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• Marching with Pride: Bronx honors heroes at 40th Veterans Day Parade

  11-11-2024 22:59 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronxites gathered in Throggs Neck Sunday to honor the brave New Yorkers who fought for their country at the 40th annual Veterans Day Parade. The parade also honored the 245th Birthday of the United States Marine Corps.
  Uniformed Vets marched in lock-step carrying flags, while a group of retired military Vets cruised down the street on motorcycles, their leather jackets covered in patches, proudly declaring they served. Kilt wearing bagpipers marched along the route playing patriotic tunes while
  
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• ‘I mean, here I am’: Yankees’ Aaron Boone said he’s glad to be back for another season as skipper

  11-11-2024 22:24 via amny.com
  
  Aaron Boone will return to the New York Yankees’ dugout for the eight-year running. The organization exercised a club option on his contract for the 2025 season on Friday to little surprise, after taking the Yankees to their first World Series since 2009 and his first as manager.
  Boone spoke on a Zoom call on Monday to address his extension, the World Series loss and the team’s offseason plans.
  The Yankees have gone 603-429 (.584 winning percentage) under Boone and have made the post
  
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• Military veteran-turned-entrepreneur delivers to millions in Bronx and Queens

  11-11-2024 22:10 via bxtimes.com
  
  A Syracuse University program aimed at supporting veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs recently announced its new cohort, which includes Rudy Cazares, who went from serving in the Marines to running his own logistics company based in Pelham Bay. In just five years, Cazares’ company has become a top contractor with Amazon, surpassing three million deliveries and employing 180 local people. 
  To date, CEOcircle, an initiative at the Syracuse University D’Aniello Institute for
  
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• Bronx lottery players score big with two winning tickets in recent draws

  11-11-2024 21:49 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx residents have hit the jackpot in two recent New York Lottery games, with one top-prize and one third-prize winning ticket sold locally.
  On Nov. 6, a top-prize-winning ticket worth $32,715 was sold for the Take 5 Evening drawing at NYC St. Ann’s Wine & Liquors, located at 210 Saint Ann’s Ave. The winner, whose name has not been disclosed, has up to one year from the draw date to claim the prize.
  For Take 5, numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39, and drawings are
  
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• What’s happening | exercise classes, holiday displays and more

  11-11-2024 20:34 via bxtimes.com
  
  Paint and Sip
  Friday, Nov. 15, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
  Poe Park Visitor Center in Poe Park, 2640 Grand Concourse
  Free
  Adults with a passion for painting are encouraged to come out for this fun event. Enjoy an evening of painting, music, relaxation and wine. Those who take part will be painting from pre-selected still life subjects. Supplies and refreshments will be provided.
  For more information, visit https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2024/11/15/paint-and-sip.
  15th Annual South Bronx Folk Festival Fina
  
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• Bronx conservatives energized after Trump’s win, see chance to build momentum and diversify

  11-11-2024 19:35 via bxtimes.com
  
  Fresh off Donald Trump’s second presidential victory, Bronx Republican and Conservative Party leaders are feeling increasingly confident that their candidates may actually start winning New York City and the borough. 
  In a borough where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 10 to one, leaders of the Bronx Republican and Conservative Parties say they are working to capitalize on momentum from Trump’s stunning win — and increase diversity in their membership — as
  
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• New GrowNYC partnership brings farm-fresh produce to South Bronx

  11-11-2024 16:21 via bxtimes.com
  
  Fresh produce straight from New York farms is making its way to Bronx families under a new partnership between GrowNYC, the Graham Windham O.U.R. Place Family Enrichment Center and The Point CDC.
  On Nov. 6, the community organizations, which share a building on Garrison Avenue in Hunts Point, gave out hundreds of bags of onions, potatoes, leafy greens, celery, squash, eggs and carrots — while demonstrating some creative ways to use the ingredients. 
  The new partnership and twice-month
  
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• Op-Ed | Drought management in NYC

  11-11-2024 16:00 via amny.com
  
  New York City is not often associated with the kind of drought we see in other areas of the country, but this fall has been a stunning exception. This past October saw the second-longest rainless streak in city records, dating back 155 years, to 1869. With November continuing to be warmer and drier as well, we have issued a citywide drought watch and are urging New Yorkers to conserve water wherever possible.
  Every New Yorker can help by taking shorter showers and doing fewer loads of laundry, b
  
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