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Once again The Editor will concede the space here to other LIC residents with happenings/ideas/news/reminiscences etc. First of all a happening you should know about: I wanted to make you aware of a Valentine's Pop Up Shop at the Irish Center next … [Continue reading] about VALENTINE’S POP-UP AND ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING SOLUTION
Ok readers, the big weekend is upon us, and there is also a lot of super LIC news. It starts with a great new addition coming to the neighborhood, and ends with a pig roast for the big game. In between there's more meat than filler, kinda … [Continue reading] about SUPER BOWL AND SUPER NEWS!
Like the commandos who killed Bin Laden, the closing of the Delta Force Army and Navy store on Vernon Boulevard was a completely covert operation. Always known as a forbidding kind of place, no one I know actually went in there on the rare occasions … [Continue reading] about ADIOS Y OLA
Condo prices are up 4% year over year on a per-square-foot basis, and rentals 2% according to a new local report by Modern Spaces. That's basically the same as the cost-of-living adjustment if beer prices are a legitimate indicator of that index. … [Continue reading] about HO-HUM: LIC HOUSING PRICES RISE MARGINALLY
“There will be enough spaces for the kids who will be in the zone” “We don’t expect to see a spike in kindergarten applicants for next year” Rebecca Rawlins - DOE Director of Portfolio Planning Well folks, it's game time. Applications for … [Continue reading] about ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, KINDERGARTEN!