As we’ve turned the page and begin the months-long adjustment to writing 20223, what’s new in the neighborhood?
What’s New In 2023 For Long Island City?
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Marathon Sunday Coming Up & Julie Powell In Memoriam
Catlong lies back bent on a trash can
Flashing lights cut the night, dude in white says he’s the man
Well, you better learn to move fast
When you’re young or you’re not long around
Cat somehow lost his kitty down in the city pound
So get right, get tight, get down
Well, who’s that down at the end of the alley?
She’s been gone so long
Yeah, like that, yeah
Kitty’s back in town (here she comes, now)
THE Marathon’s back in town, oh, oh, all right! A front row seat to catch the Knicks play Sacramento in one of 82 regular-season meaningless games will set you back $3,000 a piece. A front row seat to catch the NYC Marathon is free, and unlike the Knicks the hometown team is a winner. So gather together your typical LIC family of 3.5 and get down to Vernon Boulevard. If you want to catch the professional runners be there by 9:45am, otherwise the waves start coming through around 11am and continue until ~2pm.
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WE have perfect late October weather lined up for the LIC Halloween festivities this weekend. Cool enough to wear a heavy costume, but far from freezing in case your ghoul-wear tends toward skimpy. Why should I spoil the vibe then with my blabbering? Oh wait, here’s a scary story for the residents of LIC…
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METS boo, Jets and Giants woo-hoo. The ebbs keep ebbing and the flows keep flowing in sports and on Vernon Boulevard.
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THE Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens (VBGCQ) revealed the details and blueprints of their new clubhouse and the adjoining residential tower that will pay for all that newness. The local news headlines took the bait of the Variety press release and focused on the project’s environmentally friendly attributes by regurgitating terms such as: carbon-neutral, solar photovoltaic system, LEED rating, and bioretention planter boxes.
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