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Word of the Day: March 11, 2021

Word of the Day: March 11, 2021

louche Definition: (adjective) Of questionable taste or morality. Synonyms: shady Usage: It did not surprise me that the owner of that louche nightclub downtown was arrested for selling illegal drugs to the patrons. Discuss.

by · March 11, 2021 · Bulletin Board
MANHATTAN TEEN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR SHOOTING AT NYPD SERGEANT AND TWO OFFICERS IN SOUTH BRONX

MANHATTAN TEEN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR SHOOTING AT NYPD SERGEANT AND TWO OFFICERS IN SOUTH BRONX

Defendant Fired Multiple Shots; Officers Returned Fire, Wounding Him             Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Manhattan teen has been indicted on Attempted Murder and additional charges for shooting at an NYPD Sergeant and two NYPD […]

Whose Birthday Is It? March 10, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? March 10, 2021

Kate Sheppard (1847) The most prominent member of New Zealand’s suffrage movement, Sheppard helped make her country the first nation to grant women the right to vote. She was also active in the temperance movement, which sought to achieve its goals by promoting woman’s suffrage. Today, Sheppard’s image appears on New Zealand’s 10-pound note, and she is honored in a monument at Christchurch. Immediately after women’s suffrage was granted in 1893, Sheppard embarked on a frantic, 10-week effort to do what? More…

by · March 10, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: March 10, 2021

Quote of the Day: March 10, 2021

All rising to great place is by a winding stair. Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

by · March 10, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: March 10, 2021

Word of the Day: March 10, 2021

precipitancy Definition: (noun) The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning. Synonyms: suddenness, abruptness Usage: “I hope there will be no women besides our own party,” Lady Bareacres said, after reflecting upon the invitation which had been made, and accepted with too much precipitancy. Discuss.

by · March 10, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Spirituality Finds a Place in the New Schoolhouse

Spirituality Finds a Place in the New Schoolhouse

Spirituality Finds a Place in the New ‘Schoolhouse’     Sunlight streams through the kitchen window of the Serwatka home, illuminating the countertop that serves as 8-year-old Dominic’s classroom desk. His feet barely touch the crossbar of the stool as […]

by · March 9, 2021 · Bulletin Board
COURT GRANTS MOTION BY BRONX DA DARCEL D. CLARK TO DISMISS OVER 800 LOITERING FOR PROSTITUTION CASES

COURT GRANTS MOTION BY BRONX DA DARCEL D. CLARK TO DISMISS OVER 800 LOITERING FOR PROSTITUTION CASES

Includes Pending Cases and Disposed Cases in Which Bench Warrant Was Ordered; Some Cases Date Back To 1970s and 1980s   Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that the Supervising Judge of Bronx Criminal Court, George A. Grasso, today granted her Office’s motion to dismiss more than 800 cases that involved the charge of Loitering for Prostitution.   […]

by · March 9, 2021 · Bulletin Board
The Bronx Chronicle endorses Fernando Cabrera for Bronx Borough President.

COUNCIL MEMBER FERNANDO CABRERA CALLS ON GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO TO RESIGN

Bronx, NY- Today New York City Council Member and Majority Whip Fernando Cabrera called on Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to resign.  “Over the past week we have seen increasing evidence that Governor Andrew Cuomo has failed to execute the duties of […]

by · March 9, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? March 9, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? March 9, 2021

Tom Roberts (1856) Roberts was born in England and immigrated to Australia as a teen. By day, he worked as a photographer’s assistant and a picture-frame maker, but by night, he studied art and painted. His scenes of rural Australian life, often with humorous touches, earned disapproval from conventional art critics, yet they are now recognized as prime examples of the so-called Heidelberg school of art. One unusually large Roberts painting, appropriately entitled The Big Picture, depicts what? More…

by · March 9, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: March 9, 2021

Quote of the Day: March 9, 2021

Oh, ’tis love, ’tis love that makes the world go round. Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

by · March 9, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: March 9, 2021

Word of the Day: March 9, 2021

rubicund Definition: (adjective) Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life. Synonyms: ruddy, sanguine, florid Usage: “Please your honor,” answered the drum-major, whose rubicund visage had lost all its color, “the fault is none of mine.” Discuss.

by · March 9, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA Darcel D. Clark, Judges and Bronx Defense Bar Demand  That Gov. Cuomo Include Them as Eligible for the COVID-19 Vaccine

Bronx DA Darcel D. Clark, Judges and Bronx Defense Bar Demand That Gov. Cuomo Include Them as Eligible for the COVID-19 Vaccine

From left to right: Marvin Ray Raskin, representing 18B Panel and private criminal defense lawyers; Peter Jones, Attorney-in-Charge of the Bronx Criminal Defense Practice for Legal Aid Society; Justine Olderman, Executive Director of The Bronx Defenders; Bronx District Attorney Darcel […]

by · March 8, 2021 · Bulletin Board
REMINDER: VNNA MARCH MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING—Candidates Forum for City Council District 15

REMINDER: VNNA MARCH MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING—Candidates Forum for City Council District 15

Van Nest Neighborhood Alliance is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. VNNA MARCH MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING Candidates Forum for City Council District 15 Time: March 8, 2021 7:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2592510029?pwd=TnlMeFhVYUtvWUF6NEFUZ0NMOEcwUT09 Meeting […]

by · March 8, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? March 8, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? March 8, 2021

Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907) One of the most important political figures in the history of modern Greece, Karamanlis helped rebuild Greece’s economy while serving in various posts after WWII. Chosen as prime minister in 1955, he formed a government and a new conservative party, the National Radical Union. In 1960, he established an independent republic on Cyprus to ease tensions with Britain and Turkey over the island. He resigned in 1963 and lived in exile in Paris until 1974. What finally brought him back to Greece? More…

by · March 8, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: March 8, 2021

Quote of the Day: March 8, 2021

The latter part of a wise man’s life is taken up in curing the follies, prejudices, and false opinions he had contracted in the former. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

by · March 8, 2021 · Bulletin Board