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AROUND TOWN NY: Dance troupe kicks off another BAAD season

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 7 Oct 2015 08:27:00 -0700

AROUND TOWN NY: Dance troupe kicks off another BAAD season: Dance troupe kicks off another BAAD season BAAD! – The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance begins its fall season with the BlakTinX Per...

BRONX NEWS: Billion$ Over Budget, New Water Filtration Plant S...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 7 Oct 2015 08:22:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: Billion$ Over Budget, New Water Filtration Plant S...: Billion$ Over Budget, New Water Filtration Plant Springs Leak? (Photo by David Greene) By David Greene BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- The ...

BRONX NEWS: Nabe on Edge Following #Legionnaires Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:52:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: Nabe on Edge Following #Legionnaires Meeting: Nabe on Edge Following #Legionnaires Meeting Few Fears Calmed By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- Few fears were eased during l...

BRONX NEWS: Booze vs. Baseball: #Sabathia checks into rehab

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:42:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: Booze vs. Baseball: #Sabathia checks into rehab: Booze vs. Baseball: #Sabathia checks into rehab It’ about #CC Sabathia now and not baseball By Rich Mancuso BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX ...

AROUND TOWN NY: OOMPAH! WHERE TO ENJOY #OKTOBERFEST!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 2 Oct 2015 17:32:00 -0700

AROUND TOWN NY: OOMPAH! WHERE TO ENJOY #OKTOBERFEST!: OOM PAH! WHERE TO ENJOY #OKTOBERFEST! #CULINARY ROAD By Morris Gut Oktoberfest is upon us, and many folks enjoy the hearty fl...

BRONX NEWS: #Yankees get the clincher with a task ahead

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 2 Oct 2015 08:06:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: #Yankees get the clincher with a task ahead: #Yankees get the clincher with a task ahead By Rich Mancuso BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- CC Sabathia was effective again on the m...

BRONX NEWS: FREE #Legionnaires Screenings

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:05:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: FREE #Legionnaires Screenings: FREE #Legionnaires Screenings BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- Senator Jeff Klein and Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj announced a partnership w...

BRONX NEWS: #Legionnaires Found in Lehman

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 07:04:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: #Legionnaires Found in Lehman: Legionnaires Found in Lehman Einstein College, Calvary, Bronx State all Test Positive By Dan Gesslein Shock amongst the city’s silence sw...

BRONX NEWS: Legionnaires Strike Again

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:28:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: Legionnaires Strike Again: #Legionnaires Strike Again 7 People Infected in Morris Park By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- The Legionnaires Epide...

BRONX NEWS: Square Goes Back to the 80’s

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:31:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: Square Goes Back to the 80’s: Square Goes Back to the 80’s BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- On September 26, 2015, the Westchester Square community and merchants paid homa...

Morrisania News: #Pope Watch

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 08:35:00 -0700

Morrisania News: #Pope Watch: #Pope Watch Fordham Prepares for #PopeFrancis’ Visit Will Stream Papal Speech By Joana Mercuri Fordham University BR...

#Pope Watch

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 08:35:00 -0700

#Pope Watch

Fordham Prepares for #PopeFrancis’ Visit

Will Stream Papal Speech

By Joana Mercuri

Fordham University

BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- There is just one day until Pope Francis arrives in New York City as part of his visit to the United States, and Fordham is making arrangements to get the University community as involved as possible.

In the days leading up to the pope’s visit, Fordham has been preparing “spiritually and pastorally” in every way it can, said Lito Salazar, SJ, executive director of campus ministry. “We are encouraging daily and Sunday Mass homilists to consider invoking Pope Francis’ words or commenting on his global pastoral ministry whenever relevant to unpacking Scriptures at liturgical celebrations,” Father Lito said.

“In addition, the intentions of the pope and his visit have been and will continue to be in the intercessory prayers of the faithful. The Holy Hour devotion set for Mondays will have the same intention.”

Watch the pope live

The pope’s address to the United Nations, which takes place Friday, Sept. 25 at 8:30 a.m., will also be live streamed from the McGinley lobby at Rose Hill; Lowenstein 2nd floor plaza at Lincoln Center; and Room 228 at Westchester.

In addition, students can enter into a lottery to win a ticket to that evening’s papal Mass at Madison Square Garden. The lottery can be found in the student tab at my.fordham.edu.

Students and community members will also have the opportunity to pray evening vespers along with the pope as he leads evening prayer at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday, Sept 24. Beginning 6:45 p.m., the vespers will be streamed at University Church and Our Lady’s Chapel at Rose Hill and at Blessed Rupert Mayer, SJ Chapel at Lincoln Center.

Community service

On Saturday, Sept. 26, students are invited to participate in a community service project in honor of the pope’s visit. Participants will join Habitat for Humanity’s Pope Francis House in Yonkers to help construct homes.

“Care for the poor and the marginalized is a central theme of Pope Francis’ papacy, and using our gifts and talents to care for the needs of others is something that’s part of Fordham’s identity as a Catholic and Jesuit school,” said Conor O’Kane, director of campus ministry at Rose Hill.

