By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Las Vegas- The Baseball Winter Meetings are supposed to begin with more rumors and speculation but Sunday night as executives of teams assembled at the Mandalay Bay Casino on the strip the talk again was […]
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787) A promising student with varied interests, Gallaudet earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Yale, after which he attended seminary and became a preacher. However, upon meeting 9-year-old Alice Cogswell, the deaf daughter of a neighbor, […]
Academy: A modern school where football is taught. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
head-to-head Definition: (adjective) Involving two persons; intimately private. Synonyms: tete-a-tete Usage: The quiet, uncrowded restaurant was the perfect setting for the couple’s head-to-head conversation. Discuss.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in Albany with no public schedule. Mayor Bill de Blasio visits an injured police officer at Staten Island University Hospital North. 9:30 AM – Rep. Adriano Espaillat and state Sen.-elect Robert Jackson hold a press conference […]
Middle School Concentration: Some Schools Had a Large Share of Students From Lower-Income & Education, High-Crime Neighborhoods Most studies that have looked at the effect of where a student lives on their academic success have focused on poverty. In this […]
First Oral Insulin for Diabetics Takes Major Step Towards FDA Approval as Bronx Trial Gets Underway Bronx, NY – Dozens of type 2 diabetics in New York City are testing what promises to be the first oral insulin product to […]
BRONX PROSECUTOR TO RECEIVE THOMAS E. DEWEY MEDAL ADA Raymond Valerio Will Be Honored By New York City Bar Association Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that Assistant District Attorney Raymond Valerio is a recipient of the Thomas […]
Holiday Gift Guide Released by NYC Department of Sanitation and donateNYC Get Unique Gifts at Second-Hand Stores! Looking for that perfect and unique gift this holiday season? Consider one of the City’s many second hand stores! To help with the […]
By Reverend J. Loren Russell 1 Kings 17:13-16 “But Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid! Go ahead and do just what you’ve said, but make a little bread for me first. Then use what’s left to prepare a meal […]
HOW DOES THE TIME SPENT IN LOCAL JAILS VARY BY COUNTY FOR INMATES ULTIMATELY DESTINED FOR NEW YORK STATE PRISON? In 2017 there were just over 12,800 newly sentenced inmates in the New York State prison system. Roughly 5,300 (42 […]
Reward offered for Gunman who shot Mom through Front Door of Grand Concourse Apartment by David Greene The NYPD has released a surveillance video and is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the […]
COUNCIL MEMBER FERNANDO CABRERA CONDEMNS FIRING OF OEM COMMISSIONER Bronx, NY– “Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Esposito is the latest victim of the cites poor repose to the November 15 snow emergency. Commissioner Esposito should not be fired. In […]
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