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Pot dispensary to open on Bleecker St., maybe in Meatpacking, too
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Jan. 12, 12:30 p.m.: The "flowers" are starting to bloom all over. Several more legal cannabis dispensaries are slated to...
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Opinion: Listeners demand return of Paul DeRienzo’s ‘Evening News’ program to WBAI
BY MARNI HALASA | I have been a devoted listener of WBAI for decades. Whether I am listening to Michael G. Haskins explain how land-use...
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Cornelia appropriation? The curious case of ‘Cornelia Street’ and the cafe
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The term “cultural appropriation” is thrown around a fair bit these days. In fact, a new occasion to declare it —...
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Comings & Goings
BY CAROLINE BENVENISTE | A new newspaper, a new column. Like we did before, we’ll try to report on all the retail and restaurant activity...
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Opinion: There is no false choice — Haven Green needs to be built
BY AUSTIN CELESTIN | There are three constants in life: death, taxes and affordable housing projects mired in controversy. Haven Green is no exception. Meant...
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Posts tagged as “Greenwich House”

In first exhibit since COVID crisis, an explosion of art at Center on Square

A collage at Expo 2022. (Photo by Sharon Woolums)

In first exhibit since COVID crisis, an explosion of art at Center on Square

January 6, 2023

BY SHARON WOOLUMS | The long-awaited Expo 2022, a showcase of the brilliant talents at Greenwich House’s older adult centers, was put together by volunteers…

Gotta dance! Greenwich House cuts a rug at Pompeii anniversary party

Older adults got down to the sounds of different eras at the Our Lady of Pompeii shindig. (Greenwich House)

Gotta dance! Greenwich House cuts a rug at Pompeii anniversary party

October 24, 2022

As part of Greenwich House’s 120th anniversary celebrations, the settlement house hosted a dance event for older adults at its Our Lady of Pompeii Senior…

Village Independent Democrats honor abortion-access group, Black Gotham Experience, among others at annual gala

V.I.D. co-president Mar Fitzgerald, right, with Tevin Williams, who was the political director for Dan Goldman's winning congressional campaign in the August Democratic primary election. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Village Independent Democrats honor abortion-access group, Black Gotham Experience, among others at annual gala

October 23, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Progressive politics, community activism and social justice mingled as The Village Independent Democrats celebrated their annual gala at Ristorante Rafele on…

Tom Connor, senior activist, C.B. 2 and V.I.D. member, dies at 88

Tom Connor on Washington Square North. (Courtesy Greenwich House, Center on the Square)

Tom Connor, senior activist, C.B. 2 and V.I.D. member, dies at 88

August 10, 2020

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Aug. 11, 12:45 a.m.: Tom Connor, a Village senior advocate and Community Board 2 member who was active in two…