Over 2,000 students, parents and educators with 100 health and science professionals are expected to attend on Saturday, December 17, 8AM to 3:30PM, at Frederick Douglass Academy I, 2581 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (between 148th and 150th) in Manhattan. […]
The influential City & State magazine will complete its Borough 50 Series with a final stop in the Boogie Down Bronx. The Borough 50 Series ranks the most powerful community leaders from each borough in a special print issue of City […]
Engel, Benedetto, King, Bailey Write to Bronx Postmaster Urging Immediate Action On Missing Mailboxes Bronx, NY—Congressman Eliot L. Engel, Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, City Council Member Andy King, and State Senator-elect Jamaal Bailey wrote the following letter to Bronx Postmaster Lilliam […]
Assemblyman Marcos A. Crespo & Senator Ruben Diaz: Christmas Comes Early for Tenants at Stebbins-Hewitt & Bronx River Houses with Delivery of New Appliances Assemblyman Marcos Crespo and Senator Ruben Diaz worked to secure $3 Million in funding for New […]
Talcott Parsons (1902) From 1927 until his retirement in 1974, Parsons, an American sociologist, trained three generations of students at Harvard University. He was known for his attempt to construct a single theoretical framework within which general and specific characteristics […]
Their zeal might sometimes be too ardent, but it was always sincere. John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
Drachm Definition: (noun) A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth a fluid ounce. Synonyms: Fluidram Usage: She measured out a drachm of the sweet-smelling elixir and administered it to the ailing child.
Edvard Munch (1863) Best known as the painter of The Scream, Munch was a Norwegian artist and an important forerunner of expressionistic art. His early life was marked by the deaths of his mother and favorite sister, and he said […]
It’s so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn’t it? Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Runnel Definition: (noun) A small stream, a brook. Synonyms: Streamlet, Rill, Rivulet, Run Usage: He could tell from the impression carved into the landscape that the runnel’s flow had drifted a few feet to the north.
BRONX, NY – State Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester), in partnership with the Fleetwood Neighborhood Association, hosted their third annual tree lighting at Fleetwood Playground on Sunday, December 4. Community leaders, business owners and families enjoyed hot cocoa, holiday snacks, live […]
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