BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS

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BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ ISSUES NEGATIVE ULURP RECOMMENDATION ON CITY ISLAND BRIDGE

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has issued a negative recommendation on the proposed construction of a new City Island Bridge. The recommendations come as part of the borough president’s charter mandated responsibilities in the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP).

CELEBRATE EARTH DAY

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TODAY is the 44th anniversary of EARTH DAY and over a billion people worldwide are expected to be celebrating their day of action.

Earth Day focuses on green cities to discuss the impact of more and more people migrating to large metropolitan areas to live in.

Earth Day should be everyday, where folks take time to embrace ecology and reduce pollution, plant some trees planting and take time to soak up nature, while reading a great book about the universe.

http://www.earthday.org/

Bronx River Events

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Tree Planting Day
Shoelace Park (219 St & Bronx Blvd)

Join in Shoelace Park and plant trees along the river banks. Gloves and shovels will be provided.
April 26, 2014 (10:00am)
Bronx River Ramble
Gunhill Road Subway Stop on the 2/5 Trains

Explore the historic communities of Wakefield, Williamsbridge and Woodlawn on the season's first walking tour. You'll walk along Shoelace Park and hear tales of the old neighborhood, and see a collection of pre-WWII apt buildings.

Saturday, May 17th (Rain date is May 18)
Amazing Bronx River Flotilla & 5K Canoe Challenge

Center For Communication

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Gossip Media: Did you Hear ...?

WHEN: Tuesday, April 22, 6:30 to 8:00 pm

WHERE: The New School, Theresa Lang Center, 2nd Floor, 55 West 13th Street (5th & 6th Aves.)

REGISTER: visit www.cencom.org or e-mail info@cencom.org

The foibles and follies of celebs can be fun and entertaining, but social media and the Internet have changed the game, and a growing number of the famous (and infamous) are disturbed about stories that can stay "out there" forever.

MARATHON MASS

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Thirty six thousand runners took back the Boston Marathon. The group came together and turned this event into a massive clock party that was watched by over one million people.

For many a Bostonian who are experiencing an emotional milestone one year later shows incredible strength, there was plenty of security on the ground to make sure no one was in danger.

More on the story from The AP:
http://bigstory.ap.org

This Week in Her and History

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This Week in History, Apr 20 - Apr 26

Apr 20, 1980
Castro announces Mariel Boat-lift. On April 20, 1980, the Castro regime announces that all Cubans wishing to emigrate to the U.S. are free to board boats at the port of Mariel west of Havana, launching the Mariel Boatlift. The first of 125,000 Cuban refugees from Mariel reached Florida the next day. The boatlift was precipitated by housing and job shortages caused by the ailing Cuban economy, leading to simmering internal tensions on the island. On April 1, Hector Sanyustiz and four others drove a bus through a fence at the Peruvian embassy and were granted political asylum. Cuban guards on the street opened fire. One guard was killed in the crossfire.

Apr 21, 753 B.C.
Rome founded. According to tradition, on April 21, 753 B.C., Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where they were suckled by a she-wolf as orphaned infants. Actually, the Romulus and Remus myth originated sometime in the fourth century B.C., and the exact date of Rome's founding was set by the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro in the first century B.C. According to the legend, Romulus and Remus were the sons of Rhea Silvia, the daughter of King Numitor of Alba Longa. Alba Longa was a mythical city located in the Alban Hills southeast of what would become Rome. Before the birth of the twins, Numitor was deposed by his younger brother Amulius, who forced Rhea to become a vestal virgin so that she would not give birth to rival claimants to his title. However, Rhea was impregnated by the war god Mars and gave birth to Romulus and Remus. Amulius ordered the infants drowned in the Tiber, but they survived and washed ashore at the foot of the Palatine hill, where they were suckled by a she-wolf until they were found by the shepherd Faustulus.

HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES

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Easter Sunday Sunrise Service was attended by a few dozen on City Island this morning.

The group celebrated the day the Jesus returned, the greatest day on earth, the day the stone was overturned and the sign of man's rebirth.

This is the day Jesus left the tomb and the the angels hailed, the day that Mary's tears, were dried, while singing Jesus alive!

CELEBRATE NATIONAL PARK WEEK

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The National Park Service, in partnership with the National Park Foundation has announced that the nation’s 401 national parks will celebrate National Park Week April 19-27 with a free admission weekend and special events nationwide.

The theme for this year’s National Park Week invites visitors to “Go Wild” for history, nature, culture, wildlife, and fun in America’s national parks. Additional information, including a list of National Park Week events nationwide can be found online at www.nationalparkweek.org

DELAYED JUSTICE IS DONE

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Justice is a concept involving the fair, moral, and impartial treatment under the law. It means according individuals what they actually deserve.

A 2014 court decision to deport an 80-year-old former Salvadoran defense minister connects his leadership to human rights abuses and a reign of terror against a Salvadoran archbishop and religious women during the 1980s.

Salvadoran General Accused in Killings Should Be Deported, Miami Judge Says http://nyti.ms/1kRScco

CITY ISLAND BRIDGE NEWS

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City Island Civic "LEADERS" claim to have known all about NYC DOT's plans surrounding the construction of the new City Island Bridge for years. Why have they waited this long to take corrective action? Why do they refuse to provide any real answers? Were they caught off guard? Were they all asleep at the wheel?

Traffic signal worsens City Island congestion during bridge construction - News 12 Bronx
http://bronx.news12.com/news/traffic-signal-worsens-city-island-congest…

"City Island Bridge Dispute" on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/92186321

PLAIN VANILLA BRIDGE: Controversial 160-foot-tall bridge may be scrapped, replaced with flat causeway-style bridge http://nydn.us/1eE5wmh

City commissioner holds out hope - a bit - for changing unwanted City Island bridge to a causeway http://www.bxtimes.com/stories/2014/16/17-bridge-2014-04-24-bx_2014_16… … via @BronxTimes

City Island residents have new hope in bridge design battle - News 12 Bronx http://bronx.news12.com/news/city-island-residents-have-new-hope-in-bri… via @News12BX