News across New York City
Long Island Press
Published 61 minutes agoWoman races time in bid to preserve historic Oyster Bay fishing boat
One of Long Island’s historic vessels is docked in a Maryland marina, and one woman has found herself leading the cause to return the Joseph B. Glancy dredge boat back to its original home. The 54-foot wooden oyster dredge is over 100 years old and spent decades working in the…
Long Island Press
Published 61 minutes agoSmashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan marking milestones on tour
If you get a chance to see Billy Corgan on his current tour with his new group The Machines of God, understand its part of his commemoration of a pair of recorded Smashing Pumpkins’ watershed moments—the 30th anniversary of 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and the…
Long Island Press
Published 63 minutes agoSecond annual LIMEHOF Music Documentary Film Festival ends on a high note with the screening of over 40 films, Q&A panels, and LIVE music performances
The second annual LIMEHOF Music Documentary Film Festival concluded on Sunday, Sept. 27th with an award ceremony that celebrated the scope and diversity of this year’s films. Filmmakers from across the US and other countries gathered at the Long Island Music and Entertainment…
Mid Hudson News
Published 5 hours agoVoices Through Brushstrokes at the Liberty Mall (VIDEO)
LIBERTY – All are welcome tonight at Liberty Mall for the unveiling of Voices Through Brushstrokes at 5 p.m., presented in partnership with Grese Productions, Casa Di Longobardi, and Hope’s Compass. The project features eight massive 8-by-3-foot paintings permanently installed in…
Mid Hudson News
Published 5 hours agoPutnam SPCA “Great Giveback” underway
PUTNAM COUNTY- The Putnam County SPCA’s Great Giveback begins today. SPCA Chief Ken Ross said the month-long collection drive will benefit the non-for-profit with donors dropping off cleaning supplies, office and operational items, gasoline gift cards, and monetary donations at…
New York Amsterdam News
Published 10 hours agoThe remix: Netflix’s ‘A Different World’
Debuting in 1987 as a Cosby Show spinoff for Lisa Bonet, A Different World brought Hillman College and iconic HBCU culture to primetime TV.
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published 15 hours agoBlue Door Art Center Honors Richard Nightingale and Golda Solomon at Greystone Court Fundraiser
Richard Nightingale, left, and Golda Solomon will be honored by Blue Door Art Center at its October 3 fundraiser at Greystone Court By Harry Smith Two distinguished Yonkers community figures will be honored this Saturday as Blue Door Art Center gathers supporters for an afternoon…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published 15 hours ago32BJ SEIU Strike Averted: The Building & Realty Institute Reach Tentative Agreement on New Four-Year Contract, Covering 500 Residential Buildings and 1,400 Residential Building Service Workers
New Agreement Addresses Economic Anxieties Shared by Residents and Building Workers Alike with Sustainable Wages, Preserved Employer-funded Healthcare and Pension Benefits After weeks of negotiations between The Building and Realty Institute (BRI) and 32BJ SEIU, the two parties…
City Limits
Published 15 hours agoCentro médico del Bronx, que albergó el ‘People’s Detox Center’ de los Young Lords, cobrará nueva vida como centro de arte y bienestar
En la década de 1970, el edificio de la calle East 140th Street albergaba un centro de rehabilitación fundado por activistas que reclamaban mejores servicios médicos para el barrio de Mott Haven. Ahora, una fundación comunitaria local se hará cargo del espacio. The post Centro…
Brooklyn Paper
Published 17 hours agoBaby boom: Reynoso renews $50K fund for community baby showers
Brooklyn nonprofits that help new and expecting parents can once again apply for funding to throw community baby showers, as Borough President Antonio Reynoso renews his Community Baby Shower Fund for a third year. The $50,000 fund will provide eligible Brooklyn nonprofits with…
Ghost
I used to feel just like a ghost, Haunting the halls, a speck on the wall.
Bronx Times
Published 18 hours agoCouncilmember Kevin Riley expands Bronx youth entrepreneurship program with trip to Invest Fest
A group of young people from the Northeast Bronx got a firsthand look at entrepreneurship, investing and college life this summer as Council Member Kevin Riley expanded a program aimed at introducing local youth to new opportunities. Riley’s third annual “Roads to Invest Fest:…