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Knicks Trade Pitch Would Move Robinson, McBride & More for Former Lottery Picks
The New York Knicks made the biggest move of the offseason when they traded for Mikal Bridges. After adding Bridges, they also re-signed OG Anunoby, giving them one of the best wing duos in the NBA. However, that put them in jeopardy of being hard-capped at the first apron, which...
Looking back on New Paltz's "Winter of Love"
On this week's 51%, we brush up on the history of marriage equality in the U.S., and look back on the first same-sex weddings in New Paltz, New York — which took place more than a decade before the Supreme Court legalized marriage equality nationwide. We also hear from psychoanalysts Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini about their book Gender Without Identity, proposing a new way of looking at how life shapes everyone's experience with gender.
Bethel Woods Adds New ‘Delicious’ Feature For 2024 Concert Season
If Bethel Woods fans had to answer a question of what is missing from this groovy site, it might be hard for them to think of anything. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is the home to the Woodstock Music Festival which took place on August 15, 1969. This three-day music festival brought in around 500,000 people to these peaceful grounds.
Kingston gets “good cause eviction” as backers make Hudson Valley push
One month after Albany became New York’s first city to adopt “good cause eviction,” Kingston has followed suit. In a unanimous decision, the Hudson Valley city’s Common Council voted to opt in to the state law passed with the 2025 budget, the Daily Freeman reported. Tenants...
Rob Stone, master marketer of hip-hop, is dead at 55
A photo provided by Jonathan Mannion shows Rob Stone, a founder of the influential music magazine The Fader who also bridged the worlds of hip-hop and the Fortune 500 with his innovative marketing agency. Stone died on June 24, 2024, in Mount Kisco, N.Y. He was 55. (Jonathan Mannion via The New York Times)
Things to do this weekend in the Westchester area, from salsa to concerts to 'Home Alone'
Concerts, screenings and seafood – oh my! Summer lovers will have no shortage of things to do in Westchester and beyond as July gets started with a weekend full of events. Here are seven activities to check out this weekend:. Salsa night in Yonkers. Enjoy an evening of salsa...
Spring Valley trustees sack mayor's top aide as three abstain from approving contract
SPRING VALLEY ‒ Mayor Alan Simon has lost his top aide after the Board of Trustees refused to extend the retired village police officer's contract. While the five-member board voted 2-0 on Tuesday night to extend Reggie Anderson as the mayor's aide, three abstentions killed Anderson's job. Three positive votes were needed to...
Pretty Lights Details Festival-Style Bethel Woods Camping Event [Video]
Electro-soul magnate Pretty Lights will host a two-night camping event in Bethel, NY on August 23rd and 24th featuring two headlining performances, additional sets by guest artists, and various daytime activities like yoga and wellness programs. The previously announced pair of shows at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, a stone’s throw from the site of the 1969 Woodstock festival, come as part of Pretty Lights’ ongoing 24-date Soundship Spacesystem tour set to run through December.
Spinach Packaged in Newburgh, New York Recalled; May be Fatal
Grocery stores have pulled spinach packaged in Newburgh, New York from shelves due to a major health risk. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning over fresh spinach that was processed in the Hudson Valley and distributed to stores in New York. The spinach could contain bacteria that may be fatal or cause miscarriages in pregnant women.
Boy, 8, stabbed to death by own brother who also knifed parents in July 4 bloodbath at home
Police were called to “an extremely small” unit inside 147-25 94th Ave. in Jamaica, Queens, New York just before 5:30 p.m following reports the mother of the family ran into the street screaming for help while covered in blood
Suspected drunk driver plows into Lower East Side park, killing 2 and injuring 7
Two people were killed, and seven others were injured after a suspected drunk driver plowed his vehicle into a park on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, pinning some of the victims, according to police.The crash happened just before 9 p.m. at 645 Water Street.Eyewitness News obtained exclusive surveillance video as the truck drives eastbound down Water Street at a high rate of speed.Officials say the truck sped through the intersection of Water Street and Cherry Street, slammed into a fence and then barreled through a crowd, including a family that was having a Fourth of July picnic at the...
Town, Police Sued for SUV vs. Cyclist Collision
A New Canaan man has sued the town in connection with a motor vehicle collision from two summers ago. According to a complaint filed May 23 in state Superior Court, plaintiff Steven Whitaker had been riding a bicycle on South Avenue at about 9 p.m. on June 27, 2022 (a Monday) when he was struck by a police vehicle exiting the department’s lot.
Take a look inside the Inwood apartments offering rents as low as $380
NEW YORK - A new apartment building above the renovated Inwood Library showcases the vision of the city's Housing Preservation and Development division, with rents as low as $380 and access to child care and training.Eliza Tower in Inwood offers "affordable luxury"Manhattan apartments often offer amenities at a hefty price, but not at Inwood's new Eliza Tower. HPD rezoned the property alongside the Inwood Library to build what Commissioner Adolfo Carrion calls "affordable luxury."At the Eliza, the most expensive three-bedroom is just $1,800 for families making 60% of the area median income. One-bedroom units go as low as $380 --...
Be prepared for thunderstorms and scattered showers in Northeast Pa. Thursday evening
A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 5:34 p.m. for thunderstorms and scattered showers until 7:45 p.m. for Northern Wayne and Southern Wayne as well as Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Lackawanna, Luzerne and Pike counties. "Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms will move through northeast PA...
114th annual Travis Fourth of July Parade welcomes hundreds: ‘Staten Island at its best’
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Hundreds of Staten Islanders lined the streets of Travis on Thursday to celebrate the 114th annual Fourth of July Parade. The parade, believed to be one of the oldest continuous Independence Day celebrations in the nation, started with a ceremony at Independence Park in Travis.
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