BY RANIA RICHARDSON | Small businesses are vital to the economy and a mark of healthy communities. Knowing that so many are struggling during this pandemic is disheartening, to say the least. Taking action by putting dollars back into the neighborhood is one way to lift spirits and contribute to the revitalization of the local […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | To open the newest location of the popular seafood franchise, Boilery Chelsea, on Ninth Avenue in Chelsea. Things got stalled a bit, and then came COVID-19. Lee was shut down before he could even open. Fast-forward eight months, and New York City is tentatively beginning to re-open restaurants for indoor dining […]
“Writing the Apocalypse” is a weekly series featuring the poems, essays, and recollections of Puma Perl, with subject matter influenced by her experiences as a NYC resident during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Writer: May His Memory Be Blessed | BY PUMA PERL Mr. Savage, you’re not dead yet? And leave my rent-controlled apartment? […]
“Writing the Apocalypse” is a weekly series featuring the poems, essays, and recollections of Puma Perl, with subject matter influenced by her experiences as a NYC resident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Every Walk in the Park | BY PUMA PERL A random week in May Took Diva to the park five times, to the vet […]
BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | Among the fringe benefits of being a journalist in New York City is the opportunity to attend industry conventions, with full access to things the general public doesn’t get to experience. My last con was February 2020’s Toy Fair, at the Javits Center. Most of the companies I spoke to said […]
BY DONATHAN SALKALN | For those celery stalk huggers who, for too long, have saved bagged food scraps in refrigerators: Rejoice! Let loose of your banana peels, release those freezer-burned cucumber skins, liberate your bags of coffee grinds and apple cores, and set free all those broken egg shells from your breakfast moments of bright […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | News about the neighborhood losing a longtime mom-and-pop shop is nothing new—and we’re as tired of writing those stories as you are of reading them. But in the absence of bold action at the city, state, and federal level, the combined burdens of COVID-19 are poised to shutter more small businesses […]
File This One Under “There’s Always Next Year” | For info on an event that has already aged out of our calendar cue, scroll down to the “tail” end of the page, and make plans to attend next year’s annual Blessing of the Animals, at St. Peter’s Chelsea. Tuesday, October 6, 5-7 pm: Night Out […]
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BY WINNIE McCROY | About 20 community members and almost an equal number of local law enforcement members gathered at Penn South on the early evening of September 30, for the 10th Precinct Community Council meeting—an opportunity for area residents and business owners to hear the latest crime statistics, interact with the NYPD, and voice […]