‘Crossing the Line’ Festival Announces Fall Lineup
The Essex Street Market on Manhattan’s Lower East Side; Christ Church in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn; and the Chocolate Factory in Long Island City are among the venues to be used for a festival of interdisciplinary works and performances by artists from around the world this fall. This sixth annual edition of the program, called “Crossing […]
Trenton apartment tower to get power back following fire and evacuation – The Times of Trenton
TRENTON — Power could be restored to the Luther Towers apartment building as soon as this afternoon following a two-alarm fire that knocked out the electricity and forced about 200 senior residents to evacuate, the building’s property management company said. “We have contractors working over there right now,” said Abraham Philip, controller for Alma Trenton […]
Trenton apartment tower to get power back following fire and evacuation – The Times of Trenton
TRENTON — Power could be restored to the Luther Towers apartment building as soon as this afternoon following a two-alarm fire that knocked out the electricity and forced about 200 senior residents to evacuate, the building’s property management company said. “We have contractors working over there right now,” said Abraham Philip, controller for Alma Trenton […]
Arbitrator rules for teachers unions
Teachers unions scored a big victory against the Department of Education Friday afternoon. An independent arbitrator assigned to mediate a dispute between the UFT and the Council of Supervisors Administrators and the DOE has ruled that the city’s move to shut down low-performing schools and lay off half of their faculty and administration violated contracts […]
Arbitrator rules for teachers unions
Teachers unions scored a big victory against the Department of Education Friday afternoon. An independent arbitrator assigned to mediate a dispute between the UFT and the Council of Supervisors Administrators and the DOE has ruled that the city’s move to shut down low-performing schools and lay off half of their faculty and administration violated contracts […]
Residents: State’s garbage ruling stinks
Residents who live near the Fresh Pond railroad yards are livid over a ruling last week by the state Department of Environmental Conservation that will greatly increase the amount of city trash that gets shipped through Maspeth, Glendale and Middle Village. The DEC has given approval for Waste Management to increase the amount of garbage […]
Residents: State’s garbage ruling stinks
Residents who live near the Fresh Pond railroad yards are livid over a ruling last week by the state Department of Environmental Conservation that will greatly increase the amount of city trash that gets shipped through Maspeth, Glendale and Middle Village. The DEC has given approval for Waste Management to increase the amount of garbage […]
Occupy Wall Street protests Citi Bank
“I used to work on Wall Street. Don’t throw stones at me,” joked former business analyst Alexis Goldstein at a demonstration outside the Citigroup building in Long Island City, on June 25. Goldstein, a keynote speaker in the Occupy Wall Street movement and former vice president at Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank,addressed a small crowd […]
Occupy Wall Street protests Citi Bank
“I used to work on Wall Street. Don’t throw stones at me,” joked former business analyst Alexis Goldstein at a demonstration outside the Citigroup building in Long Island City, on June 25. Goldstein, a keynote speaker in the Occupy Wall Street movement and former vice president at Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank,addressed a small crowd […]
Pop/Rock Listings for July 6-12
Prices may not reflect ticketing service charges. For full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music. Joseph Arthur (Saturday) His Lonely Astronaut record label is well named: Mr. Arthur’s spare folk songwriting shares a solemn yet roving bend. His latest record, “The Graduation Ceremony,” is certainly more elegantly wounded than his laissez-faire alt-folk supergroup Fistful of Mercy […]
Pop/Rock Listings for July 6-12
Prices may not reflect ticketing service charges. For full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music. Joseph Arthur (Saturday) His Lonely Astronaut record label is well named: Mr. Arthur’s spare folk songwriting shares a solemn yet roving bend. His latest record, “The Graduation Ceremony,” is certainly more elegantly wounded than his laissez-faire alt-folk supergroup Fistful of Mercy […]
Click here for an offbeat experience
A new generation of travel-sharing Web sites matches travelers with knowledgeable locals for offbeat, authentic and mostly very economical experiences — across the globe or across town. Witness, for example, Kieren Wuest, a business analyst from Sydney, Australia, who was in San Francisco not long ago for work. On his one morning off, Mr. Wuest, […]
Click here for an offbeat experience
A new generation of travel-sharing Web sites matches travelers with knowledgeable locals for offbeat, authentic and mostly very economical experiences — across the globe or across town. Witness, for example, Kieren Wuest, a business analyst from Sydney, Australia, who was in San Francisco not long ago for work. On his one morning off, Mr. Wuest, […]
Watch out New York! Big Soda is on the attack.
The masterminds at Coke, Pepsi and so forth are definitely putting their dollars to work to resist any efforts to curtail The Freedom To Be Fat. ——– Original Message ——– Subject: New Yorkers for Beverage Choices Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 16:45:12 +0000 From: Steinberg, Jesse <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Hi Amol, I wanted […]
Officers Elected At LIC Chamber Luncheon
The Long Island City Chamber of Commerce held what Arthur Rosenfield, its newly-elected president, estimated was its sixth luncheon, near the end of June. At the luncheon, chamber members got officers elected and resolved to get quotes on insurance for the chamber and file for incorporation. A couple of guests addressed those gathered for the […]