Thursday, December 12, 2013

Throggs Neck News: Santa Spotted in the Bronx

Throggs Neck News: Santa Spotted in the Bronx: BRONX, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 12- Santa had a busy time in the Bronx last week. First he attended the annual lighting of the Parkc...

Santa Spotted in the Bronx

BRONX, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 12- Santa had a busy time in the Bronx last week. First he attended the annual lighting of the Parkchester Christmas tree at the Oval. The event, filled with local singers and dancers, was capped off with the
holiday lights inside Met Oval. Then Old St. Nick was on hand for the tree lighting at the Fordham BID.
Arthur Avenue kicked off the holiday season with a tree lighting and a visit from Santa. In addition, holiday carolers sang to inspire the crowd.

Friday, November 22, 2013

Throggs Neck News: Holiday Train Show Returns

Throggs Neck News: Holiday Train Show Returns: (Photos by Seitu Oronde) BRONX, NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 22- A critically acclaimed and always eagerly anticipated tradition, th...

Holiday Train Show Returns

(Photos by Seitu Oronde)
BRONX, NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 22- A critically acclaimed and always eagerly anticipated tradition, the Holiday Train Show presents an enchanted New York enlivened by model trains amid the glow of twinkling lights in America’s premier Victorian-style glasshouse, the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. The exhibition showcases replicas of New York landmarks, artistically crafted of natural materials such as bark, twigs, stems, fruits, seeds, and pine cones by designer Paul Busse’s team at Applied Imagination. The original Pennsylvania Station and Yankee Stadium, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Radio City Music Hall, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Rockefeller Center are among the favorites in the Botanical Garden’s collection of more than 150 Holiday Train Show replicas.
Visit the Garden’s Web site, nybg.org, to check dates and times for all of the Garden’s holiday offerings and to purchase advance timed tickets.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Bronx News Sports: Monroe honors vets during home opener

Bronx News Sports: Monroe honors vets during home opener: By Gary Axelbank BRONX, NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 18-  The Monroe Mustangs men's basketball team opened the annual  Mustangs Winter ...

Bronx News Sports: Evander Mauls Smith

Bronx News Sports: Evander Mauls Smith: (Photos by Gary Quintal) By Gary Quintal A tight first half turned into a runaway Sunday afternoon in PSAL playoff football a...

Bronx News Sports: Maritime Falls To RIT On Final Day Of Admiral’s Cl...

Bronx News Sports: Maritime Falls To RIT On Final Day Of Admiral’s Cl...: The Maritime basketball team lost to RIT, 95-54, Saturday afternoon on the second and final day of the First Annual Admiral’s Classic h...