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2015 LONG ISLAND CITY NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

December 11, 2015 by editor Leave a Comment

A frozen East River was how we kicked off 2015 in LIC, only to end it with a balmy December finish. The unusual weather was a direct contrast to a fairly quiet, or at least well telegraphed, news year locally. Now I wish I could recap it all in a brilliantly quippy manner like the annual “Greetings, Friends!” poem in the New Yorker, and I really wish I could tell you that I won’t be able to do that because I don’t have the time to do so, but the reality is I just don’t have the skill set. So in more prosaic words, here are the highlights: [Read more…] about 2015 LONG ISLAND CITY NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

THE RIVERHEAD GENTLEMEN’S CLUB – THE LAST OF A DYING BREED

December 7, 2015 by editor 1 Comment

Either you were there, or you weren't — Either you were there, or you weren’t

Recently, I accompanied a group of intrepid explorers from Hunters Point on an expedition to the Riverhead Gentlemen’s Club. Though this segment of Vernon Boulevard is occasionally traversed in daylight hours, once the sun goes down it’s a no-mans land. With the Riverhead the sole establishment open for business, its neon temptations act like a beacon for sailors ((and journalists)), wary or not. Yet despite its proximity, few from the South have ever strayed into this barren wasteland …or at least none have admitted to it. With that as a background and a belly full of grog from a local watering hole, these men set off to see whether they would qualify as gentlemen in the 21st Century.

And what did they find? [Read more…] about THE RIVERHEAD GENTLEMEN’S CLUB – THE LAST OF A DYING BREED

JVB SPEAK(ER)S & MIGHT WE SEE TWO HIGH LINES IN LIC?

December 3, 2015 by editor Leave a Comment

Well we finally get some real local news late in the week. Best of all, I didn’t create it. Jimmy Van Bramer was interviewed in Crain’s on Tuesday and he revealed the following: [Read more…] about JVB SPEAK(ER)S & MIGHT WE SEE TWO HIGH LINES IN LIC?

THE LIC BIRTHDAY PARTY CIRCUIT

November 30, 2015 by editor Leave a Comment

Recently the mother of a two-year old wrote to ask me how she could get more involved in community affairs, especially vis-a-vis her child. Though I found it somewhat ironic that of all people she should be asking The Editor, I also let it go to my head. Therefore I have decided to offer new parents throughout LIC some unsolicited parenting advice ((Warning: the adjunct to its being unsolicited is that it’s also free)). Though it won’t in anyway advance your kid’s career prospects, it won’t hurt them, …I think, and it might be helpful to you. Today’s subject is [Read more…] about THE LIC BIRTHDAY PARTY CIRCUIT

THE CHANGING FACE OF WESTERN QUEENS

November 23, 2015 by editor 1 Comment

Well this is changing too, for the better

So where were we before we got so rudely interrupted? Oh yes, nowhere. The news situation in LIC remains static, which given current events and the adage “No news is good news,” is probably for the best.

Instead, this past week we were provided with a panoply of ‘news analysis’ that when all brought together, hones in on the changing nature of Western Queens. Oh, plus we get a naughty follow-up. Read for yourself.

//The top middle school in the city is right here in LIC – [Read more…] about THE CHANGING FACE OF WESTERN QUEENS