REVIVAL OF PARISH CARNIVAL After 25 years, St. Helena is bringing back its 3-day Carnival, with rides and games presented by McDaniel Brothers Shows, the same company that presented the last carnival 25 years ago. The Carnival will take place […]

The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

extirpate Definition: (verb) To destroy totally. Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, uproot Usage: The tyrant’s first order of business upon assuming power was to extirpate the vestiges of political democracy.

Bob Fosse (1927) Born into a vaudeville family, Fosse began dancing professionally at age 13. He won his first Tony Award for choreographing the Broadway musical The Pajama Game in 1954 and went on to win six more Tonys for […]

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced today that the U.S. Department of Education has allocated $224,714,082 in federal funds to schools in Bronx County as part of the Fiscal Year 2016 […]

On Thursday, June 30, 2016, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and State Senator Jeff Klein will host the borough’s official kickoff to the Independence Day Celebrations, the annual “New York Salutes America” boardwalk festival and fireworks extravaganza at Orchard […]

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)

nimiety Definition: (noun) Superfluity; excess. Synonyms: excess, surplus, surplusage Usage: After her long nap, the baby had a nimiety of energy that exhausted her parents.

Paul Morphy (1837) Morphy was an American chess player widely considered to have been the world’s greatest. He earned a law degree at 18 but was ineligible to practice until 21, so he turned to chess to pass the time. […]