Month: September 2024

I am proud to be a New Yorker, and as your mayor, I am even prouder to announce that our city is getting safer, stronger, and more affordable every day. But you don’t have to take my word for it: just look at the numbers. We just released the annual Mayor’s Management Report — our city’s report card. It details just how much progress we have made over the last […]

“The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi” by Wright Thompson c.2024, Penguin Press                                $35.00                                          448 pages   You’ve driven past it so many times, that you haven’t actually seen it in ages. After all these years, it’s just a part of the scenery, something you barely even notice anymore. But what’s its story? Why is it there? As in the new book “The Barn” by Wright […]

It wasn’t enough for the Newark City Council to agree on renaming a thoroughfare in honor of 67-year-old Angelo Ellerbee last Thursday. But on a September date at the intersection of Treacy and Madison Avenues, Angelo Ellerbee Way unveiled a new Newark destination. Ellerbee grew up at 54 Treacy Ave., where his former home still stands and will remain a monument to his beginnings. Mayor Ras Baraka, members of his […]

Adia S. Daniel, a passionate and driven 17-year-old, second-year student of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College, has told a compelling story on climate change during a special session of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Board Meeting. “Imagine a world where the sky darkens, the winds howl with an unearthly fury, the sea rises like a wrathful beast, and a child crumbles to their knees in […]

Jamaica’s main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Andrew Holness in the wake of an integrity commission report that has cast doubts about his finances and whether he has enriched himself since becoming head of government more than six years ago. The report, compiled after two years of investigations, details his finances in recent years made it to the 63-member parliament this week but […]

The Brooklyn-based Grenadian-American Ex-Teachers’ Association presented awards to 10 students who participated in the group’s essay and poetry-writing contests on Saturday, Sept. 14, as part of Grenada’s 50th Anniversary of Independence celebrations.  The award ceremony, which took place at the Nutmeg House on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, was held under the auspices of Grenada New York Consul General Raphael M. Brizan. Justin McIntosh received the award, flanked by Cecily Mason, […]

Assistant Chief Ruel Stephenson is one of the highest-ranked Jamaicans in the New York Police Department (NYPD), overseeing Patrol Borough Manhattan North. His career is a testament to resilience, dedication, and the transformative power of hard work. Since joining the NYPD in 1995, Stephenson’s journey from an aspiring college student to a high-ranking officer reflects his profound commitment to public service. It serves as an inspiring symbol of determination. Stephenson […]

Jamaican-born singer Mikey Spice, regarded as one of Jamaica’s most talented vocalists, takes a crack at a country song titled “Money Talk.” Spice’s reggae version is an adaptation of “Forever in Blue Jeans,“ a song by country singer Neil Diamond that Columbia Records released as a single in 1979. The song peaked at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was featured on Diamond’s album “You Don’t Bring Me […]