entwine Definition: (verb) Spin, wind, or twist together. Synonyms: interlace Usage: He entwined his fingers with hers. Discuss.

WHAT:          Wreath laying at the nation’s only memorial to Dominican soldiers who fought for the United States in World War II   WHEN:          Wednesday, January 27, 2021 11:00 AM   WHERE:       Bronx Community College 2155 University Avenue Bronx, NY 10453 (opposite Nelson Hall) […]

As a committed union member, I know first hand how workers benefit from union membership. I was therefore honored to stand with Teamsters Local 202 in support of the workers at The Hunts Point Produce Market. These essential workers kept […]

Maria Augusta von Trapp (1905) Born in Austria and orphaned at a young age, Maria Kutschera planned to become a nun in Salzburg. Instead, she met Baron Georg von Trapp while tutoring one of his seven children. They were married in 1927 and had three children together. After financial trouble, the family began to sing professionally, then fled Nazi Europe for the US. Today, the family operates a lodge in Vermont. Maria’s 1949 memoir was adapted into The Sound of Music. What became of the family’s home in Austria? More…

Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works. Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)

tellurian Definition: (noun) An inhabitant of the earth; a terrestrial. Synonyms: earthling Usage: I was the first tellurian the Martians had ever seen, and they were as curious about me as I was about them. Discuss.

At the suggestion of the CB11 Budget Committee we have started a petition to make a new dog run in Loreto Park.  Please see the attached flyer and petition. We are very excited by the positive response from our neighbors and […]

Bronx, NY- In the aftermath of an 8-year-old child accidentally self-inflicting a gunshot wound to his head, Council Member Cabrera today called for the New York City Department of Education to develop and implement city-wide a curriculum that teaches children […]

Pierre Gassendi (1592) As a priest and a professor, Gassendi lectured on theology in his native southeastern France. However, as a philosopher, scientist, and astronomer, he was compelled to try to reconcile his scientific beliefs with the teachings of the church. Dissatisfied with the teachings of Aristotle, he came to espouse empiricism and atomism, the belief that tiny, indestructible particles form the basic building blocks of the entire universe. In 1631, he became the first person to observe what? More…

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. George Eliot (1819-1880)

yesteryear Definition: (noun) The time that has elapsed. Synonyms: past Usage: The teen idols of yesteryear are now middle-aged has-beens. Discuss.

Allan Haines Lockheed (1889) Though Malcolm and Allan Loughead attended only elementary school, the mechanically gifted brothers built their first airplane in 1913. Malcolm soon left the industry, but Allan persisted. Though several of his aircraft companies failed, his name—with the spelling changed to Lockheed—would eventually be connected to one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers. Who once turned down a flight in Lockheed’s first plane by saying he would not fly in any plane “for all the money in California”? More…

I have made a plan for my life, as I am in my teens, and no more a child. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)

dustup Definition: (noun) An angry dispute. Synonyms: quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words Usage: The teacher put a stop to the boys’ dustup before it could come to blows. Discuss.