FDNY chief is the wrong job for blatant political hacks
With the city in the middle of a spate of fatal fires, the head of the FDNY should be on hand, not taking most of her top people off to a political schmoozef...
Nov 8, 2026Open source
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Ponce, Puerto Rico. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Ponce. Associated ZIP codes: 00716, 00717, 00728, 00730, 00731, 00732, 00733, 00734.
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Atlantic storm system may develop tropical characteristics this week
A low-pressure system north of Puerto Rico could become a subtropical storm later this week.
Nov 5, 2026Open source
Before We Learn To Love Coqui Frogs, Let’s Consider What We're Accepting
Yes, the frogs are revered -- in Puerto Rico, not here. We seem to be normalizing the continued loss of Hawaiʻi's native ecosystems.
Nov 3, 2026Open source
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Ponce is in Ponce County, Puerto Rico.
Region: Puerto Rico
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00716, 00717, 00728, 00730, 00731, 00732, 00733, 00734
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FDNY chief is the wrong job for blatant political hacks
With the city in the middle of a spate of fatal fires, the head of the FDNY should be on hand, not taking most of her top people off to a political schmoozef...
Nov 8, 2026Open source
Atlantic storm system may develop tropical characteristics this week
A low-pressure system north of Puerto Rico could become a subtropical storm later this week.
Nov 5, 2026Open source
Before We Learn To Love Coqui Frogs, Let’s Consider What We're Accepting
Yes, the frogs are revered -- in Puerto Rico, not here. We seem to be normalizing the continued loss of Hawaiʻi's native ecosystems.
Nov 3, 2026Open source
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The Ponce area was part of the Taino region of Guaynia along Puerto Rico's southern coast. Its cacique, Agueybana, was among those who greeted Juan Ponce de Leon when he came to the island in 1508. Four sites in the municipality are of archaeological importance: Canas, Tibes, Caracoles and El Bronce.
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In the first years of Spanish colonization, families settled along the Jacaguas River and then, for safety, moved to the banks of the Rio Portugues, then called Baramaya. From around 1646 the whole area from the Rio Portugues to the Bay of Guayanilla was called Ponce. In 1670 a small chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe was built in the middle of the settlement. Its early settlers included Juan Ponce de Leon y Loayza, great-grandson of the conquistador, and the Portuguese Don Pedro Rodriguez de Guzman of nearby San German. On September 17, 1692, King Carlos II of Spain issued a royal decree making the chapel a parish and thereby recognizing the settlement as a hamlet. Juan Ponce de Leon y Loayza, with Captains Enrique Salazar and Miguel del Toro, is believed to have been instrumental in obtaining it, and the city is named for him. In the early 18th century Don Antonio Abad Rodriguez Berrios built a small chapel dedicated to San Antonio Abad, and the area around it became known as San Anton. Sources Wikipedia: Ponce, Puerto Rico
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18.0155560, -66.5800000
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