NYC BANS WOMEN SMOKING Profile America — You may think the debate about smoking is fairly recent, but the more things change, the more they resemble 1908. On this date that year, the New York City council passed an ordinance […]
nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks Nature & Outdoors: Jan 21, 2016 – Jan 26, 2016 Citywide Highlights What Kind of Animal Are You? Wondering what kind of NYC native animal you most resemble? Take our fun & furry quiz to […]
teem Definition: (verb) To be full of things; abound or swarm. Synonyms: pullulate, swarm Usage: The street teemed with hundreds of policemen who questioned every potential witness.
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. Mark Twain (1835-1910)
SENATOR JEFF KLEIN TAKES LOCAL CHILDREN TO THE NY AQUARIUM Bronx, NY –State Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) sponsored a trip to The New York Aquarium on Saturday for the children of Throggs Neck Houses. The educational tour included a […]
Día de la Altagracia, or Altagracia Day, is a day commemorating “Our Lady of Altagracia” (Our Lady of High Grace), patronal image and protector of the people of the Dominican Republic. It is a feast day and annual public holiday […]
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has issued a letter expressing his strong concerns about Intro 0209-2014, more commonly known as the “bag fee” legislation. While the legislation seeks to protect the environment, Borough President Diaz is concerned that it […]
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from whichwe refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seekto heal—every other affliction to forget; but this woundwe consider it a duty to keep open—this affliction wecherish and brood over […]
apex Definition: (noun) The highest point. Synonyms: acme, vertex, peak Usage: Though he was afraid of heights, he forced himself to climb to the roof’s apex to fix the leak.
Ezra Daggett and Thomas Kensett were granted a canning patent for the tin can. By 1820, the British Royal Navy was being supplied with canned foods.
salient Definition: (adjective) Strikingly conspicuous. Synonyms: prominent, outstanding, striking, spectacular Usage: I took in much of this in the few seconds during which we stood facing each other, and I also observed another salient feature of her appearance: she was […]
Art for art’s sake? I should think so, and more so than ever at the present time. It is the one orderly product which our middling race has produced. It is the cry of a thousand sentinels, the echo from […]
‘PROJECT CLUB CLEMENTE’ ON BRONXTALK TONIGHT On Martin Luther King’s birthday, BronxTalk will celebrate the life, legacy, and commitment of another freedom fighter, ‘The Great One’, Roberto Clemente. Project Club Clemente is a Bronx group that completed Clemente’s mission to […]
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,’ ‘The Revenant’ and ‘Ride Along 2’topped the worldwide box office this weekend.
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