Articles by: The Bronx Chronicle

NYCHA indifference at Watson Avenue & Thieriot Ave Bronx

NYCHA indifference at Watson Avenue & Thieriot Ave Bronx

The “Berlin wall” built to start construction of yet another homeless shelter obstructs traffic on Watson Avenue & Thieriot Avenue and has created a mugging zone for thugs! Come see for yourself! Content/media by Franck Strongbow

by · July 21, 2021 · Bulletin Board

Letter To The Editor

To The Editor: Would someone with a high position in the national Democratic Party or the national news media PLEASE inform people such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders that they are hurting MY Democratic Party by calling themselves “Democratic […]

by · July 21, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? July 21, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? July 21, 2021

Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856) Bethune was the first professional woman architect in the US and the first woman elected to the American Institute of Architects. After high school, she became an apprentice at a Buffalo, New York, architectural firm where she met her future husband, architect Robert Bethune. They married in 1881 and opened their own firm, which designed several hundred buildings throughout New York in the Romanesque revival style popular in the late 19th century. What building is considered her masterpiece? More…

by · July 21, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: July 21, 2021

Quote of the Day: July 21, 2021

You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist. They have never felt the iron of it in their flesh. They do not know how mean it makes you. It exposes you to endless humiliation, it cuts your wings, it eats into your soul like a cancer. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

by · July 21, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: July 21, 2021

Word of the Day: July 21, 2021

traipse Definition: (verb) Walk or tramp about. Synonyms: shlep Usage: I spent the holiday exploring the countryside, traipsing from town to town with just a knapsack of supplies on my back. Discuss.

by · July 21, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA: Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark Announces Locations of Saturday Night Lights Program in the Bronx

Bronx DA: Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark Announces Locations of Saturday Night Lights Program in the Bronx

BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY DARCEL D. CLARK ANNOUNCES LOCATIONS OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIGHTS PROGRAM IN THE BRONX   Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced the expansion of the Saturday Night Lights program with 23 additional sites in the Bronx, joining […]

by · July 16, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of July 19, 2021

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of July 19, 2021

Cases of Interest for the Week of July 19, 2021 *Appearances/Proceedings May Be Virtual*   Monday, July 19, 2021 NO CASES OF INTEREST Check website for updates.   Tuesday, July 20, 2021 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details […]

by · July 16, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA: Bronx Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Fatally Beating Two-Year-Old Boy

Bronx DA: Bronx Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Fatally Beating Two-Year-Old Boy

BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FATALLY BEATING TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY Defendant Pleaded Guilty to First-Degree Manslaughter   Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison […]

by · July 16, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA: Bronx Man Sentenced for 2018 Shooting in Longwood That Left One Man Dead; Two Bystanders Wounded

Bronx DA: Bronx Man Sentenced for 2018 Shooting in Longwood That Left One Man Dead; Two Bystanders Wounded

BRONX MAN SENTENCED FOR 2018 SHOOTING IN LONGWOOD THAT LEFT ONE MAN DEAD; TWO BYSTANDERS WOUNDED Defendant Pleaded Guilty to First-Degree Manslaughter             Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 18 […]

by · July 16, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? July 16, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? July 16, 2021

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872) Amundsen was a Norwegian polar explorer who led the first expeditions to traverse the Northwest Passage and to reach the South Pole. Turning to air exploration, in 1926 he and Umberto Nobile succeeded in flying over the North Pole and unexplored regions of the Arctic Ocean in a dirigible built and piloted by Nobile. A bitter controversy followed with Nobile as to the credit for the success. Yet in 1928, when Nobile crashed a different dirigible, Amundsen launched a rescue mission. What happened? More…

by · July 16, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: July 16, 2021

Quote of the Day: July 16, 2021

Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmy that he can? Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

by · July 16, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: July 16, 2021

Word of the Day: July 16, 2021

flippant Definition: (adjective) Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness. Synonyms: frivolous, irreverent, saucy, glib, pert, impertinent, impudent Usage: When a sensible woman has a serious question put to her, and evades it by a flippant answer, it is a sure sign, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, that she has something to conceal. Discuss.

by · July 16, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA: Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark Announces Office’s First-Ever Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer

Bronx DA: Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark Announces Office’s First-Ever Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer

BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY DARCEL D. CLARK ANNOUNCES OFFICE’S  FIRST-EVER CHIEF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER Valerie Kennedy Appointed to Role   Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced the appointment of the first-ever Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer […]

by · July 13, 2021 · Bulletin Board

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To The Editor: It is my opinion that the least talked-about major social problem that we have in our country is “LONELINESS.”  I believe that it was Henry David Thoreau who said that most people “lead lives of quiet desperation.”  […]

by · July 13, 2021 · Bulletin Board

My Second Life-Changing “Story”

My first life-changing “story” occurred in 1969.  My second one occured in 2020-2021. I never thought that something like this would happen to me in my seniors years…but it did. When I was in high school in 1968, I had […]

by · July 13, 2021 · Bulletin Board