Articles by: The Bronx Chronicle

Our Natuve Americans: Trying to protect THEIR homeland since 1492.

Profile America: Our Native Land

Profile America — Wednesday, November 30. As American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month concludes, it’s worth noting that much of the U.S. population lives in states and towns with names derived from those originally given them by America’s first […]

by · November 30, 2016 · Cultures, Profile America

Home run vs Strikeout — Who Wins?

By William Coppola Home run vs. Strikeout: Which does the fan prefer? Is it the thrill of the bomb clearing the fence? Or is the edge-of-your-seat thrill of the big swing slicing through the air and…hitting nothing but air? Last […]

by · November 29, 2016 · Sports
Word of the Day: November 29, 2016

Word of the Day: November 29, 2016

Zoophagous Definition: (adjective) Feeding on animal matter, carnivorous. Synonyms: meat-eating Usage: Zoophagous insects include predators and parasites.

by · November 29, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Independent Democratic Conference Announce $250,000 in funding for the Vera Institute of Justice’s New York Immigrant Family Unity Project

Independent Democratic Conference Announce $250,000 in funding for the Vera Institute of Justice’s New York Immigrant Family Unity Project

INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE AND NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK STAND WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT CIVIL RIGHTS AND COMBAT HATE CRIMES Independent Democratic Conference Announce $250,000 in funding for the Vera Institute of Justice’s New York Immigrant Family Unity Project New York […]

Crotona Coalition Community Meeting, 12/3

Crotona Coalition Community Meeting, 12/3

Mary Mitchell Community Center host Crotona Coalition Community Meeting on December 3, 2016. The Crotona Coalition visioning meeting for the redevelopment of the Austin Jacobo Baseball Field and Center starts at 12:30 PM at 2007 Mapes Avenue at 178th Street […]

Profile America: Touch-Tone Phones

Profile America: Touch-Tone Phones

Profile America — Tuesday, November 29. We still use the word “dial” to refer to the act of calling someone on the phone. This is a legacy, as a great many of us have never used a rotary phone or […]

by · November 29, 2016 · Profile America
Whose Birthday Is It? November 28, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? November 28, 2016

William Blake (1757) Blake was an English poet and artist. Trained as an engraver, he opened a print shop in 1784 and developed an innovative technique for engraving illustrations and text on the same plate and for producing colored engravings. […]

by · November 28, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: November 28, 2016

Word of the Day: November 28, 2016

Perspicuous Definition: (adjective) Clearly expressed or presented; easy to understand. Synonyms: Lucid, Luculent, Pellucid, Crystal clear, Limpid Usage: The lawyer presented a perspicuous closing argument, clarifying the forensic evidence for the confused jurors.

by · November 28, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: November 28, 2016

Quote of the Day: November 28, 2016

Novels so often provide an anodyne and not an antidote, glide one into torpid slumbers instead of rousing one with a burning brand. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

by · November 28, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of November 28, 2016

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of November 28, 2016

by · November 28, 2016 · Bulletin Board, Crime
Senior Critical After 3-Alarm Fire in Foxhurst

Senior Critical After 3-Alarm Fire in Foxhurst

Senior Critical After 3-Alarm Fire in Foxhurst by David Greene An elderly woman remains in critical condition after a 3-alarm fire ripped through the top floor of a 5-story building along Southern Boulevard, in the Foxhurst section of the borough. […]

by · November 28, 2016 · Breaking News, Local News, News
Profile America: Chill Ride — Air-Conditioning Debuts

Profile America: Chill Ride — Air-Conditioning Debuts

Profile America — Monday, November 28. One of the comforts most Americans take for granted while driving was displayed for the first time this month in 1939 at the 40th Chicago Auto Show. The Packard Motor Car Company unveiled the […]

by · November 28, 2016 · Profile America
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.

Statement from Bronx Borough President Diaz on Nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General

STATEMENT FROM BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ RE: Nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General “If President-Elect Donald Trump truly wants to reunite a fractured nation, his selection of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions to serve as Attorney General is a […]

by · November 25, 2016 · Bulletin Board, Politics

BRONX DA: TWO NYC DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OFFICERS INDICTED IN BEATING OF INMATE AND COVERUP

Profile America: Peanut Butter Lovers Month

Profile America: Peanut Butter Lovers Month

  Friday, November 25 — It’s a time to celebrate one of life’s simple, viscous pleasures — it’s Peanut Butter Lovers Month. The stuff of one of America’s favorite sandwiches, peanut butter was first offered to the public at the […]

by · November 25, 2016 · Profile America