Articles by: The Bronx Chronicle

FREE-RANGE KIDS: Boy With Autism Wanders Off, Case of Neglect?

FREE-RANGE KIDS: Boy With Autism Wanders Off, Case of Neglect?

Boy With Autism Wanders Off, Frantic Mom Calls 911, Cited for ‘Suspicion of Neglect’ What is it that the authorities do not understand about what it means to be human? Humans cannot be perfect. Humans cannot see all. And yet, […]

MATTERS OF FAITH: The Power of Your Word

MATTERS OF FAITH: The Power of Your Word

The Power of Your Word   In one of my devotional periods this week, I was significantly moved by one in particular. It came on the morning after a very stimulating session I had with a group of young men […]

by · April 12, 2015 · Daily Living, Faith, Op Ed
Polanco Politics: Perilous Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Polanco Politics: Perilous Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Lessons From Indiana by J.C. Polanco, Esq., MBA Last month, after signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) into law, Indiana Governor Mike Pence stepped on a hornet’s nest of widespread opposition. Rarely have we seen such strange bedfellows and […]

by · April 10, 2015 · Op Ed, Politics
Bronx 5K Pepper Growing Logo Unveiled

Bronx 5K Pepper Growing Logo Unveiled

  Today, Small Axe Peppers and nonprofit GrowNYC announced the winner of the Bronx Greenmarket Hot Sauce “Bronx 5K” logo design competition, along with Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. at Bronx Community College. The winning logo was designed by Gabriel […]

by · April 10, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Business
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CORRUPTION WATCH: Albany’s Ethics Reform Leaves Transformation for Another Day

Now that the ink is dry on New York State’s budget, it’s a good time to rate Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the ethics reform promise he made two months ago. In a nutshell, it looks like a disappointment: the ethics […]

FreshDirect Donates $2000 TO C-BALL

FreshDirect Donates $2000 TO C-BALL

FreshDirect Donates to Community Basketball League by Koi Germany This past Saturday, Larry Scott Blackmon, vice president of online grocer, FreshDirect, presented a check for $2,000, plus nutritious foodstuffs promoting healthy living to the organizers of the C-BALL event at […]

#Not62: GOV CUOMO ANNOUNCES STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT OBESITY

#Not62: GOV CUOMO ANNOUNCES STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT OBESITY

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday encouraged New Yorkers to help fight obesity during this year’s 20th anniversary of National Public Health Week, which began Monday, April 6. Obesity, the second leading cause of preventable death in the nation, has also reached […]

CORRUPTION WATCH: BerlinRosen Isn’t Registered As A Foreign Agent, Either

CORRUPTION WATCH: BerlinRosen Isn’t Registered As A Foreign Agent, Either

BerlinRosen Not Only Ducks Lobbyist Rules, It Ducks Foreign Agent Registration, Too by Gary Tilzer Two years ago True News broke the story that BerlinRosen was not a registered lobbyist. CrainsNY’s Chris Bragg followed up sometime later and last week […]

CORRUPTION WATCH: Deforming Reform

CORRUPTION WATCH: Deforming Reform

Cleaning Up Albany Corruption as Slowly as Possible By Morgan Pehme   Only in Albany is legislation targeted at making government more transparent drafted in the shadows.   With less than 12 hours to go before the April 1 deadline […]

JEROME AVENUE REZONING (PART III) ON BRONXTALK TONIGHT

JEROME AVENUE REZONING (PART III) ON BRONXTALK TONIGHT

Tonight’s BronxTalk will feature the jerome Avenue Rezoning proposal to rezone and rebuild 75 blocks on and around Jerome Avenue from 165th -184th Streets. It’s the third edition of the program in the past five weeks that will be dedicated […]

by · April 6, 2015 · Bulletin Board
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Actress, Writer, and TV Commentator Stacey Dash To Be Inducted Into The Bronx Walk of Fame

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announced today that actress, author and television commentator Stacey Dash will be inducted into the 2015 Bronx Walk of Fame.   “We are excited about inducting the charismatic Stacey Dash into the Bronx Walk of […]

Van Nest Neighborhood Alliance Meeting- April 8th

Van Nest Neighborhood Alliance Meeting- April 8th

Happy Easter from the Bronx Chronicle!

Happy Easter from the Bronx Chronicle!

The Bronx Chronicle would like to wish all of our readers and their families a very Happy Easter!  

by · April 5, 2015 · Holidays
Matters of Faith: The UpSide To Death

Matters of Faith: The UpSide To Death

“THE UPSIDE TO DEATH” A Sunday school teacher asked her 5 year olds questions to help them to understand why trusting Jesus is the only way to get to heaven. She asked, “If I sell everything I have and give […]

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Free-Range Kids: Can’t Prevent Every Tragedy

What a Suicidal Pilot Can Teach Us About Trying to Predict All Risk Like everyone else, I wish that the suicidal Germanwings pilot had been stopped from boarding the plane. I even think it makes sense for Europe to copy our “two […]

by · April 5, 2015 · Free Range Kids