“The pope has an authenticity and spiritual freedom that resonates with our students,” O’Kane said. “His leadership and emphasis on what it means to be a person of faith in the world today is a question that’s relevant to all of our students. So his messages have been animating all that we say and do here [in campus ministry].”

#Pope #Pope Francis #Fordham University #Holy Father

Morrisania News: Stiff Sentence for Viagra Bootlegger

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 11:02:00 -0700

Morrisania News: Stiff Sentence for Viagra Bootlegger: Stiff Sentence for Viagra Bootlegger BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- They’re the little blue pills – and little yellow...

Stiff Sentence for Viagra Bootlegger

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 11:01:00 -0700

Stiff Sentence for Viagra Bootlegger

BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- They’re the little blue pills – and little yellow pills – that are often instantly recognizable. But what a lot of consumers didn’t recognize is that these Viagra and Cialis pills were knock-offs – made from the same or similar ingredients as the real thing, but not manufactured by pharma giants Pfizer and Eli Lilly.

And now, announced Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson, 49-year-old Babou Jobe (pron JOE-bee) has been sentenced to five years’ probation and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, half of which he paid. Jobe pled guilty on an earlier date to Trademark Counterfeiting in the second degree, a Class E Felony. He was sentenced by Justice Marc Whiten of the Bronx County Criminal Court.

When Jobe was arrested on September 18, 2014, at a store at 6 East 184^th Street in the Fordham section of the Bronx, he had in his possession nearly 14,000 Viagra and Cialis pills in bottles and blister packs, along with a sheaf of Viagra labels. All were counterfeits.

The Viagra pills contained the active ingredient of the real drug, but at less than 15 percent of the advertised dosage and the filler material included vulcanized rubber. Jobe told investigators, “Yeah, I know it’s fake,” admitting that he’d been selling the counterfeits since 2012, making about $1,500 a month.

The packaging for both the Viagra and the Cialis pills was close, but no cigar. Noted one representative of Eli Lilly and Co., the maker of Cialis, the bottles not only had invalid lot numbers, but the coloration and design was off.

Jobe, in taking this plea, also waived his right to appeal and, as a non-US citizen, is subject to deportation to his native Gambia. At his sentencing he stated, “I’m very sorry for what I did and I ask for forgiveness from the Court.”

The case against Jobe was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Peter D’Angelo and Supervising Assistant District Attorney Cristina Park of the Bronx D.A. Arson/Auto/Economic Crime Bureau. Jobe’s arrest resulted from an investigation initiated by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor with assistance from the New York County District Attorney’s Office.

#Viagra #Arrest #Bronx DA

BRONX NEWS: Shops Look to KO Deadly Weed

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 08:38:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: Shops Look to KO Deadly Weed: Shops Look to KO Deadly Weed BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- Elected officials and bodega owners have banned together to KO the sale of synth...

Bronx Sports: Fordham Retains Liberty Cup

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:29:00 -0700

Bronx Sports: Fordham Retains Liberty Cup: Fordham Retains Liberty Cup Rams defeat Columbia for fifth straight year BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- In each of his four years at...

Bronx Sports: A Meaningful Subway Series Begins

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:25:00 -0700

Bronx Sports: A Meaningful Subway Series Begins: A Meaningful Subway Series Begins #Yankees vs. #Mets By Howard Goldin BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- This weekend should see sell‐out...

BRONX NEWS: Hope for Pope's Visit

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:12:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: Hope for Pope's Visit: Pope’s visit to New York Viewed as uplifting occasion By Michael Horowitz BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- Most Bronx reside...

BRONX NEWS: There Could Be More Hispanics For Trump Than What’...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 12:45:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: There Could Be More Hispanics For Trump Than What’...: There Could Be More Hispanics For Trump Than What’s Been Said (Despite what elites say, one Bronx pol says there could be a large group lo...

BRONX NEWS: Who Killed Gabriela?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 10:40:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: Who Killed Gabriela?: Who Killed Gabriela? Driver Sought in Death of Biker on City Island By David Greene BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- Police are...

BRONX NEWS: #Politics: Moves as Hassel-Thompson Loses Big

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 06:31:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: #Politics: Moves as Hassel-Thompson Loses Big: #Politics: Moves as Hassel-Thompson Loses Big 100 PERCENT By Robert Press You Win Some/You Lose Some In a surprise to many, but...

BRONX NEWS: Bronx BP on the Mound at Yankee Stadium

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 09:44:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: Bronx BP on the Mound at Yankee Stadium: Bronx BP on the Mound at Yankee Stadium 100 PERCENT By Robert Press BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- The headline refers to Bronx Borough P...

BRONX NEWS: Pitbull Attack Caught on Tape

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 10:27:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: Pitbull Attack Caught on Tape

AROUND TOWN NY: Job Fair

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:03:00 -0700

AROUND TOWN NY: Job Fair

BRONX NEWS: Murderous Crack Gangs Busted

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:53:00 -0700

BRONX NEWS: Murderous Crack Gangs Busted: Murderous Crack Gangs Busted Bing Images BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- Residents are relieved that members of two rival gangs who battled ...