Health Department to Spray Pesticides for Tenth Time to Combat Zika and West Nile The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will disperse pesticides from trucks in parts of the Bronx and Staten Island to reduce […]
Samuel “Uncle Sam” Wilson (1766) Wilson was an American Revolutionary War veteran who owned a meatpacking plant in Troy, New York. He provided beef to the army during the War of 1812 in barrels stamped “US,” indicating that they were […]
Mark his perfect self-contentment, and hence learn this lesson, that to be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy. Edwin Abbott (1838-1926)
rarboreal Definition: (adjective) Relating to or resembling a tree. Synonyms: arborical, arborous Usage: Clayton had erected a frail partition of boughs to divide their arboreal shelter into two rooms—one for the girl and the other for Monsieur Thuran.
Pierre de Ronsard (1524) Now considered one of the greatest French poets, Ronsard first served as a page and a squire and seemed destined for a career at court both in France and abroad. However, an illness left him partially […]
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum—”I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.” Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
atelier Definition: (noun) A studio especially for an artist or designer. Synonyms: artist’s workroom Usage: Joe and Delia met in an atelier where a number of art and music students had gathered to discuss chiaroscuro, Wagner, music, wall paper, Chopin, […]
Diaz Remembers the 15th Anniversary of 9/11 Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. shared his thoughts on the 15th anniversary of 9/11: “Today is the 15th anniversary of perhaps the greatest tragedy to affect our city and our nation: the […]
Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj and Senator Jeff Klein in conjunction with the NYC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce invite you to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Saturday, September 10th in Mazzei Park (located at Williamsbridge Road & Mace Avenue) from 12:00pm- 5:00pm. […]
Thomas Sydenham (1624) Known as “the English Hippocrates,” Sydenham was a physician who advocated direct observation instead of theorizing to determine the nature of disease. His conceptions of the causes and treatments of epidemics and his classic descriptions of gout, […]
To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart. Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
commissariat Definition: (noun) A stock or supply of foods. Synonyms: provisions, viands Usage: During the war with Spain he was employed in the commissariat of the French army, and made a fortune.
Senator Klein and BP Diaz Host The Temptations Senator Jeff Klein and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted legendary singing group The Temptations, who performed in the borough for the first time ever last Wednesday night in Loreto Park. […]
Colonel Harland David Sanders (1890) In 1929, Sanders opened a gas station and small restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky. His cooking grew so popular that he soon closed the gas station. By 1939, he had developed a secret blend of herbs […]
Comfort, n.: A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor’s uneasiness. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
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