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N.J.’s Renauld White, barrier-breaking model and ‘Guiding Light’ actor, dead at 80
Renauld White, a model and actor from New Jersey and trailblazer in the world of fashion, has died. White, 80, was the first African American male model to cover GQ magazine in 1979. The Newark native worked with designers including Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Jeffrey Banks, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna...
Seven weeks of free, live performances are set for NYC’s Little Island
There’s nothing quite like taking in live music or theater in the great outdoors, especially in NYC’s gorgeous parks. More often than not, these al fresco shows are free and that’s the case with Little Island’s Glade Series, which kicks off on July 10. The fairly...
More delays at Newark Airport due to air traffic controller staffing issues
Another day, and more delays at Newark International Airport.For a second straight day, an air traffic controller shortage caused backups at the New Jersey airport -- at one point leading to a brief pause in arrivals Tuesday afternoon."The FAA briefly paused arrivals into Newark Liberty International Airport this afternoon due to air traffic controller staffing issues at the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (N90)," the FAA said in a statement.But there was some good news for travelers -- at least for Tuesday. More air traffic controllers were found to staff the Newark sector, so the ground delay that was...
Doris Duke – Wealthiest Woman In The World
From 1925 through 1967 the legendary San Remo Tavern was open day and night for business on the northwest corner of MacDougal and Bleecker Streets in the Village – across the street on the southeast corner was another Café, the Figaro, which – after being closed for several decades and gaining a certain kind of legend status itself (Sam Shepard and Sally Kirkland were waiters there in the 60s) – is open again. From the middle of Prohibition through the Great Depression and WWII, and on into the 50s and 60s the San Remo thrived, attracting a crowd of poets, painters, playwrights, musicians and actors. Some of these luminaries were Dylan Thomas, Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, James Baldwin, Gore Vidal, William S.Burroughs, Miles Davis, Frank O’Hara, Jackson Pollock, Judith Malina and Julian Beck and so many others. One night the actor Warren Finnerty (The Connection) slipped a magic mushroom (psilocybin cubensis) in a glass of apricot nectar and insisted I drink it – but that’s another story. Another night, the Saturday night after the mid-week opening and the unanimous rave reviews had come in for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the crowd at the bar included several of the above as well as Simone Signoret and Leonard Bernstein there to see the new wunderkind of the American theater, Edward Albee, who wandered in fashionably late in a white cable knit turtleneck sweater, an outfit vaguely reminiscent of Eugene O’Neill. Which is also another story. The story here however, and one I have never told before, is the amazing adventure I had with some pals which started out at the San Remo and ended up at the largest private estate on the east coast where we all spent the night under the same roof with Doris Duke, who when she was young was called the world’s richest girl, then the world’s wealthiest woman – and then in an unauthorized biography written by her accountants, “…shall we say the world’s richest person?”
2 NJ pizza joints named among best 50 in U.S.
Two New Jersey pizza shops just received some major love about their quality. One won’t surprise you, but the other one might. There’s an Italian website called 50 Top Pizza which honors the worthiest pizzas all over the planet. They’ve done write-ups on the best pizzas in Latin America, the best pizzas in Europe, the best pizzas in Asia-Pacific, etc.
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 125 Williamsburg Units, Including $544 Studios
An affordable housing lottery has opened for 125 apartments in a long-in-the-works south Williamsburg development, with units starting at $544 per month. In a rare exception to the city’s housing lottery system, all units included in the Throop Corners lottery could be deemed truly affordable, with the most expensive four-bedroom going for $3,275 a month. According to Streeteasy, market rate apartments of three or more bedrooms in Williamsburg currently average $6,095 a month.
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