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Ahh Thanksgiving 2020, Yeah In LIC

November 26, 2020 by editor 2 Comments

BLEAK winter is near, the public schools have shut down, and the pandemic is in an upswing – the latter of which is keeping many people from getting together with relatives. I’ve got my Swanson Turkey TV Dinner all ready to go. Will take it out of the freezer an hour before cooking to give it that real turkey taste. No friends this year, but still wearing my mask between sips. But I’m looking at the bright side and thankful that I have reliable Thanksgiving mainstays the Lions and Cowboys as accompaniment.

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Yes Virginia, Amazon HQ2 Is On Track

November 18, 2020 by editor 5 Comments

Greenpoint Brooklyn — newtown creek risin’

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds.

LOST in the hubbub of the election, it’s aftermath, and a raging pandemic, was the second anniversary of Amazon’s announcement of Long Island City as the co-winner for HQ2 on November 5. Were it to have been consummated the headquarters would probably have been in its early stages of development right now. While office workers would have been a few years out (ex those assigned to the Citi Building in Court Square), construction workers would have been plentiful, buttressing the lunch time and happy hour business along Vernon Boulevard. And the thought of what was to come in another year or two would have given LIC a light at the end of the tunnel. Now we have?

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Food, Food, Food & Covid In Long Island City

November 13, 2020 by editor 2 Comments

Former home of M. Wells Diner — dine(r) no more

WE just report the news here, we don’t create it. And sometimes we just riff on news that others initiated, and sometimes others do likewise on our scoops. Thus the reason for the somewhat incongruous headline above. Yet these days everything is intertwined with Covid to some degree.

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The New Normal In Long Island City

November 9, 2020 by editor 1 Comment

AS of 11am this past Saturday it’s official: we can get back to normal and obsess over mundane local issues like ‘Stop’ signs and Filipino Taco Stands.

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2020 Election Update

November 5, 2020 by editor Leave a Comment

THERE was a big election on Tuesday, everything went exactly according to plan and the polls and predictions were spot on. In fact, many would say it was over before it began. I’m referring to all the local Queens candidates, many of whom ran uncontested. Oh well, I guess we’ll have to wait until 2021 for some real nail-biting election excitement.

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