More than 10,000 people representing 18 countries wowed more than 1 million spectators packing Fifth Avenue and cheering their Latin roots, New York Daily News reports. Spanish dancers displayed some fancy footwork, Colombians countered with sexy salsa music and Bolivians proudly wore the red, green and yellow of their country’s flag. Guatemala’s float, dancers edge out all the […]
Archive | October, 2011
Hispanic Day Parade wows city with cultural riches, Daily News
Posted on 10 October 2011.
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Bronx lawyers tired of listening to ‘sex tapes’, New York Post
Posted on 10 October 2011.
Bronx lawyers for a group of accused drug-running gangbangers are complaining about having to sift through hundreds of hours of recorded jail conversations in which their clients brag about their sex lives, The New York Post reports. One defense attorney asked out of the case but the judge rejected his request. The attorneys were obliged […]
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Four employees paid $80,000 in overtime at Jacobi Medical Center, Daily News
Posted on 10 October 2011.
Four employees at Jacobi Medical Center each banked more than $80,000 in overtime last year the New York Daily News reports. They have boosted their wages to an average $120,000, city records show, which is three times their $33,000 base salary. The four men are well-known as the Bronx hospital’s overtime kings.
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Bloody Sunday in Mott Haven
Posted on 10 October 2011.
The day began with three shootings in two hours, moved on to a mugging in broad daylight, before ending with a murder.
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“The Poetry Man” filmmaker gives back
Posted on 09 October 2011.
Throgs Neck high school teacher realized that poetry, and later, film had saved him from the poverty, drugs and violence that engulfed him growing up.
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Castle Hill Catholic Schools Get Computer-Only Math, Daily News
Posted on 09 October 2011.
Two Catholic schools in Castle Hill have adopted a pilot program that teaches maths through a digital curriculum, New York Daily News reports. Holy Family School and Archdiocese Of New York have adopted the programs, which include netbooks and interactive activities allowing each child to learn at their own pace while a teacher observes from […]
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Congregation Fights For Use Of School Space, MyFoxNY
Posted on 09 October 2011.
A congregation from the Bronx Household Of Faith may no longer be able to use a school hall to house their worship, MyFoxNY reports. The Department Of Education is fighting in the courts to uphold a ruling that prevents public schools being used for religious purposes. The Bronx Household Of Faith have filed a petition […]
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Four Shot In Bronx After Columbus Day Gun Violence, Daily News
Posted on 09 October 2011.
Columbus Day festivities were marred by ten incidents of gun violence in a 24-hour stretch, four of which occurred in the Bronx, New York Daily News reports. None of the victims face life-threatening injuries. The number of people shot has increased 14.5 percent this year according to NYPD statistics.
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