Articles by: The Bronx Chronicle

NYC Sanitation Hosts Graduation, Promotion and Award Ceremony at Maimonides Park – the First Such In-Person Event in Nearly Two Years

NYC Sanitation Hosts Graduation, Promotion and Award Ceremony at Maimonides Park – the First Such In-Person Event in Nearly Two Years

NYC Sanitation Hosts Graduation, Promotion and Award Ceremony at Maimonides Park – the First Such In-Person Event in Nearly Two Years   New and Promoted Employees Take Oaths of Office, Other to Receive Awards   WHAT: The New York City […]

by · October 19, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Phipps Neighborhoods & FoodStream Network Launch

Phipps Neighborhoods & FoodStream Network Launch

FOODSTREAM NETWORK LAUNCHES FREE POP-UP FARMERS MARKET FOR HUNDREDS OF BRONX RESIDENTS Bronx-Based Initiative Includes Partnerships with FoodStream Members, Phipps Neighborhoods, Local BIPOC Farmers, Chefs to Provide Families Access to Free, Fresh, Culturally Relevant, And Locally Sourced Produce.  The Initiative Will […]

by · October 18, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Job Fair, October 23rd

Job Fair, October 23rd

by · October 18, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Al’s Article

Al’s Article

                                                                             Al D’Angelo Growing up we were taught the difference between right and wrong first from our parents, then from our teachers and these values were the building blocks of our character. […]

by · October 18, 2021 · Bulletin Board
VAN NEST NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE (VNNA) FALL FESTIVAL – SATURDAY OCTOBER 23 – 12NOON TO 4PM

VAN NEST NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE (VNNA) FALL FESTIVAL – SATURDAY OCTOBER 23 – 12NOON TO 4PM

by · October 18, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? October 13, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? October 13, 2021

Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (1821) A German pathologist, anthropologist, and statesman, Virchow contributed to nearly every branch of medical science, was a member of the Prussian lower house and later the Reichstag, and was a leader of the liberal party opposed to Bismarck. He coined the terms “thrombosis” and “embolism” and supported emerging ideas on cell division and metabolism. Despite his many contributions, which earned him the appellation “Father of Modern Pathology,” he rejected the notion that what causes diseases? More…

by · October 13, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: October 13, 2021

Quote of the Day: October 13, 2021

History is made by men, but they do not make it in their heads. The ideas that are born in their consciousness play an insignificant part in the march of events. History is dominated and determined by the tool and the production—by the force of economic conditions. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)

by · October 13, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: October 13, 2021

Word of the Day: October 13, 2021

tawdry Definition: (adjective) Tastelessly showy. Synonyms: flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, trashy, brassy, cheap Usage: It was a tawdry affair, all Cupids and cornucopias, like a third-rate wedding-cake. Discuss.

by · October 13, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? October 12, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? October 12, 2021

Luciano Pavarotti (1935) Originally a schoolteacher, Pavarotti only began his vocal training in his 20s but nevertheless became one of the most successful tenors of all time. He made his professional debut in 1961 and then debuted at La Scala in 1965 and the Metropolitan Opera in 1968. A popular favorite, Pavarotti was noted for the rich and ringing clarity of his voice as well as for his immense personal charm. At the peak of his career, his concerts drew hundreds of thousands of attendees. Where did he last perform? More…

by · October 12, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: October 12, 2021

Quote of the Day: October 12, 2021

Nothing can be so quick and sudden as the operations of the mind, especially when hope, or fear, or jealousy, to which the two others are but journeymen, set it to work. Henry Fielding (1707-1754)

by · October 12, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: October 12, 2021

Word of the Day: October 12, 2021

supine Definition: (adjective) Inactive, passive, or inert, especially from indolence or indifference. Synonyms: lethargic, passive, apathetic, listless Usage: No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried. Discuss.

by · October 12, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association presents our October 2021 meeting!

Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association presents our October 2021 meeting!

by · October 11, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Office of the Bronx County District Attorney, 718-590-2236

Bronx DA: Bronx Man Indicted for Attempted Murder of Police Officer in Shooting Involving Two Off-Duty Cops

BRONX MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER OF POLICE OFFICER IN SHOOTING INVOLVING TWO OFF-DUTY COPS            Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been indicted for Attempted Murder in the first degree and additional […]

by · October 11, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? October 11, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? October 11, 2021

François Mauriac (1885) The strict Catholic upbringing of Nobel Prize-winning French writer François Mauriac had a profound impact on his literary output. His austere, psychological novels, for which he is best known, often grapple with the problems of sin, grace, and salvation, as exemplified in Vipers’ Tangle, his masterpiece. He also wrote polemical works against totalitarianism and fascism in the 1930s, worked with the Resistance during World War II, and later wrote the foreword of what Holocaust memoir? More…

by · October 11, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: October 11, 2021

Quote of the Day: October 11, 2021

Thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful! Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

by · October 11, 2021 · Bulletin Board