presentiment Definition: (noun) A sense that something is about to occur; a premonition. Synonyms: boding, premonition Usage: We’ve gone and lost your father’s flat, Diana, and I have a presentiment that we’ll not be allowed to row on the pond […]
How To Apply | All BCA Grants Monday | October 3rd | 5pm – 8pm Longwood Art Gallery 450 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451 Please join us for a “How To Apply” session for the Community Arts Grant (NYSCA), Artist […]
Hermann von Helmholtz (1821) Helmholtz was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. He made fundamental contributions to physiology, optics, electrodynamics, mathematics, acoustics, and meteorology, but he is best known for formulating the mathematical law of conservation of […]
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
compunction Definition: (noun) A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt. Synonyms: remorse, self-reproach Usage: This child had taken and lost her treasured amethyst brooch and now sat there calmly without the least apparent compunction or repentance.
Senator Klein Helps Deliver Bundle of Refrigerators to Sack Wern Houses State Senator Jeff Klein, New York City Housing Authority Chair and CEO Shola Olatoye, Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, and Councilwoman Annabel Palma joined tenants of the Sack Wern Houses to […]
Regional Aid for Interim Needs will be hosting the 52nd anniversary of its Founder’s Ball dinner at Marina del Rey restaurant on Thursday, October 27. The gathering will honor select New York City officials for their public service including Commissioner […]
Correction Officer Indicted for Rape of Rikers Island Inmate Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced the indictment of a city correction officer last week on a first-degree rape charge, among others, for engaging in sex acts with a Rikers […]
Con Edison Announces Gas Main Project in Morris Park Con Edison has announced that it will commence work upgrading the gas service in the Morris Park section of the Bronx. The locations receiving service are Pierce Avenue between Bogart and […]
No Garbage, Recycling, or Street Cleaning on Labor Day The New York City Department of Sanitation announced yesterday that in observance of Labor Day, there will be no garbage, recycling or organics collection, nor street cleaning on Monday, September 5. […]
Looking for something fun and cultural to do this Labor Day Monday (September 5)? Then come march with the New York City Council in the 49th Annual West Indian-American Day Parade! This annual celebration of Caribbean culture and pride is one […]
The Joint Community Advisory Boards of Jacobi Medical Center and North Central Bronx Hospital will host a solemn procession at the Memorial Garden on the Jacobi Medical Center campus to commemorate the 15th Anniversary of September 11, 2001. Those […]
State Senator Jeff Klein hosted a children’s festival as part of his Summertime Symphonies Series at Soundview Park this past Saturday. Local families gathered to enjoy the celebration, beginning with lunch and a variety of arts and crafts activities. The […]
Nancy Wake (1912) Wake, who lived to the age of 98, was one of World War II’s most decorated servicewomen. A New Zealand native, she left home at 16 and eventually settled in Paris. When the Germans occupied France, Wake […]
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