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Word of the Day: February 15, 2021

Word of the Day: February 15, 2021

rescience Definition: (noun) Knowledge of actions or events before they occur. Synonyms: foresight, clairvoyance, precognition, second sight, foreknowledge, prevision Usage: Did she realize in a flash of prescience that there was no earthly future for our sweet Cecily? Discuss.

by · February 15, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? February 13, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? February 13, 2021

Sarojini Naidu (1879) Known as “the Nightingale of India,” Naidu was an Indian child prodigy who began writing poetry as a young girl. She went on to pursue politics and became the first Indian woman to serve as president of the Indian National Congress and the first female governor of Uttar Pradesh. She enjoyed a close relationship with Mohandas Gandhi, and her participation in passive disobedience campaigns landed her in jail on multiple occasions. What humorous nickname did she bestow upon Gandhi? More…

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

Quote of the Day: February 13, 2021

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart. George Eliot (1819-1880)

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

Word of the Day: February 13, 2021

boondocks Definition: (noun) A remote and undeveloped area. Synonyms: backwoods, hinterland Usage: I have fond memories of my childhood home, but I would never trade city life to go back to the boondocks. Discuss.

by · February 13, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? February 9, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? February 9, 2021

William Henry Harrison (1773) As the first governor of the Indiana Territory, Harrison negotiated treaties with Native Americans that ceded millions of acres of land to the US. In response, Tecumseh organized an uprising, which Harrison engaged at the famous Battle of Tippecanoe. He went on to lead forces in the War of 1812, recapturing Detroit from the British. Originally a Virginia aristocrat, he won the 1840 US presidential election by emphasizing his tough frontiersman image, only to die of what after a month in office? More…

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

Quote of the Day: February 9, 2021

The worst slave-owners were those who were kind to their slaves, and so prevented the horror of the system being realized by those who suffered from it, and understood by those who contemplated it. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

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

Word of the Day: February 9, 2021

blackball Definition: (verb) Expel from a community or group. Synonyms: banish, cast out, ostracize, shun, ban Usage: They must not know about my sordid past, because if they did, they would immediately blackball me. Discuss.

by · February 9, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? February 7, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? February 7, 2021

Anna of Russia (1693) When the young Peter II of Russia died without an heir, the Supreme Privy Council offered the throne to his distant cousin, Anna, under the condition that she would place the real power in the council’s hands. She initially agreed, but then tore up the conditions, abolished the council, and restored the autocracy. She occupied herself with extravagant amusements and relied on her lover and foreign advisors to manage the state. What happened to the infant grandnephew she named as her successor? More…

by · February 7, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: February 7, 2021

Quote of the Day: February 7, 2021

Congratulation, n.: The civility of envy. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

by · February 7, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: February 7, 2021

Word of the Day: February 7, 2021

paladin Definition: (noun) Someone who fights for a cause. Synonyms: champion, fighter, hero Usage: Like the ancient paladins, he has only undertaken this war to obtain a look from his lady love. Discuss.

by · February 7, 2021 · Bulletin Board
The Bronx Chronicle endorses Fernando Cabrera for Bronx Borough President.

COUNCIL MEMBER FERNANDO CABRERA FLOATS PLAN TO PROTECT FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN NYC

Bronx, NY- The NYC City Council will be holding hearings this month on a package of bills aimed at reforming the NYPD.  Intro 2118, sponsored by Keith Powers, is scheduled to be heard in the Committee on Government Operations, chaired […]

by · February 4, 2021 · Bulletin Board
The Bronx Chronicle endorses Fernando Cabrera for Bronx Borough President.

COUNCIL MEMBER FERNANDO CABRERA, MORRIS HEIGHTS HEALTH CENTER BRING MORE THAN 100 COVID VACCINE DOSES TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS

WHAT:          Council Member Fernando Cabrera, Morris Heights Health Center Medical staff will bring more than 100 doses to homebound seniors at The New Jewish Home Kittay House Senior Apartments.  Medical staff will go to seniors’ apartments to administer the vaccines.   WHEN:          Friday, […]

by · February 4, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA: Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark Announces Dismissal of Charges in Alleged Sex Abuse of FDNY EMT and Releases Video

Bronx DA: Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark Announces Dismissal of Charges in Alleged Sex Abuse of FDNY EMT and Releases Video

  BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY DARCEL D. CLARK ANNOUNCES DISMISSAL OF CHARGES IN ALLEGED SEX ABUSE OF FDNY EMT AND RELEASES VIDEO OF INCIDENT SHOWING SUSPECT HAD APPARENT SEIZURE             Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that her […]

The Bronx Chronicle endorses Fernando Cabrera for Bronx Borough President.

Fernando Cabrera OP ED on Gay Marriage

Throughout my life, I have dedicated myself to being a pastor, father, husband, and public servant whose values and beliefs are deeply rooted both in faith and love. As a leader in the Bronx, I take tremendous pride in fighting […]

by · February 4, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? February 4, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? February 4, 2021

Rosa Parks (1913) An icon of the US civil rights movement, Parks is often portrayed as a tired, elderly African-American seamstress who was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, after deciding on the spur of the moment not to give up her bus seat to a white man. In reality, she was a fairly young woman who had been a civil rights activist long before her arrest, which sparked an unprecedented, successful boycott of the city’s segregated bus system. How did Parks know the bus driver who had her arrested in 1955? More…

by · February 4, 2021 · Bulletin Board