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Save Beth Israel coalition holds ‘victory march’ after recent wins
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | Chanting “Save Our Community Hospital!” activists with the Campaign to Save Beth Israel and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary braved...
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Police arrest suspect in brutal sucker-punch of young woman in Greenwich Village
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A 6th Precinct detective recently arrested a man accused of randomly punching a young woman in Greenwich Village — so hard...
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‘Blank ballot’ protest scores 15% in NYC in Dem presidential primary
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Showing the ongoing divide among Democrats over the Israel-Gaza conflict, 15 percent of the party's New York City voters submitted...
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Jose Pepe Flores, Loisaida raconteur and record collector, realizes his dream
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | For a number of years, Jose Pepe Flores, ethnomusicologist and record collector extraordinaire, dreamed about creating a Puerto Rican cultural center...
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Erik Bottcher unveils ‘fang-tastic’ rat-control plan
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | One of Erik Bottcher's top issues is sanitation, so perhaps it's not so surprising that he is proposing a groundbreaking...
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Posts tagged as “independent bookstores”

Rents now ‘silly low,’ says Greenwich Village bookstore owner homing in on new space

Jim Drougas outside his Carmine Street bookstore this past summer shortly before it closed. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Rents now ‘silly low,’ says Greenwich Village bookstore owner homing in on new space

December 18, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Jim Drougas is an atheist, but it sounds like he’s starting to believe in reincarnation — at least for his…

Shelf life: Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books back on Carmine Street as a summer pop-up

Natalia Ortiz and Esteban Ortiz, no relation, employees at Temperance Wine Bar, flank one of Jim Drougas's bookshelf units inside the bar's private tasting room. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Shelf life: Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books back on Carmine Street as a summer pop-up

July 13, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | In vino veritas is taking on a new meaning on Carmine Street — or at least in one bar, that is.…

Rev. Billy and Stop Shopping Choir sing Jim Drougas’s praises

Reverend Billy and his choir sainted bookstore owner Jim Drougas at a ceremony at the Earth Church. (Photo by Ben Togut)

Rev. Billy and Stop Shopping Choir sing Jim Drougas’s praises

June 16, 2022

BY BEN TOGUT | On Sunday, Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir gathered at the East Village’s Earth Church to saint beloved bookstore owner…

Mercer Street Books hanging on with crowdfunding help

Mercer Street Books recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Mercer Street Books hanging on with crowdfunding help

January 27, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | A Greenwich Village used-book store is getting by with a little help from its friends — at least for now.…