Thursday, September 27, 2012
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Bronx Politics
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Bronx Politics: 100 PERCENT By Robert Press Closing Out The Week The Bronx Chamber of Commerce held their Hispanic Heritage Leadership Luncheon last Wedn...
Bronx Politics
100 PERCENT
By Robert Press
Closing Out The Week
The Bronx Chamber of Commerce held their Hispanic Heritage Leadership Luncheon last Wednesday, and Yankee Closer (this year) Rafael Soriano was to close the luncheon with a guest appearance. However due to the rain out of the game scheduled for Tuesday, the game was made up as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday thus making Soriano unavailable to attend the BCC luncheon. The appearance of Yankee closer Rafael Soriano was then rescheduled for Friday at St. Raymond's Catholic School in Parkchester.
In less than two days Mr. Lenny Caro President of the Bronx Chamber of Commerce arranged to have sportscaster Duke Castiglione interview Yankee closer Rafael Soriano as Mr. Ray Negron translated for the Dominican Republic native Soriano on the stage in the school auditorium. The room was packed with children from the school, and after the interview the children were treated to another Yankee star, the Yankee mascot called “Bleacher Creature”. You can go to my blog at www.100percentbronx.blogspot.com for more on the Wednesday luncheon and Friday visit to St. Raymond's School by Yankee closer Rafael Soriano, and of course lots of photos.
What with primary day over the Bronx Democratic County Committee held their semi annual County Committee Call last Thursday to select officers and the Bronx County Leader. After a rather calm meeting (unlike in the past) the only real change was that Riverdalian Andrew Cohen was elected as one of the Vice-Chairs of the party to County Committee Chair Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (of Riverdale). By the way Assemblyman Carl Heastie was re-elected Democratic County Leader. You can go to my blog to see photos of this event.
The Castle Hill Community Fair took place this past Saturday, with help from State Senators Ruben Diaz Sr. and Jeff Klein along with soon to be Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda. Hundreds of people were in attendance, and while Senator Diaz was still recovering from knee surgery District Leader Julia Rodriguez stood in for Diaz Sr. During redistricting Senator Klein picked up a portion of the area and was out to meet some of his new constituents. Again you can go to my blog to see photos of this event, just check the archive section on the left.
Thursday October 11th will be the 5th Annual Liberty Democratic Association Awards Dinner to be held at Maestro's Caterers. Cocktails start at 6 p.m., with the dinner and reception starting at 7 p.m. For more information including the list of honorees you check my blog, or contact Mr. Joe McManus at 718-644-1841, or at Mcmanus638@aol.com to purchase tickets or a journal ad.
Looking back at our primary day predictions it appears that I may have missed on only one race that being the 78th A.D. where the turnout was the lowest of any Bronx A.D. I called it 81 – 19 for Luis Sepulveda in the 87th A.D. where the result was 77 – 23. In the 33rd State Senate race I called it 66 – 34 for Gustavo Rivera when the result was 70 – 30. In the Civil Court race I said that Eddie McShan would win 75 – 25 when the result was 60 – 40. Counting all the predictions I guess 9 out of 10 isn't bad, with the 87th A.D. and 33rd State Senate races within a 4 point margin of error. Now on to the Mayor's race, and City Council seats that will be open here in the Bronx.
If you have any comments about this column or would like to have an event listed or covered in this column or on my blog at www.100percentbronx.blogspot.com you can e-mail us at 100percentbronxnews@gmail.com or call718-644-4199 Mr. Robert Press.
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Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Storage Scores
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Storage Scores: Burglars Repeat Offenders at Storage Unit (Surveillace video shows one of the burglars turning a camera to the side as to hide their faces....
Storage Scores
Burglars Repeat Offenders at Storage Unit
(Surveillace video shows one of the burglars turning a camera to the side as to hide their faces. Unfortunately for him another camera captured his image.)
By Dan Gesslein
BRONX, NEW YORK, September 27- Cops are asking for the public’s help in trying to catch a group of burglars who struck the same Zerega storage facility twice in one month. The criminal masterminds are seen on surveillance video turning one of the cameras around as to not record them. However, the suspect failed to notice a second camera that was taping his exposed face as he disabled the other camera.
Police believe the same group struck the Public Storage Facility at 875 Brush Avenue twice in the same month. The first time was at around 10 p.m. on September 1 when two men wearing baseball caps burglarized the facility.
The crooks struck again at around 10 p.m. on September 22. They struck the same facility but this time they brought along another accomplice who was seen wearing a ski mask and a pony tail. Apparently this is the only member of the burglary ring who bothered to cover his face because police released surveillance video of the two men.
Anyone with information is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All calls are kept strictly confidential.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Little Leaguers Win Boro President’s Cup
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Little Leaguers Win Boro President’s Cup: BRONX, NEW YORK, September 26- Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and the New York Yankees co-hosted the second annual “Borough Presi...
Little Leaguers Win Boro President’s Cup
BRONX, NEW YORK, September 26- Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and the New York Yankees co-hosted the second annual “Borough President’s Cup” Little League Championship. The game featured a match-up between the Little League Raiders and the Bronx Bombers Little League, who competed for the title in a game at Yankee Stadium. The Little League Raiders won the game, for the second time, defeating the Bronx Bombers Little League 6-1.
To compete for the “Borough President’s Cup,” players for each Little League had to meet a set of requirements unrelated to their performance on the field. Those included a B-average in school, 90 percent or greater school attendance and a demonstrated commitment to community service.
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Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Councilman Koppell's Replacement
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Councilman Koppell's Replacement: Riverdale Report By Robert Press BRONX, NEW YORK, September 26- Before we get into the race in the 11 th council district, we must say t...
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