A 2-alarm fire broke out on the 6th Floor of a Matthews Ave. building on Friday A woman trapped in the blaze was rescued successfully via ladder. The woman says she is doing OK. Two minor injuries have been reported. […]
Photo c/o New York Mets Carmen Berra, wife of MLB legend Yogi Berra, passed away today at the age of 85. The Berra’s were married 65 years. Photo c/o New York Yankees
There will be 630 athletes from seventy-four teams coming from fourteen states to compete in this weekend’s 2014 NJCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championships at the Armory on 168th Street in Manhattan. Monroe College is the host of the […]
Saturday, March 29, 2014 BCHS Educator Angel Hernandez will present an illustrated show on the early history of The Bronx to its achieving county status, making it the last in New York State. This event corresponds with the 2014 Bronx […]
Sen. Gustavo Rivera released this statement yesterday: “Rob Astorino has some explaining to do. Today, he was in the Bronx asking for votes, when only a few short years ago he insulted Bronx residents, negatively stereotyping us as “not people […]
The Dalai Lama, world spiritual leader of Buddhism and traditional leader of the state of Tibet, opened the US Senate session yesterday with a prayer. He spoke both in English and Tibetan, making a political statement by asserting the language […]
Alzheimer’s Disease accounts for more deaths than accounted for, according to a new study, because the official cause of death is often listed as other conditions or sickness the deceased has at the time of death. The PBS Newshour interviews […]
Last week, President Barack Obama and senior administration officials sat down with some of the most popular content creators on YouTube to talk about the issues that they care the most about, including access to quality, affordable health care. This group […]
Photo via Twitter @BilldeBlasio A poll that came out Thursday from The Wall Street Journal-NBC 4 New York-Marist shows New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio with a a nearly 60 percent favorability rating but a 39 percent job approval rating […]
Mayor De Blasio and Cardinal Timothy Dolan toured a pre-K classroom at the Catherine Corry Academy at the Saint Francis of Assisi School in Wakefield on Thursday, where the Mayor spoke about a continued push to provide more prekindergarten […]
Photo by Michael Yagoda
Photo c/o Urban Resource Institute Just in time for Women’s History Month, the ASPCA (the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) announced that they will award a grant of $75,000 to The Urban Resource Institute (URI) for […]
Follow Us