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Big Race Coming To Long Island City, Stay Tuned…

March 24, 2022 by editor 3 Comments

We don’t like to discuss politics too much here at LICtalk, and yet we do. By ‘do’ I mean we both talk politics, and occasionally even enjoy it. Capisce?

Anyway, a local race here in Long Island City could shape up to be an interesting battle. And I’m not talking about some trivial elected official like the Dutch Kills Dog-Catcher or the City Assemblyman representing the Eastern District of Court Square. Nope, it’s actually the Democratic Primary for our local U.S. Congressman, a race which we happen to share with a large swath of Manhattan. Actually I should have said Congresswoman as the seat is currently held by Carolyn Maloney.

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Great News Comes In 3’s Long Island City

March 17, 2022 by editor Leave a Comment

TODAY is St. Patty’s Day, Purim, and the opening day of March Madness. Like Brigadoon this happens only once every hundred years, and since the NCAA Tournament has been in existence for less than a century this is the inaugural one. You were there!

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LICtalk Is Ten Years Old Today

March 9, 2022 by editor 5 Comments

“The people here are a little more relaxed than Manhattan or Brooklyn. They don’t get into fights in lines. Maybe it’s because they can see the sky.”
Jason Sheftell in April 2013

TEN years ago this publication pushed through the birth canal, shot to the stars and made a simple declaration. Life has never been the same for all those living in Long Island City.

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Has Bella Via In LIC Closed For Good?

March 2, 2022 by editor 13 Comments

‘OH my, is it Ash Wednesday already?’ I thought upon seeing the black smudge on the forehead of a woman in the subway car after quickly swiveling my neck to avert my eyes from the homeless man with a pint of something clear in one hand and an unlit cigar in the other yet still enshrouded in a mystery miasma.

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Luminescence Market & Deli Coming To Hunters Point

February 25, 2022 by editor 1 Comment

Luminescence Gourmet Market & Deli Long Island City

WITH all that is going on in the world today we bring you the headline that a new gourmet market and deli called Luminescence will be opening up on 2nd St. just south of Borden Avenue in a new mega-tower along the waterfront. With a name like that I’d be hesitant to refer to it as a bodega, though these days they both probably sell more units of high alcohol beer in larger container sizes than the 12oz cans I used to swill back in the 20th Century.

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