend At BX Catholic Schools

A Broadway Filled Weekend At BX Catholic Schools

The Finale, Into the Woods, Preston High School. Video c/o youtube.com Two Bronx Catholic schools put on Broadway classics this weekend, with Into the Woods coming to Preston High School in Throggs Neck and Godspell taking stage at Fordham Preparartory on the university […]

by · February 11, 2014 · Local News

AG Backs Suffrage For Felons

Attorney General and city native Eric Holder made his position clear yesterday in a speech outlining the need to allow citizens who have served their time to have a voice in voting, the most basic American right. The Huffington Post […]

by · February 11, 2014 · Domestic News, Local News, News

Longtime Anchor Tom Brokaw Diagnosed With Cancer, Optimistic On Prognosis

Photo c/o nbcnews.com Longtime NBC News Anchor Tom Brokaw, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting blood cells in the bone marrow, in August at the Mayo Clinic, released this statement this afternoon: “With the exceptional support of my […]

by · February 11, 2014 · Domestic News, News

Upcoming Photo Workshop at Bronx Documentary Center

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by · February 11, 2014 · Uncategorized

Watch Yesterday’s State of the City Address Here

The State of the City, 2014. La Guardia Community College Performing Arts Center Queens, NYC Video c/o The New York City Mayor’s Office.

by · February 11, 2014 · Local News, News

They Lived

  Has anyone seen the moving commercials recently by Subaru showing a severely destroyed car, and many folks in the pipeline to the car graveyard tell everyone they meet along they way, “They lived? ”  Seen those?  The truth of […]

by · February 11, 2014 · Local News, News, Photos

Jews in India Seek Refuge From Persecution In Israel

Photo c/o aljazeera.com Thousands of families in an overwhelmingly Christian region of Manipur, India have converted to a version of Orthodox Judaism  over the past thirty years. But for the  Bnei Menashe , the pressures of living in a state ravaged […]

by · February 11, 2014 · News, World News

Artist Celebrates Harriet Tubman At Westchest Sq. Library Performance

Ms. Christine Dixon will be performing  Harriet Tubman Herself, a one woman show based on a series of interviews Harriet gave in 1868, at the Westchester Square Library on February 20 at 5 p.m.  She recently gave the performance in […]

by · February 11, 2014 · Uncategorized

Obama Administration Pushes Back Deadline For Small Businesses To Implement Healthcare Reforms

As the White House reversed the timetable on implementation for key Affordable Care Act provisions that affect small businesses, The Washington Post released this primer for business owners to understand how the adjusted timetable will affect them: “In the final regulations published […]

by · February 11, 2014 · Domestic News, News

Senator Klein Sides with Mayor, Calls On Govenor To Pass City’s Universal Pre-K Plan

Local Bronx Senator and Senate President Pro-Tem Jeff Klein has bucked the Governor, calling upon the state to approve the city plan put forward by Mayor Bill DeBlasio to tax city residents who earn over $500,000 to fund a universal […]

by · February 11, 2014 · Local News, News

Bronx Park East Group Seeks Input On Bylaws

Bronx Park East Community Association, a community group which covers the area north of Pelham Parkway and west of White Plains Road,  is publicly discussing at set of by-laws, a draft which is available here.  as part of the process […]

by · February 10, 2014 · Local News, News

State Power Authority Doles Out Surplus

The New York State Power Authority has made the state $20 million last year, which is turned over to the general state fund, but the authority also doles out grants to organizations seemingly in the public service, such as the […]

by · February 10, 2014 · Local News, News
Healthy Giraffe Killed at Danish Zoo “To Stop Inbreeding” And Teach Science

Healthy Giraffe Killed at Danish Zoo “To Stop Inbreeding” And Teach Science

Concerned about carriage horses in the city? Or the state sponsored killing of mute swans reported last week?  Well if you thought that was rotten, get a load of what’s going down in the state of Denmark.. Marius, a healthy […]

by · February 10, 2014 · News, World News

UN Aid Convoy Attacked In Syria Despite Ceasefire

A UN convoy came under attack from mortar shells and gunfire on the second day of the humanitarian ceasefire. while leaving Homs, Syria, on Saturday. Authorities have blamed the attack on rebel forces, who blame President Bashar al-Assad’s forces for the […]

by · February 9, 2014 · News, World News

Iranian Ships To Sail Near US Border

The Iranian navy plans to send warships out into international waters near the border of the United States. According to BBCNews, Iranian media quoted Admiral Afshin Rezayee Haddad as saying the deployment was a response to US vessels in the […]

by · February 9, 2014 · News, World News