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MORE BABIES KEEP COMING TO LIC
UPON returning from summering in Marthucket, I noticed a heretofore very pregnant woman in my building pushing around a baby carriage. ‘Oh, yet another one joins the ranks’ I thought to myself at this inane observation. Yes, more babies keep coming to LIC (what does that even mean?), and on a per-capita basis it probably skews a little higher than citywide and nationwide, but it’s certainly not newsworthy. Nevertheless, like my fellow journalists in the local news trenches, occasionally I’m forced to conjure something out of nothing to go to print. Kinda like writing about a survey that finds people in LIC want more restaurants – D’uhh! Of course they do, but if asked whether [Read more…] about MORE BABIES KEEP COMING TO LIC
MASSIVE DRUG RAID ON CENTER BLVD IN LONG ISLAND CITY -UPDATE
Various news outlets are reporting that there is a massive drug raid going on this morning at a tower on Center Boulevard. Federal agents, some wearing hazmat suits, [Read more…] about MASSIVE DRUG RAID ON CENTER BLVD IN LONG ISLAND CITY -UPDATE
MASSIVE SEA TURTLE AND NEW FERRIES IN THE EAST RIVER
IN what has to be the best story of the slow summer, a man fishing from the shore of the East River right near Costco on Vernon Boulevard hooked a giant sea turtle. I mean really big! Then, following a volley of incredulous f-bombs, he and [Read more…] about MASSIVE SEA TURTLE AND NEW FERRIES IN THE EAST RIVER
APOCECLIPSE NOW
I feel bad for millennials, unlike Gen X’ers they never got to experience multiple viewings of the classic movie Apocalypse Now during their formative years. On the other hand, most of them probably still have the good fortune to be able to experience it for the very first time and be awed by it.
What does this have to do with LIC? Well [Read more…] about APOCECLIPSE NOW