Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. joined dozens of parents, community members and members of Local 372 to protest the impending layoffs of over 700 school aides. The rally took place at P.S./I.S. 218/Rafael Hernandez Dual Language Magnet School on Gerard Avenue. In the Bronx, 121 school aides face layoffs.
In celebration of new directions at the Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA), and in anticipation of its 50th anniversary (2012), BCA announces the APPLAUSE Awards 2011 on Thursday, November 10, 2011.
The APPLAUSE Awards honor five dynamic Women of Bronx Arts and highlight the achievements of these phenomenal cultural leaders, and the important organizations that they serve.
There will be a silent auction featuring work by Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) winners and more. A dance party featuring DJ1in2 (NYC’s Jaime Glover) will immediately follow the dinner.
Apple Computer's Steve Jobs is dead at 56. Jobs was born February 24, 1955, to two University of Wisconsin graduate students who decided to give him up for adoption.
Steve Jobs experimented with different pursuits before starting Apple Computers with Stephen Wozniak in the Jobs' family garage. The company's revolutionary products, which include the iPod, iPhone and iPads have dictated the evolution of modern technology.
His family is seeking privacy at their moment of grief. He will surely be missed.
FINANCIAL VOLATILITY AND MARKET GREED. Global Recession Fears.
KNOX HOME AFTER FOUR YEARS. Amid Cheers and Tears.
FINANCIAL WOES IN GREECE. Eurozone Bailout Near?
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. Primaries Months Away.
MONEY ISSUES @ NBA. Parties Walk Out.
After weighing in on the power of his political heavy weight, New Jersey's Republican Governor says he has lost his desire to run for President this time around.
Some party leaders were pushing Chris Christie to jump into the campaign and shake up the GOP landscape after growing dissatisfied with the apparent front runners, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry.
The Ralph Crandon of politics, who likes to tell it like it is managed to sidetracked a race for now by plugging the plug on a 2012 White House bid in typical blunt fashion Tuesday: "Now is not my time."
Paul J. Del Duca, chief of staff to Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.; and Raymond Sanchez, Borough President Diaz’s director of policy, appeared on BronxTalk to discuss the Borough President’s ongoing “Well Being” survey. The show airs on Bronxnet and is hosted by Gary Axelbank. It can be viewed at the following link.
http://www.bronxnet.org/tv/viewvideo/904/bronxtalk/bronxtalk--oct-3-2011
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Hurricane Irene effected residents of our hardest hit areas by flooding and some are still attempting to recoup losses sustained to their homes and businesses. Now, filling in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) claim will become a little easier, according to Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz.
AMANDA KNOX's FOUR PRISON YEARS. Free Headed Back To US.
POPULAR AFRICA CONTRACEPTIVE. Increases HIV Cases.
SOMALIA SUICIDE BOMBER. Truck Bomb Kills Dozens.
MAYOR IN COURT. Mike Bloomberg Grilled For Hours.
ESPN PULLS WILLIAMS SONG. For Hitler Shocker.
October 3, 2011 - This month, local film festivals will highlight a diverse array of themes. From college music to a Wall Street panel with Oliver Stone, there is something for everyone.
Hamptons International Film Festival
The Hamptons International Film Festival, now entering its 19th year, will take place October 13-17. The festival celebrates independent film – long, short, fiction and documentary – and showcases around 100 international films each year. For more information, visit hamptonsfilmfest.org.
Imagine Science Film Festival
Following multiple requests, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr today gave an exclusive interview to City Island Images - We began by asking our borough leader when was the last time he visited City Island? He said officially, it was for the Memorial Day Parade and personally, a couple of weeks ago, when he and his family came here to visit. Diaz explained that Bronx has 1.4 million residents, along with 12 community boards, so it's a massive area that keeps him busy. We spoke with him in English and also in Spanish. In fact his bilingual language skills are quite impressive.