www.thehalloweenmarathon.com

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Come join and cover what could be the LAST Holiday Run in Van Cortlandt Park. The Parks Dept. still has NOT granted us permits for any future runs after Halloween and is continuing to implement discriminatory and onerous requirements just to stage the Halloween Run! Come run, write a story or produce a news piece on this amazing event on October 30th. FREE Candy Apples to ALL! Free bananas, oranges and coconut water!!

October 30th, 2011, 9:00AM - Van Cortlandt Park, 6087 Broadway, Bronx NY

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME

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Baseball has been very special for my family. In fact, my late dad's longtime professional baseball team - St. Louis Cardinals have actually come from brink to force game 7 of World Series against Rangers. Most would agree it was one of the best championship ball games they had ever watched a professional team play.

Those incredible Cardinals have pulled off improbable rallies, with a home field advantage, right in their own ballpark by winning in the most inspiring fashion.

GO CARDINALS!!!!!

Headlines 10/28/11

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CASINO GAMBLING. Now in New York.

TURKEY HELPING. Free Syria Effort.

NASA LAUNCH. Weather Satellite.

WINTER STORM WATCH. Snow.

STOCKS TRADING. Brief Gains.

BASEBALL. World Series Game.

Top Ten Communication Tips

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Regardless of which language you speak, communication is key to great relations.

1. If you want to convince listeners that you have a good message for them, first convince them you're a good person.

2. If you desire a strong commitment from the audience, must engage strong feelings.

3. If you want commitments to last then must show that arguments are logical and based of understood reality.

4. When speaking of guilt or innocence, emphasize the morality of past actions.

5. when speaking of future policy, stress practical advantages of the plan of action

6. When celebrating achievements, emphasize the values that make them right.

Fight 'Pooper Trators'

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Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. joined NYC Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty and Bronx Community Board #7 District Manager Fernando Tirado to announce a new information and enforcement campaign aimed at keeping Bronx streets free of canine waste.

The photo shows Borough President Diaz holding a “pooper scooper,” which typically cost about $20 each—a contrast to the $250 fine “pooper-trators” will receive for failing to clean up after their pet.

Bronx Subway Upgrades

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Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. says the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has agreed to major renovations to the 149thStreet/Grand Concourse subway station. Additionally, the agency will make repairs to the 138th Street/3rd Avenue subway station.

THE PICTURE HOUSE

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The next two weeks are stacked with top-notch documentaries, from two acclaimed filmmakers, Ibtisam Mara'ana from Israel, and Henry Corra from the US. Both will be visiting The Picture House in person with their latest efforts, respectively 77 Steps and The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan. College students get in for free!

Ryan Gosling gets a week to wreak havoc at The Picture House main hall with his turn as a moody stuntman in the action thriller Driver and the Black Power movement is seen through new eyes in The Black Power Mixtape, 1967-1975.

Happy 107th Birthday to NYC's SUBWAY

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Happy Birthday to you, there are times you smell like a zoo...

By the late 1800s, New York City's promise and potential were constrained only by a mass transit system that was becoming somewhat frayed around the edges. Electric streetcars, horse-drawn omnibuses and steam-powered elevated trains could carry passengers only limited distances. Manhattan Island north of Greenwich Village was the suburbs and anything much farther out than that was country, certainly impractical for a regular commute.

Headlines 10/27/11

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EUROPEAN ZONE AGREES. Bailouts For Greece.

QUAKE DEATHS 523. Recoveries Continue.

MADOFFS ATTEMPTED. Double Suicide.

US ECONOMY. Stuck in Slump.

HURRICANE. Near Mexico.

CICA Meeting

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The October Meeting of the City Island Civic Association took place and ended last night without it's President, or VP in attendance at 190 Fordham Street.
Although residents are always welcomed, several regulars were also missing from the monthly meeting.

There were no guests scheduled to speak and little was actually accomplished. Does that mean that in this particular case, no news is still good news?

Perhaps the low attendance had something to do with the October 2010 meeting notice, which as yo can see, makes reference to 2010 and was

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