BRONX — Kicking off Black History Month in the Bronx, Civil Rights pioneer Claudette Colvin and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams were honored by Council Member Andy King and the Bronx Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) on Monday, Feb. […]
Report Finds Potential for Nearly Two Million Square Feet of Development at Concourse Yard Today, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. issued a preliminary report cataloging the potential of platform development at three borough railyard sites. The report […]
SEPÚLVEDA AND DIAZ TO HOLD RALLY FEB 10 WITH PARKCHESTER CONDO OWNERS IN FRONT OF MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO PROTEST ‘DRACONIAN’ INCREASES IN COMMON CHARGES Will seek court injunction to block imposition of the new charges Assemblyman Luis Sepúlveda and State Senator Rev. […]
I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell…their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
inveigh Definition: (verb) To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently. Synonyms: rail Usage: The detective had, indeed, good reasons to inveigh against the bad luck which pursued him.
Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (1917) Yahya Khan was the president of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971. As president, he inherited a two-decade old constitutional problem of interethnic rivalry, complicated by economic grievances and the problem of transforming a virtual autocracy […]
HISPANIC MINISTERS TO DEMAND THE END OF ABUSIVE TACTICS USED AGAINST TAXI DRIVERS This Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 12 noon, on the steps of City Hall, New York State Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz, Former Mayoral Candidate Rev. Erick […]
St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site 897 South Columbus Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY 914-667-4116 www.nps.gov/sapa Special free Programs in February 2016 Th., Feb. 4, 7 PM Join us for a program exploring the lives of Benjamin and Rebecca […]
Gertrude Stein (1874) Stein was an American avant-garde writer and notable patron of the arts. While she was living in Paris, her home became a salon for leading artists and writers, including Picasso and Hemingway. An early supporter of Cubism, […]
If you are foolish enough to be contented, don’t show it, but grumble with the rest. Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)
surcease Definition: (noun) A stopping. Synonyms: cessation Usage: More than anything else in the world, my frayed and frazzled mind wanted surcease from weariness in the way it knew surcease would come.
fanfare Definition: (noun) A spectacular public display. Synonyms: ostentation Usage: Because they were considered hometown heroes, thereturning astronauts were greeted with much fanfare.
God’s creature is one. He makes man, notmen. His true creature is unitary and infinite,revealing himself, indeed, in every finite form,but compromised by none. Henry James (1843-1916)
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