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Local resident, father, and hoops player Nathan Kamp, is in dialogue with the State Parks Department to bring a much needed upgrade to Hunters Point Park on 48th Avenue. His request list includes straightforward items such as resurfacing and … [Continue reading] about UPGRADE COMING TO HUNTERS POINT BASKETBALL COURTS
The weeks leading up to Memorial day are always agonizing for me, as I am forced to make a final decision as to which of two lanes I will be summering in: Gin or Further. In the never-ending tussle between old and new money, I perpetually seem to … [Continue reading] about GIN OR FURTHER?
Even I would be stretched to make up the big LIC news today. The headline says it all, and there's a whole lot more. Before we dive right into it, a few other interesting notes. Tonight is the public hearing on the proposed 5Pointz development, … [Continue reading] about CHARTER SCHOOL AND 50-STORY RESIDENTIAL TOWER COMING TO LIC? PLUS VAN BRAMER BUST!
OK readers, today we give you a guest commentary on a hot button topic here in LIC. I have added some of my own thoughts at the bottom: I love living in Long Island City. As a mother of two small children, it is a perfect spot for our family, and … [Continue reading] about GANTRY PARK GOING TO THE DOGS
They're piling in the back seat They're generating steam heat Pulsating to the back beat The Blitzkrieg Bop. This Sunday would have been Joey Ramone's 62nd birthday. Born Jeffry Hyman and raised in Forest Hills, the name Ramone stems from a … [Continue reading] about HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEY RAMONE