Articles by: The Bronx Chronicle
Why Federal Arts Funding Matters
The arts are essential to New York City. Our cultural organizations enrich our neighborhoods, inspire and educate our youth, employ thousands of our residents, and attract millions of tourists to this city. And yet President Trump is threatening to turn […]
Profile America: National Peanut Month
Sunday, March 12th. This is National Peanut Month — celebrating one of the nation’s favorite foods, and absolutely America’s favorite snack nut. They are enjoyed in many ways — roasted in the shell, used in salads and stir-fry recipes, in […]
Profile America: Deadly Flu Virus
Saturday, March 11 — One of the most devastating public health crises in history hit the U.S. on this date 99 years ago. The first cases of what was called “Spanish flu” were reported among soldiers at Fort Riley, Kansas. Then […]
Mid-Bronx Seniors Host 44th Precinct Community Council
On Wednesday evening, MidBronx Senior Citizens Council and the 161st Street BID hosted the 44th precinct’s community council meeting. The public meeting was attended by a record-setting 90 residents along with Explorers, officers and the 44th Precinct commander. The meeting focused on […]
Council Member Andy King to Deliver State of the 12th District Address
New York City Council Member Andy King (12th District/Bronx) will deliver the 2017 State of the 12th District Address on Sunday, March 12, at 3 p.m., at North Bronx Seventh Day Adventist Church, 3743 Bronxwood Ave., Bronx, where he will […]
The East Bronx History Forum Hosting the Forum’s 6th Annual “Women in Bronx History”
President Jimmy Carter proclaimed National Women’s History Week for March 8, 1980 and, President Trump has re-proclaimed March 2017 as Women’s History Month. The East Bronx History Forum is pleased to announce the Forum’s 6th Annual “Women in Bronx History” […]
Independent Democratic Conference’s Religious Freedom legislative package passes State Senate
Independent Democratic Conference’s Religious Freedom legislative package passes State Senate Bills to combat hate against religious groups after uptick in threats against JCCs and anti-Muslim incidents receive overwhelming support Albany, NY — Members of the New York State Senate overwhelmingly […]
Profile America: First Telephone Call
Friday, March 10 — For many Americans, trying to envision life without our various telephones would be like trying to live without indoor plumbing. The crucial utility is 141 years old today. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first, local, […]
Whose Birthday Is It? March 9, 2017
Vita Sackville-West (1892) Sackville-West was an aristocratic English writer and gardener who married the diplomat and author Harold Nicolson in 1913. Their complicated relationship is chronicled in Portrait of a Marriage, a biography inspired by her journals and written by […]
Quote of the Day: March 9, 2017
Compromise, n.: Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. Bierce Ambrose (1843-1914)
Word of the Day: March 9, 2017
Preclude Definition: (verb) Keep from happening or arising; make impossible. Synonyms: Foreclose, Forestall, Prevent, Forbid Usage: Modesty precludes me from accepting the honor.
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