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Alternative justice basketball program returns to Queens prison
For the second year in a row, a unique initiative that looks to steer teens away from the criminal justice system and help rehabilitate those already in it took a trip to Queensboro Correctional Facility in Long Island City. Flames, a pro bono program that operates in New York State...
Officers honored with life saving awards for rescuing residents from burning home Aug. 5
Four Riverhead Police officers who rescued the occupants of a burning home on Aug. 5 were honored with life saving awards by Riverhead Town Supervisor Tim Hubbard and the Town Board at the board’s Aug. 20 meeting. Sgt. Giuseppe Rosini, Police Officer John Dahlem, Police Officer William Leonardi and...
Ravaged by rats: These Staten Island neighborhoods have reported the most rodents
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Despite new sanitation rules implemented as part of Mayor Eric Adams’ ongoing “War on Rats,” thousands of New Yorkers, and hundreds of Staten Islanders, have reported rodent infestations in 2024. Across the five boroughs, residents have filed more than 25,000 rodent complaints to...
NBC’s Today Show Features Town of Islip Shellfish Cultivation Facility
NBC’s Today Show recently featured the Town of Islip Shellfish Cultivation Facility and its vigorous oyster farming program during a segment that aired Thursday morning on August 31st, 2023. The Today Show crew and host Harry Smith toured the Cultivation Facility in East Islip back in July. The segment...
German supermarket powerhouse Lidl is opening an outpost on the Lower East Side
Lidl, the German supermarket chain with 12,000 stores worldwide, is opening a branch on Grand and Clinton on the Lower East Side. On Thursday, Lidl US officially announced that it had agreed on lease terms with affordable housing nonprofit Grand Street Guild for the 23,000-square-foot space at 408 Grand St. that previously housed a Rite Aid. (There were rumors of this pending arrival earlier last week, per the East of the Bowery Instagram account.)
Madison Hoop Dreams School of Basketball
This fall, Madison Hoop Dreams (MHD) will offer its School of Basketball program at Polson Middle School (302 Green Hill Road, Madison). MHD will have two sessions each night. The first session, from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., will be for players in grades three to eight. It is an opportunity for players to develop their ball handling skills and work on pure shooting form. With three nights each week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during September and October), players become more confident in their skills and more dedicated to working on getting better. Mondays will be run by New Haven basketball legend Bobby Moore, Wednesdays will be run by Coach Brett Zanardi, and Fridays will feature Coach Rich Pagliuca. Players can attend as their schedule allows, but the more often they attend, the better the results.
Community blood drive heads to Smithtown
St. Catherine of Siena Hospital, 50 Route 25A, Smithtown hosts a New York Blood Center community blood drive in its Medical Office Building, Lower Level, on Thursday, Aug. 29 from 7 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. and on Friday, Aug. 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please remember to eat, drink and bring your ID with your name and photo. Appointments preferred by calling 1-800-933-2566, however walk-ins will be welcomed if space permits.
Theresa Chambers, Veteran Talent Booker for Mercury Lounge, Bowery Ballroom and Others, Dies at 64
Theresa Chambers — a talent booker at the Mercury Lounge, Bowery Ballroom and other venues whose career reached back to Studio 54 days — died on Aug. 11, a representative for her family confirms to Variety. No cause of death was announced; she was 64. “Theresa was one of a kind,” said Steve Ferguson, an agent at Paladin Artists, “always fighting for her beliefs and her acts. And that infectious laugh! I will truly miss her.” A New York City native, Chambers’ career reaches back to the early ‘80s when she was Steve Rubell’s assistant at Manhattan’s legendary Studio 54. Over the years...
A hidden gem: The Three Village Tennis Club
The action was in full steam at the Three Village Tennis Club Saturday morning, Aug. 17, with both singles and mixed doubles play. The club is nestled behind The Setauket Neighborhood House on Main Street, in East Setauket. Mostly hidden from view lies seven clay courts, that members can use...
Historic East Harlem Church Faces Uncertain Future: Holy Rosary’s $5 Million Sale
In a move that’s stirring emotions and raising questions about the preservation of Harlem’s architectural heritage. The Archdiocese of New York is in the final stages of selling the historic Holy Rosary Church to a property developer. This sale marks a significant shift in the landscape of East...
Juan Soto Sends 9-Word Message to Yankees Front Office With Free Agency Looming
The New York Yankees entered last winter fresh off a disappointing 82-80 season. To try and rebound in 2024, they paid a steep price to acquire outfielder Juan Soto from the San Diego Padres in December. That plan is working so far. After a win over the Colorado Rockies on...
Review: BYE BYE BIRDIE at The Argyle Theatre will have you 'put on a happy face,'
Babylon’s The Argyle Theatre closes out its wonderful fifth season with another smash hit, 1961’s Tony Award winning Bye Bye Birdie. Parodying the mania that ensued when Elvis Presley was drafted into the army, Bye Bye Birdie tells the story of recently drafted rock icon Conrad Birdie who travels to a small Ohio town to provide "one last kiss" to his biggest fan, Kim McAfee, before going off to war. Along for the ride are Conrad's manager/songwriter Albert Peterson, Albert's secretary and girlfriend Rose Alvarez and Albert's meddling mother Mae Peterson.
Iona WSOC Falls to UMBC at Home, 1-0
NEW ROCHELLE, NY— The Iona University women's soccer team fell to UMBC, 1-0, in a non-conference contest at Mazzella Field on Sunday. The Gaels and Retrievers were scoreless in a defensive battle for the first half, the sole goal of the contest came in the 50th minute by the visitors.
SRO CROWD WITNESS JEREMY MCDERMOTT SCORE LATE MODEL VICTORY AT RIVERHEAD RACEWAY SATURDAY
On a picture-perfect evening, a standing room only crowd packed Riverhead Raceway for the final School Bus Demolition Derby of 2024. Prior to the mayhem, the Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series was in action with Jeremy McDermott of Riverhead capturing the headline 40-lap Late Model feature event for his third win of the season.
Aaron Judge hits 2 more homers as Yankees beat Rockies
NEW YORK — Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the first inning to become the fifth player with three 50-homer seasons and went deep again in the seventh as the New York Yankees routed the Colorado Rockies 10-3 on Sunday.Judge reached 50 in New York's 131st game. Two years ago when he hit 62 to break Roger Maris' single-season AL mark, Judge reached 50 in the Yankees' 129th contest.After not homering for a fifth straight game Saturday, Judge reached the milestone when he hit an 0-2 changeup from Austin Gomber (4-9) and lifted it into the Colorado bullpen beyond...
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