Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): 1 Dead, 4 Injured in Country Club House Fire
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): 1 Dead, 4 Injured in Country Club House Fire: By David Greene BRONX, NEW YORK, April 30- The fire marshal is currently investigating a house fire in the Country Club section that...
1 Dead, 4 Injured in Country Club House Fire
By David Greene
BRONX, NEW YORK, April 30- The fire marshal is currently investigating a house fire in the Country Club section that claimed the life of an
elderly woman and critically injured another.
Firefighters were called to the two-family home at 3205 Ampere Avenue at 7:40 a.m., on Tuesday, April 30. Within minutes of their arrival,
firefighters removed an 84-year-old woman and a 45-year-old male from the burning home.
Both were transported to Jacobi Hospital where the woman was pronounced dead and the man was reported to be in serious condition. The name of the victim was pending proper family notification.
According to the FDNY, three firefighter's suffered minor injuries.
According to one neighbor, the family had lived in the home for at least the last 30 years. The elderly woman, who had been sick recently, was somehow caring for her mentally disabled son.
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Brazen Thief Robs Store Across from Police Station...
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Brazen Thief Robs Store Across from Police Station...: By David Greene BRONX, NEW YORK, April 30- He must have had the luck of the Irish, when a thief robbed the Deals discount store located at ...
Brazen Thief Robs Store Across from Police Station
By David Greene
BRONX, NEW YORK, April 30- He must have had the luck of the Irish, when a thief robbed the Deals discount store located at 837 Washington Avenue--directly across the street from the 42nd Precinct.
Police officials have yet to acknowledge the incident that took place late Saturday, April 27, at the Duane Reade-type store.
One manager of the store confirmed an, "incident," took place, but refused to elaborate if it was a hold-up or a break-in. An employee would later refer inquiries to their corporate office, but did not have the number.
A resident of the building, who spoke on a condition of anonymity, stated, "I know that one of the detectives from the precinct, directly across from the building, asked me if I saw something. That's how I know that something happened downstairs."
A second resident stated, "You pay so much to live across from the police... you think your safe from that kind of stuff."
The 42nd Precinct, which covers the Morrisanna section, is currently experiencing an overall 14.97 percent decrease in crime. The latest statistics show the command has had two homicides in the first
four-months of the 2013, tied with the same time period last year.
However, the precinct also reported 72 robberies, down from a reported 95 last year, while burglaries are down from 45 to 32.
BRONX, NEW YORK, April 30- He must have had the luck of the Irish, when a thief robbed the Deals discount store located at 837 Washington Avenue--directly across the street from the 42nd Precinct.
Police officials have yet to acknowledge the incident that took place late Saturday, April 27, at the Duane Reade-type store.
One manager of the store confirmed an, "incident," took place, but refused to elaborate if it was a hold-up or a break-in. An employee would later refer inquiries to their corporate office, but did not have the number.
A resident of the building, who spoke on a condition of anonymity, stated, "I know that one of the detectives from the precinct, directly across from the building, asked me if I saw something. That's how I know that something happened downstairs."
A second resident stated, "You pay so much to live across from the police... you think your safe from that kind of stuff."
The 42nd Precinct, which covers the Morrisanna section, is currently experiencing an overall 14.97 percent decrease in crime. The latest statistics show the command has had two homicides in the first
four-months of the 2013, tied with the same time period last year.
However, the precinct also reported 72 robberies, down from a reported 95 last year, while burglaries are down from 45 to 32.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Yanks Refuse to Knuckle Under
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Yanks Refuse to Knuckle Under: Defeat R. A. Dickey and Blue Jays, 3-2 By Howard Goldin BRONX, NEW YORK, April 29- The 3-2 win on Sunday gave the Yanks a four-game sweep...
Yanks Refuse to Knuckle Under
Defeat R. A. Dickey and Blue Jays, 3-2
By Howard Goldin
BRONX, NEW YORK, April 29- The 3-2 win on Sunday gave the Yanks a four-game sweep of Toronto and raised their season mark to15-9. They are currently on pace to win 101 games.
Starting pitchers Phil Hughes of the Yanks and R.A. Dickey of the Blue Jays hooked up in a swiftly moving pitchers’ duel that lasted six innings.
For the third straight start, Hughes left the game with the Yankees trailing, 2-1. Uneconomical with his pitches, Hughes threw a season high 111 pitches in his six frames on the mound.
Hughes, still without a victory, has pitched in improved fashion in his most recent three starts. He remarked after the contest, “I’m happy with the last three starts. I thought I had pretty good stuff. I felt I could have made better pitches at the end.”
Three consecutive singles with two out in the fourth scored the first Toronto run. Edwin Encarnación beat out a slow roller down the third base line that remained fair. Melky Cabrera blooped a single to left and Adam Lind drove in the tally with a ground ball through the middle. Lind reached base for the eighth straight game.
A managerial decision led to the second run off Hughes. With Jose Bautista on second and two out in the sixth, Lind was intentionally walked. The next batter, Macier Izturis, doubled to score Bautista.
Dickey, pitching in New York City for the first time since his Cy Young Award winning season with the Mets in 2012, worked effectively and efficiently except for the home run ball.
Brennan Bosch hit a solo home run to right with one out in the second. The second and third Yankee runs were scored when Lyle Overbay drove Dickey’s 92nd pitch into the stands in center, scoring himself and Travis Hafner, who led off the seventh with a single.
Both batters spoke to reporters about the Toronto knuckleball pitcher, Bosch said, “I faced him before. [To myself] ‘I said’ Let’s just have fun with this.” Overbay commented, “He’s definitely tough. He wasn’t making mistakes. You start taking an aggressive swing.”
Dickey was removed after seven innings, during which he walked one batter and only surrendered four hits. Sufficient damage was done because two of the four were home runs that drove in all three runs for the Yankees.
Despite the absence of Curtis Granderson, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira, Russell Martin, Andrew Jones, Raúl Ibañez and Nick Swisher, who accounted for 194 of the club’s 245 homers in 2012, the Yanks are currently leading the American League in home runs with 35.
The Yankee bullpen continued to live up to the words of Overbay, “Our bullpen has been our savior,” which were spoken after Sunday’s contest. Each of the relievers, Boone Logan, David Robertson and Mariano Rivera, pitched a scoreless inning. Logan earned the win and Rivera notched his ninth save of the month in nine save attempts. Rivera has converted his last 32 save opportunities at home.
Of the unparalleled closer, manager Joe Girardi proclaimed, “He’s like Jeet [Jeter] and Andy [Pettitte]. There’s not much they can do that’s going to surprise you.”
The Yanks will host the Houston Astros the next three nights. Veteran Andy Pettitte (3-1) will face right hander Lucas Harrell (2-2) on Monday evening.
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