Articles by: The Bronx Chronicle

Profile America: Census Bureau Projects U.S. Population on New Year’s Day

Profile America: Census Bureau Projects U.S. Population on New Year’s Day

  On this New Year’s Eve, some 322 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds are ready to greet the year 2016. A hundred years ago, the U.S. population was just over 100 million. Fifty years ago, it was around […]

by · December 31, 2015 · Profile America
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Baskin-Robbins Invites Guests To Ring In The New Year With $1.31 Scoops Deal As Part Of “Celebrate 31” Promotion On New Year’s Eve

Baskin-Robbins Invites Guests To Ring In The New Year With $1.31 Scoops Deal As Part Of “Celebrate 31” Promotion On New Year’s Eve CANTON, Mass., Dec. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Baskin-Robbins, the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, is […]

by · December 31, 2015 · Business
American Red Cross.  (PRNewsFoto/American Red Cross)

Red Cross Offers 2016 New Year’s Safety Resolutions

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With the new year quickly approaching, now is the perfect time to make a promise to yourself and your loved ones. The American Red Cross strongly urges people to make a resolution that can […]

President Barack Obama will appear on Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" when the web series premieres later this month.

The Obamas Jumped The Shark

Presidential jumping the shark: Obamas end year on television,YouTube, and television.  by James Edward Sved (12/29/2015 — Herald de Paris) We’re actually seeing a presidency rounding the final turn like no presidency before it.  Never before has a presidency, ‘Jumped the […]

by · December 29, 2015 · Op Ed
One This Date: AMERICA PERKS UP

One This Date: AMERICA PERKS UP

America Perks Up — Coffee Percolator Sesquicentennial   The millions of Americans who for a century and a half have enjoyed well-brewed coffee can direct their gratitude to James H. Nason of Franklin, Massachusetts. He received the nation’s first patent […]

by · December 26, 2015 · Health & Nutrition, News
Merry Christmas To All Of Our Readers And Their Families!

Merry Christmas To All Of Our Readers And Their Families!

The Bronx Chronicle, it’s staff and management would like to wish all of our readers and their families a very Merry Christmas!

by · December 25, 2015 · Holidays
Student Voice: The Epidemic of Bullying

Student Voice: The Epidemic of Bullying

Guest Editorial by Mary Elhakam Bullying: it’s one of those topics that we hear about over and over again. If you rolled your eyes just by reading the word bullying, you may be one of three categories: a person who […]

by · December 24, 2015 · Op Ed
CVS Health and Target Complete Acquisition of Target’s Pharmacy and Clinic Businesses

CVS Health and Target Complete Acquisition of Target’s Pharmacy and Clinic Businesses

WOONSOCKET, R.I. and MINNEAPOLIS/PRNewswire/ — CVS Health Corporation and Target Corporation recently announced that CVS Health has completed the acquisition of Target’s pharmacy and clinic businesses for approximately $1.9 billion. With the completion of the transaction, CVS Health acquired Target’s 1,672 pharmacies […]

by · December 21, 2015 · Business
Fordham beats Maine 70-53

Fordham beats Maine 70-53

On Saturday, Fordham beats Maine 70-53. Photographs by photojournalist Gary Quintal.           Photo credit: Gary Quintal, Bronx Chronicle sports photographer.

by · December 21, 2015 · Sports
(L-R): Aunt Cathy Praino and State Senator Jeff Klein prepare holiday packages for the troops.

Senator Jeff Klein and Aunt Cathy Praino Send Holiday ‘Care’ Packages to Troops

State Senator Jeff Klein joined Aunt Cathy Praino, a community leader well known for her dedication to the troops, to bundle a holiday mailing to our men and women abroad, on Thursday. Praino, who lost her nephew, Army Sergeant Christian […]

Toys Giveaway at Elements Church, December 20

Toys Giveaway at Elements Church, December 20

  Toys Giveaway at Elements Church on Sunday, December 20 at 9:30AM at 4750 Bronx Blvd in the Bronx.

Bronx Borough President’s Chess Challenge

Bronx Borough President’s Chess Challenge

          More than 250 Bronx Students To Compete in Bronx Chess Tournament On Tuesday, December 15, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will welcome more than 250 students, grades 3-8, from Bronx public schools to the […]

by · December 13, 2015 · Youth and Children
OPINION: Skelos’ Conviction Must Be Followed by Major Reforms in Albany

OPINION: Skelos’ Conviction Must Be Followed by Major Reforms in Albany

Skelos’ Conviction Must Be Followed by Major Reforms in Albany Today former New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was found guilty on charges of public corruption, less than two weeks after his longtime colleague, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, […]

by · December 13, 2015 · Corruption Watch, Op Ed, Politics
Photo Op-Ed: Shock As Assemblyman Is Hired By Hilltop Lobbyists

Photo Op-Ed: Shock As Assemblyman Is Hired By Hilltop Lobbyists

Bronx Assemblyman Michael Blake says his work with Hilltop Public Solutions would be entirely on “projects that are national and international in focus,” and which are “predominantly political” campaigns, and would not be consulting for any clients with business before […]

Letter To The Editor: We All Knew!

Letter To The Editor: We All Knew!

Dear Editor, All reasonable, clear-minded Americans quickly understood that what happened in San Bernardino was an act of Radical Islamic Terrorism. We all knew it even before all the facts came in. We knew it because we had enough reasonable […]

by · December 9, 2015 · Letter to the Editor