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Published 12 hours agoVeterans to benefit from 11 weeks of live music
POUGHKEEPSIE – Nearly a decade ago, now-retired Poughkeepsie High School Teacher David Laffin, an accomplished musician, began weekly music performances at the Shamrock Association social club to benefit veterans’ programming. The weekly shows went for 11 weeks between Labor Day…
Bronx Times
Published September 04Van Nest residents clash over a bill that would recognize Little Yemen as a cultural district
Members of the Van Nest community clashed with their local community board Thursday over its support for a bill that would designate a four-block area of the neighborhood as a Yemeni cultural district. Bronx Community Board 11, which represents Allerton, Indian Village, Morris…
City of New Rochelle News
Published September 04City of New Rochelle Partners with Volunteer New York! for 9/11 Service
Volunteer New York!, Iona University, Monroe University, and The City of New Rochelle will come together to transform remembrance into action through community-wide days of service.
Long Island Press
Published September 04MEET LONG ISLAND ELITE
Building relationships. Impacting communities. Developing Long Island’s next generation of leaders. Written by longtime member and resident LIE historian, Adam Schwam Long Island is built on relationships. It is built by people who open doors for one another, share ideas, create…
Long Island Press
Published September 04These pets are available for adoption during the holiday weekend
More weekend, more possibilities…and maybe more paws in your future. Take a little extra time this holiday weekend to meet the best furiend you’ve been dreaming of! Available for adoption at North Shore Animal League America Phoenix is a one-and-a-half-year-old Pitbull terrier…
Bronx Times
Published September 04Grammy-nominated Atlanta rapper Latto brings ‘Big Mama’ energy to Bronx classroom for ‘Celebrity Substitute’
With the help of one multi-platinum rapper, Bronx students overcame their anxieties, learned to freestyle and even starred in a music video filmed at their own school. Atlanta rapper Latto visited P.S. 369 Young Leaders Elementary school in Mott Haven to teach a class of…
Gothamist
Published September 04Kips Bay neighbors rally to save beloved movie theater from closure
AMC Kips Bay 15 in Manhattan may close by the end of the year. Community groups are pressing NYU Langone to preserve the theater and Fairway Market as a public meeting approaches. [ more › ]
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 04A National Virtual Forum on Clothing Insecurity Will be Held on September 15
National Clothing Insecurity Awareness Day The Event Will be Co-Hosted by Two Leading Nonprofit Clothing Banks – The Sharing Shelf and Note in the Pocket – and Will be Moderated by CNN’s Erica Hill Two leading nonprofit Clothing Banks serving youth and children will co-host a…
Rockland County Times
Published September 04The Morning Muster A Column For and By Veterans
Preserving the Legacy with Faces of Freedom For every service member, regardless of their branch or occupation, few moments carry as much weight as the day you complete your service and drive past the main gate for the last time into civilian life. However one of the most…
Gothamist
Published September 04Historically Black St. Stephen's Episcopal in Queens set to close nearly 125-year history
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church on 168th Street in Jamaica, Queens. The church’s transition is part of a broad wave of change sweeping the Jamaica neighborhood. [ more › ]
The Highlands Current
Published September 03Saving Garrison’s Landing
Open Space Institute begins resiliency planning
Queens Ledger
Published September 03Project Petals Grows Its Reach
By Jack Delaney | jdelaney@queensledger.com For years, commuters in the southeastern Queens neighborhood of Locust Manor were forced to walk through a wooded No Man’s Land called Railroad Park, which over time had become a dumping ground, on the way to their local train station.…