The idea of daylight saving time was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1784 when he published an essay titled “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light” that proposed to minimize the use of candles by getting up […]
Kiara Cuthbertson, The author, Adriana Vincent (seated), Bharati S. Kemraj, Plabani Sahu. If you know Bharati Kemraj, who teaches a Bollywood Dance class at Bronx House on Saturday mornings, it will not surprise you that Ms. Kemraj convinced this here […]
Senator Jeff Klein organized a press conference yesterday at Fordham University, where he outlined a plan he is putting forward in the state senate to make college more affordable for New York families. “This plan will help New York […]
Since reporting on the myths of the Common Core yesterday in the Chronicle, the state’s legislature has acted on the plan, putting off the implementation of certain parts of the program, giving parents, teachers and administrators time to have further […]
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On Monday, Councilman James Vacca, former District Manager of Community Board 10, chaired a Council technology meeting involving legislation to stream community board meetings as well as Council hearings live on the Internet. While one can obtain videos after the […]
Community Board 11 Chairman Anthony Vitaliano present 5 local youth with awards for civic involvement, sponsored by the New York Yankees. All the winners were presented with citation she from City Council Members Ritchie Torres and James Vacca, as well […]
Selected high school students from around the Bronx gathered for the second year at Lehman College’s new $70 million dollar Science Hall to present their research projects to a panel of judges for the Bronx SciFest 2014.
On Saturday, March 1, at 7:00 p.m., the Urban Park Rangers will offer a free guide to the solar system, discussing the science, history and folklore of the universe at Pelham Bay Park. To join the fun, participants meet at […]
We don’t have details beyond this yet, but apparently a gun made its way into Burger Bar early this morning, where at least one shot was fired at approximately 3:40 a.m., according to the 45th Precinct Community Affairs department. […]
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