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Dollar General Robbed At Gunpoint, Employee Assaulted: Newark PD
A Dollar General in Newark was robbed at gunpoint on Sunday, July 21, authorities said.At 8:29 a.m., a man entered Dollar General at 420 Springfield Avenue through the right side rear entrance and demanded cash from the cashier, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. The suspect gestu…
Duran Duran announces U.S. tour dates, Halloween concert at MSG
Duran Duran have announced a new run of U.S. tour dates, which includes a special Halloween concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Danse Macabre show will take place on Halloween (Oct. 31), with the band also playing concerts along the East Coast before/after that date. Duran...
This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 22-28, 2024
Manhattan Community Board 4’s Full Board Meeting / Free Affordable Housng Workshop / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / The Sweat Sessions / HYHK Alliance Needs Assessment Survey / Food Bag Program: Fresh Food for Seniors / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea /. The Full Board of...
41-story tower on Greenpoint waterfront opens lottery for 115 apartments, from $1,782/month
Rendering courtesy of NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development. A lottery opened this week for 115 middle-income apartments in a 41-story luxury rental on the Greenpoint waterfront. Developed by Park Tower Group and Rockefeller Group, the company’s first project in Brooklyn, The Dupont will offer 381 apartments, a vast majority of which will have incredible East River and Manhattan skyline views. New Yorkers earning 80 and 130 percent of the area median income can apply for the units, priced from $1,782/month for studios to $4,001/month for two-bedrooms.
Schools See Improved Grades, Engagement Without Smartphones
(TNS) — Signs of withdrawal began to show immediately. At a high school in upstate New York that had banned mobile phones, a student was constantly reaching for her nonexistent device and grabbing air. Hallways rang with the sound of kids trying to smash locks and get to their devices. At another school in the Bronx, students plotted a protest.
Summer Restaurant Week returns to NYC
Summer Restaurant Week returns to the five boroughs beginning Monday. While the event is billed as a week, it actually runs through Aug. 18 and features prix-fixe menus at over 600 participating restaurants citywide. Some eateries will even have their menus offered through Sept. 1. Tiffany Townsend, the executive vice...
Stream NYC screamo band OLTH's new two-song single
OLTH have been building a reputation as one of NYC’s best newer screamo bands, thanks in part to their wild live show (I caught them with Liturgy at TV Eye last year and it was batshit), and their recordings are just getting better and better too. They’re following their 2023 debut LP every day is sOmeOne’s speciaL day with a new two-song single, “fire dOve / xO,” and these are two of their strongest, most musically-varied songs yet. They’ve got their harsh, screeching, caustic screamo down pat, and they also branch off into heavy/beautiful post-metal territory on the climactic “fire dOve” and tread some Slint-like waters on “xO.”
McClurg Remodeling offers ADA-certified home modifications
(WSYR-TV) — This summer, many Central New Yorkers are looking to beat the heat. What better way to do so than by staying in your comfy, cozy home. You just have to make sure your house is modeled to your liking. Jamie Sprague from McClurg Remodeling joined Bridge Street...
Makes Its World Premiere Off-Broadway Via LCT3
Phillip Howze's Six Characters is currently making its world premiere via Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 in the Claire Tow Theater Off-Broadway. Get a first look at the production ahead of its July 29 opening night with newly released production shots. The limited engagement continues through August 25. Dustin Wills is at the helm.
Sanchez Bill Expanding Access to Rapid STI Testing Passes in Council
District 14 City Council Member Pierina Sanchez joined with advocates on Thursday, July 18, to announce the passage of a new law, Int. 435, which will expand access to rapid testing for sexually transmitted infections (STI) across New York City. While New York City continues to make progress toward ending...
Catching up with NSYNC member and podcast host Chris Kirkpatrick
NEW YORK (PIX11) – NSYNC member and host of the “Name Drop” podcast, Chris Kirkpatrick, talks about touring around the country, a possible NSYNC reunion and being featured in the upcoming “Deadpool & Wolverine” movie on New York Living. Watch the video player for more...
Trellis Art Fund Names 12 Winners of $100,000 Artist Awards, Including Two Working Parents
Twelve artists have won the first batch of the Trellis Art Fund’s $100,000 awards, with Lorraine O’Grady, Candida Alvarez, and American Artist among the inaugural winners.Indian Artist Prajakta Potnis Receives the 2024 Loewe Foundation / Studio Voltaire Award The Trellis Art Fund, a New York–based private foundation, said it had specifically awarded two of the awards to working parents in recognition of the challenges they often face. “Making a grant unrestricted is akin to funding basic science research,” Corina Larkin, Trellis’s executive director, said in a statement. “We wanted to relieve our grantees from the financial challenges of being an artist at every...
Last Night To See SHAKESPEARE TRANSLATE: THE COMPLETE WORKS at Caveat
Back by popular demand Devon Loves ME! Productions will be performing its play "Shakespeare Translate: The Complete Works." This one night only performance is TONIGHT at 9:30pm @ Caveat. The address where the play will be happening is at 21 A Clinton St, New York, NY 10002274 Morgan Ave Suite 201, Brooklyn, NY 11211. After this showing, the production goes abroad to this summer's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Podcast EP 266 – Basil Lee of Finback Brewery
This week, we sit down with co-founder of Finback Brewery out of New York City, Basil Lee. We discuss many things including:. Finback seeming like a new brewery still. Funding for Finback and today’s lending options. Finback’s unique aesthetic and vibe. Co-existing with OtherHalf. Is OtherHalf’s trajectory distracting?...
How Dig finds new digs
While fast food chains like McDonald’s and Wendy’s have recently cut prices to lure back customers, fast-casual restaurants are thriving. The fast-casual segment’s sales grew 11.2% last year, according to Nation’s Restaurant News, exceeding those of the quick-service, family-dining, and casual-dining sectors by a healthy margin. Against this backdrop, New York City staple Dig has plans for expansion.
Delivery workers can trade in uncertified e-bikes for safer equipment under new NYC program
Delivery workers can trade in uncertified e-bikes and mopeds for safer equipment as part of a $2 million trade-in program announced on Monday.The workers will get a new e-bike and two new batteries certified by Underwriters Laboratories when they trade in their dangerous e-powered vehicles.Any non-UL certified e-bike will eligible. Bikes must be traded in along with their batteries.Any gas or electric moped that lacks a vehicle identification number and can't be registered at the DMV for legal street use will be eligible for trade-in.The trade-in program will be open to any New Yorker 18 or older who has earned...
Recap: DC Sweeps New York with Convincing Win to Finish Regular Season
In the final Game of the Week in the Ultimate Frisbee Association (UFA), the DC Breeze (10-2) shined once more, beating the New York Empire (8-4) on the road for the first time since 2017 by a score of 24-20. The three-week hiatus and hour-long weather delay did not knock...
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