BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY DARCEL D. CLARK ANNOUNCES LOCATIONS OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIGHTS PROGRAM IN THE BRONX   Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced the expansion of the Saturday Night Lights program with 23 additional sites in the Bronx, joining […]

Cases of Interest for the Week of July 19, 2021 *Appearances/Proceedings May Be Virtual*   Monday, July 19, 2021 NO CASES OF INTEREST Check website for updates.   Tuesday, July 20, 2021 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details […]

Rep. Jamaal Bowman Unveils Green New Deal for Public Schools Totaling $1.43 Trillion Dollars By Robert Press   With Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter, State Senator Jamaal Bailey, Councilman Kevin Riley, school staff, parents, and […]

BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FATALLY BEATING TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY Defendant Pleaded Guilty to First-Degree Manslaughter   Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison […]

BRONX MAN SENTENCED FOR 2018 SHOOTING IN LONGWOOD THAT LEFT ONE MAN DEAD; TWO BYSTANDERS WOUNDED Defendant Pleaded Guilty to First-Degree Manslaughter             Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 18 […]

The gardens are flourishing, full of the sights and scents of summer. This week, experience our living collection, site-specific art in the galleries and family activities. Sunroom Project Space solo shows by exhibiting artists Kamar Carter and Salvador Muñoz in […]

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872) Amundsen was a Norwegian polar explorer who led the first expeditions to traverse the Northwest Passage and to reach the South Pole. Turning to air exploration, in 1926 he and Umberto Nobile succeeded in flying over the North Pole and unexplored regions of the Arctic Ocean in a dirigible built and piloted by Nobile. A bitter controversy followed with Nobile as to the credit for the success. Yet in 1928, when Nobile crashed a different dirigible, Amundsen launched a rescue mission. What happened? More…

Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmy that he can? Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

flippant Definition: (adjective) Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness. Synonyms: frivolous, irreverent, saucy, glib, pert, impertinent, impudent Usage: When a sensible woman has a serious question put to her, and evades it by a flippant answer, it is a sure sign, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, that she has something to conceal. Discuss.

Why Has Renovation Work in Loreto Park Stopped By Robert Press That was the question Monday evening as people gathered outside the shuttered Loreto Park as renovation work ground to a halt. Loreto Park is a large square block of […]

BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY DARCEL D. CLARK ANNOUNCES OFFICE’S  FIRST-EVER CHIEF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER Valerie Kennedy Appointed to Role   Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced the appointment of the first-ever Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer […]

Thwaites Place Block Party By Robert Press Now that the COVID-19 Pandemic is winding down New York City is reopening, after one year of no events the Annual Thwaites Place Block Party took place Saturday. The last Block Party here was […]

To The Editor: It is my opinion that the least talked-about major social problem that we have in our country is “LONELINESS.”  I believe that it was Henry David Thoreau who said that most people “lead lives of quiet desperation.”  […]

My first life-changing “story” occurred in 1969.  My second one occured in 2020-2021. I never thought that something like this would happen to me in my seniors years…but it did. When I was in high school in 1968, I had […]

Legislative Updates, New Grants, Events and Much More Please click View/Allow Images so you don’t miss a thing! The Friday Extra In this week’s Friday Extra, Lisa Sorin and Anna Reyes join the Hometown Heroes Ticker Tape Parade on July […]