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Today's Fresh Blogs...| They Didn't Have Google Maps During the Last Tornado |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 4:00 pm |
| Tags: Neighborhood Watch, Bay Ridge, Coney Island, East Village, Forest Hills, Gowanus, Riverdale, South Slope |
| go your way. [Brownstoner] Riverdale: Will a Starbucks open here, too? [HuntGrunt] South Slope: The shoddy building at 18-20 Jackson Place finally collapsed! [Gowanus Lounge] |
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| VA Doubles Disability Aid for Iraq War Veteran |
| Published: October 20, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Doubles, Disability, Aid, For, Iraq, War, Veteran, Michelle Turner, West Virginia, Antonette Zeiss, George W Bush, Martinsburg, The Washington Post Company, Afghanistan, Baghdad, Evelyn Mitchell, Hardy County, James J Mitchell, Lisette M Mondello, Riverdale, The Army Nati |
| The Department of Veterans Affairs this week doubled the disability benefits of a West Virginia soldier who has been fighting for more compensation since he returned from Iraq, and assured him that he will receive immediate access to more mental health services to treat his post-traumatic stress... |
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| Riverdale's Hype |
| Published: November 12, 2007, 12:51 pm |
| Tags: Real Estate, Riverdale |
| and sprawling parks of Riverdale. But what would bargain hunters actually be getting when they make the trek out to Riverdale? Isolated from all subway lines but the 1, the quick metro swipe to midtown may actually take longer than Halstead's description. And the natural beauty and close-knit community of Riverdale also goes |
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| Beware of British Men Bearing 'Staches |
| Published: November 27, 2007, 3:00 pm |
| Tags: Neighborhood Watch, Ditmas Park, Dumbo, East Village, Noho, Ridgewood, Riverdale, Soho |
| mob family. Oops. [NYDN] Riverdale: In this tony Bronx enclave, traffic in front of one school is so bad that dads have taken the law into their own (upraised) hands. Go, dads! [Riverdale Press] Soho: What little American Apparel can't show in photo ads (e.g. full boobs and clitoral masturbation) it will show in illustrated ones. Or is this |
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| A Cappella, Applebee's Change the Face of Astoria |
| Published: January 7, 2008, 5:30 pm |
| Tags: Neighborhood Watch, Astoria, Bay Ridge, Cobble Hill, Meatpacking District, Park Slope, Pelham Parkway, Riverdale |
| [Lost City via Curbed] Riverdale: It would probably be more expensive than the train and chilly in winter, but some commuters in this posh enclave want ferry service to midtown. [TalkBronx] |
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| The Siren Call of the River to a Commuter on the Shore |
| Published: January 8, 2008, 10:22 pm |
| Tags: Get Wet, Region, Ferry, Hudson River, Riverdale, Water Taxi |
| ARI HOFFNUNG, a rosy-cheeked 34-year-old bundled in a dark overcoat over his business suit, boarded the 7:50 a.m. ferry from Yonkers as a rising sun bathed the Palisades in golden light. Seagulls squawked overhead, and whitecaps licked the edge of the yellow, high-speed catamaran as it glided smoothly down the Hudson River. [...] |
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| New leader hopes to build on Wave Hill’s success |
| Published: February 8, 2008, 9:28 pm |
| Tags: Bronx, Go Coastal, Hudson River, Riverdale, Waterfront, Wave Hill |
| Wave Hill has made no plans to use its planting beds to grow popcorn, even though the the public garden and cultural center has selected Claudia Bonn, executive director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, to succeed its own longtime executive director Kate French starting in April. Ms. Bonn, 55, said she had been perfectly [...] |
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| STAT OF THE DAY: Riverdale, The Bronx's Manhattan |
| Published: March 3, 2008, 12:28 pm |
| Tags: Real Estate, Riverdale |
| The average price of a home in Central Riverdale increased over 15.2 percent to $425,495 from 2000 through 2007, according to an analysis by the Riverdale Press. The average price in the tony Fieldston section of Riverdale increased 17.4 percent during the same time period to $1.7 million. |
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| River of Migrants through Riverdale Park |
| Published: May 4, 2008, 8:41 am |
| Tags: I And The Bird, Trips, Bronx, Migration, Riverdale Park |
| stretch of decent habitat. Riverdale Park is a thin ribbon of greenspace along the steep northwestern border of New York City. I’ve never found this park to host a truly impressive array of birds; the sightlines are poor and no matter what time of day I visit, the canopy seems backlit. But during this gray weekend, the tiny silhouettes of |
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| Coney Island High Jinks: This Summer, Adorably Tame! |
| Published: June 10, 2008, 4:35 pm |
| Tags: Neighborhood Watch, Chelsea, Coney Island, East Village, Murray Hill, Real Estate, Ridgewood, Riverdale, Roosevelt Island |
| a terrace. [Queens Crap] Riverdale: The Riverdale Press, the longtime independent, local weekly that won a Pulitzer for editorials in 1998, has been sold to a chain, but the entire staff is expected to remain on board. [Media Buyer Planner via Talk Bronx] Roosevelt Island: The isle's first day without the tram, relying solely on the subway, |
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| Queens: Hollywood East? |
| Published: June 12, 2008, 3:30 pm |
| Tags: Neighborhood Watch, Astoria, Clinton Hill, Real Estate, Riverdale, Upper West Side, Williamsburg |
| come. [NYT via Brownstoner]Riverdale: What was once the largest pool hall in the U.S., forced to shutter last year because of the smoking ban, will now be the new home of the booming World of Life Church. [NYS] Upper West Side: It looks like that blogger who surreptitiously snaps shots of hot shirtless guys all summer is back in action, |
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| Bronx Acclaim: Sexy? Sure. But Deserving? |
| Published: June 20, 2008, 2:54 pm |
| Tags: Top Story, People Neighborhoods, Offbeat, The Bronx, Pop Culture, Adolfo Carri N Jr, High Bridge, Riverdale, Ruth K Westheimer, Sex, Washington Heights |
| A decision to honor the sex therapist, Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, on the Bronx Walk of Fame -- even though she has never lived in the Bronx -- has drawn skepticism. |
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| The Case of the Cooked (School) Books |
| Published: July 2, 2008, 2:36 pm |
| Tags: Featured Box, Crime Public Safety, Schools, Courts And Law, Jails And Prisons, The Bronx, Fraud, Riverdale |
| Riverdale Country School has won a $930,000 civil judgment against its former bookkeeper, Eileen Koranteng, who is serving a three- to six-year prison sentence for grand larceny. |
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| ‘I Want Your Sweet Body Against My Skin!’ |
| Published: July 10, 2008, 10:20 am |
| Tags: In Other News, Librarians, Riverdale, William Hallowell |
| he e-mailed his boss at the Riverdale Country School library and said he couldn't continue working as an assistant. She seemed perfectly understanding. Which is why he didn't understand when, soon after, the police appeared at his door saying she'd claimed he had harassed her: The librarian said she had sent William an e-mail and received a very |
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