BREAKING NEWS – Fireworks Explosion at Pelham Bay Park

**UPDATE** 12/31/13 10:10am From the Captain at the 45th precinct: Good Morning, I would like to advise you of an incident that occurred last night at approximately 11:00 PM, Monday December 30th. There was an explosion of fireworks at Baseball […]

Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association’s January Meeting

by · December 30, 2013 · Bulletin Board

No One To Cover the Fig Tree

John A. Fratta No One To Cover the Fig Tree I am sure for most second generation Italian American children who grew up in the 40’s and 50’s there was a definite distinction between us and them. We were Italians, […]

by · December 30, 2013 · Features

2013, Politicians Behaving Badly

  By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) – Vice President Joe Biden congratulated the wrong man on being elected mayor of Boston and college football star Manti Te’o publicly mourned the death of a girlfriend who never was. While U.S. […]

by · December 30, 2013 · Local News

January 30, 2014 Supermoon

by · December 30, 2013 · Science

Tips for Allergy Sufferers

Cleveland Clinic Allergies keeping you up at night? Start sleeping again with THESE tips. ➨ http://bit.ly/1ioZYwq

by · December 30, 2013 · Health & Nutrition

January 1, 2014 Supermoon

by · December 30, 2013 · Science

JLo – “Same Girl”

©The Bronx Chronicle (on set in the Bronx 12/29/2013) The multi-talented Latina diva Jennifer Lopez has been spotted in the Bronx! Over the weekend, she filmed the video for her upcoming single “Same Girl” in her hometown. On Saturday, December […]

by · December 29, 2013 · Uncategorized

The Question is! Do animals have Feelings?

  A picture is worth a thousand words. I think the answer is self evident…..  

by · December 29, 2013 · Features, Photos

Obama faces smattering of protests on Hawaiian vacation

KAILUA, Hawaii Sat Dec 28, 2013 4:25pm EST Protesters hold signs as the motorcade of U.S. President Barack Obama returns to Obama’s vacation home in Kailua, Hawaii December 28, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE (Reuters) – The serenity of President Barack Obama’s […]

by · December 29, 2013 · Domestic News, News

After troubled rollout, Obamacare’s new test starts on New Year’s Day

BY MICHELE GERSHBERG AND TONI CLARKE Sun Dec 29, 2013 8:06am EST Supporters of the Affordable Healthcare Act gather in front of the Supreme Court before the court’s announcement of the legality of the law in Washington on June 28, […]

by · December 29, 2013 · Domestic News, News

Justice Sotomayor to drop ball, not gavel, on 2014 Times Square countdown

NEW YORK Sun Dec 29, 2013 3:40pm EST U.S. Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor gestures to the audience after speaking at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, California January 28, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/ROBERT GALBRAITH (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court […]

by · December 29, 2013 · Domestic News, News

Suicide bomber kills at least 16 at Russian train station

BY SERGEI KARPOV VOLGOGRAD, Russia Sun Dec 29, 2013 5:20pm EST Interior Ministry members stand guard in front of the train station where a bomber detonated explosives in Volgograd December 29, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/SERGEI KARPOV (Reuters) – A suicide attacker set […]

by · December 29, 2013 · News, World News
Memories of Poe Park

Memories of Poe Park

In the summers of 1989 and 1990, I spent plenty of time hanging out at Poe Park. Located on the Grand Concourse between East 192nd St and East Kingsbridge Rd, the park is named after American author Edgar Allan Poe. […]

by · December 29, 2013 · Features, Local News, News, Special Sections

A lil bit of Christmas on Hunter Island, Orchard Beach

While taking our weekend walk through Hunter Island, we stumbled across something that made me smile. Mind you, this is in the woods, slightly off the beaten path. Hopefully it’ll be there a while so depending on the weather, we […]

by · December 28, 2013 · Local News, Uncategorized