Dozens of area wide participants enjoyed the wonderful weather as they turned out for today's interdenominational blessing of the fleet, which has been taking place from the dock of Fenton's Marina for over 22 years.
This Week in History, Jun 24 - Jun 30
Jun 24, 1997
U.S. Air Force reports on Roswell. U.S. Air Force officials release an official report dismissing long-standing claims of an alien spacecraft crash in Roswell, New Mexico, almost exactly 50 years earlier.
Jun 25, 1876
Battle of Little Bighorn. Native American forces led by Chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in a bloody battle near southern Montana's Little Bighorn River.
Jun 26, 1948
NEW PRESIDENT FOR EGYPT. Military on Alert Waiting For Announcement.
Mounting fears of violence lead up to the final hour before the state election committee names the winner of last weekend's presidential elections.
EUROPEAN FINANCIAL CRISIS. Brussels Euro Summit Watch.
Leaders will get 27 nation objective to create a central finance authority
TURKEY SYRIA TENSIONS. Downed Plane Aftermath.
Turkey asks NATO for support and concerted action from North Atlantic Treaty Alliance.
HURRICANE DEBBY? Tropical Storm Strengthens.
The NWS National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories for newly formed Tropical Storm Debby. A Tropical Storm Warning has been posted for portions of the Louisiana coast. Interests along the Gulf Coast should keep an eye on this strengthening storm. http://weather.gov
TROPICAL STORM DEBBY FORMS IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE LOUISIANA COAST... http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#DEBBY
Let's hear it for all those women on earth... They are born to carry babies and to give birth to them, they have to deal with hormone imbalances, make up, bad hair days and on top of all of this, they have to put up with men.
Men have to be the largest self centered, egotistical and the most hot-wired for instant aggression living beings to ever walk on the face of the earth.
Since the time humans began using their brains, the women started to catch up to men.
This week, we celebrated a significant date in our US history, when New Hampshire became the ninth and last state needed to ratify the US Constitution, thereby making the document the law of this great nation. Today the U.S. Constitution is the oldest written constitution in operation in the world.
USA, lets hope and pray that the leaders of this country have the courage, character and strength to stand for what is right, and never be afraid to express themselves.
La hermosa y unica hija de Jan Page y Bruce Bernstein, Marissa dio a luz a niña muy sana llamada Zenda Gimeno. El afortunado abuelo había pasado la noche sin dormir ante la angustia de tener a su niñita en el hospital de parto, pero ya por fin se ha relajado. Acabo de hablar con el abuelito para felicitarlo. Yo me acuerdo que Bruce estaba en el hospital con su camara cuando Maissa nacio... Kudos abuela y abuelo Jan y Bruce Bernstein.
NYC Councilman Vacca's annual summer concert series returns to Pelham Bay Park!
The concerts have been a great success in past years, and we are excited for another great summer. In collaboration with the Bronx Arts Ensemble and the Parks Department, the concerts will include...
Friday, July 13 – "Latin Favorites"
Willie Rodriguez and Friends
Friday, July 27 – "Magical Mystery Tour: Music of the 1960s"
The BAE's Electronic Mosholu Crash
Friday, August 24 – "Classic Jazz Gems: Music of Cole Porter, John Coltrane, and Duke Ellington"
Valerie Capers Quartet
SANDUSKY GUILTY OF 45 COUNTS OF SEX ABUSE OF !0 BOYS. He Faces Life In Prison.
The former Penn State football coach's pedophilia scandal shocks many .
CATHOLIC CARDINAL'S AIDE GUILTY. Senior Official Convicted In Sex Coverup.
Another Pennsylvania sex trial. Monsignor William Lynn covering up claims of abuse.
SYRIA FORMS NEW GOVERNMENT. Headed By Baath Party Loyalists.
Assad appears to be trying anything and everything to survive his longtime rule.
CHINESE ON ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN. Falsifying statistics?
US Representative Jose E Serrano, Bronx Parks Commissioner Hector M. Aponte today joined NYC DEP Chief Financial Officer Steven W. Lawitts, students from Community School 211, and members of Community Board 6 to cut the ribbon on a $4.5 million renovation of Tremont Park.