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"Can we all get along?"Back in May, I published an editorial from a local mom which called for enforcing the ban on dogs in Gantry Park. In hearing her reasons and then reviewing her letter, I thought she made a pretty rational case for the ban. At … [Continue reading] about DOGS VS. KIDS
One of the greatest movies ever, The Wicker Man, takes place on a remote Scottish Isle filled with colorful people and farms. The only things the locale has in common with LIC, are that it's on the water and cloistered. Otherwise, to the best of my … [Continue reading] about THE WICKER MAN OF LONG ISLAND CITY
There are a lot of storefronts in Long Island City that, from an economic perspective, make no sense in the 21st century. Possibly the most perplexing, economically and in a number of other aspects, is the one with a bright red and white sign, in a … [Continue reading] about SOCIETA SANT’ AMATO DI NUSCO
Yesterday I was stopped by Erdem, the fruit and vegetable peddler on 49th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard. He was scared and wanted me to write a story about his situation. As many of you know, one morning last week he was arrested, hauled off to jail, … [Continue reading] about THE FRUIT MAN SPEAKETH
Well I never kept a dollar past sunset, It always burned a hole in my pants. Never made a school mama happy, Never blew a second chance, oh no Between the oppressive heat, the inability to escape it anywhere in LIC via shade cover, the lack of … [Continue reading] about LIC = HAPPINESS