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A Park Avenue battle (New York Post)
A hedge-fund millionaire is fighting to keep the greatest deal in New York real estate since Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island -- a $380-a-month Park Avenue duplex. Ross Haberman has a conniption in a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit over a vote by the building's board -- which is made...Boise Basques In New York (Boise Weekly) In celebration of the Boise Basque Museum’s exhibition “Hidden in Plain Sight: The Basques,” a group of more than a hundred Boiseans, including yours truly, packed our suitcases and headed to New York for the weekend. Tomorrow morning, bright and early, we’ll all board a bus from the (super swank) Westin Hotel in Times Square and make our way to Battery Park where we’ll hop on a ferry for Ellis ...
Boise Basques in New York, A Few Photos (Boise Weekly) This past weekend, I took a trip to New York —along with 140 other Boiseans including mayor Dave Bieter—for the opening of the Boise Basque Museum's exhibit “Hidden in Plain Sight: The Basques" at Ellis Island. Here's a little recap of what went down on Saturday, Feb. 6, the official unveiling of the exhibit. Bleary-eyed, we boarded the bus at 7:45 a.m. on Saturday morning and wound our way out ...
Westwood Marine laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery (The Record and Herald News) Family, friends, Marines and a host of first responders from North Jersey, New York and the Washington, D.C., region honored the former Westwood volunteer firefighter killed Jan. 14 by an explosive device in Afghanistan.
Cyclones' Keyspan Park renamed MCU Park (Asbury Park Press) NEW YORK — The New York Mets' Brooklyn farm team is getting some extra credit.
Coney Island ballpark gets a new sponsor (Crain's New York Business) Daniel Massey - Keyspan Park, the home of the Brooklyn Cyclones, was renamed MCU Park Thursday as part of an 11-year deal between the ballclub and the Municipal Credit Union. In addition to naming rights for the 7,500-seat Coney Island home to a Mets minor league team, MCU and the Cyclones entered into a marketing partnership that includes extensive signage, promotional nights with branded ...
No Reservations’ needed at the Quaker Creek Store in Pine Island (The Warwick Advertiser) Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain noshes on Bobby Matuszewski’s pierogies and Kielbasa
Kids lose as NYC kills scouting (New York Post) Today is the 100th birthday of the Boy Scouts of America. But the cen tennial will likely pass with little fan fare in New York City, where of one of America's largest youth organizations has become practically invisible -- a loss, especially, to the city's most needy youth...
Desperate Measures for Brooklyn Bridge Park (Gothamist) Photo by Jake Dobkin/Gothamist Still $125 million short of completion, Brooklyn Bridge Park’s developers are considering unusual self-financing options to finish the 20-year-old project (Gothamist got a tour, see pictures here ). Over the years it’s appeared in bits and pieces : there are benches and tree-lined paths on Pier 1 by Old Fulton Street, and a big playground on Pier 6 near Atlantic ...
CHINCOTEAGUE: Oysters and area featured in Daily News of New York (Eastern Shore News) CHINCOTEAGUE — The Daily News of New York baited readers to visit the Eastern Shore by touting Chincoteague Island’s succulent oysters in a Jan. 21 article.