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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 “Strand Bookstore”

One day’s Greek odyssey: Stranded on the beach

The bench where it all began. (Photo by Alex Ebrahimi)

One day’s Greek odyssey: Stranded on the beach

November 20, 2023

BY ALEX EBRAHIMI | “I have scarcely exaggerated a detail of this curious and absurd adventure. It occurred almost exactly as I have stated it.”…

Capitol Police officer hurt on Jan. 6 teams with local author on ‘American Shield’

Capitol Police officer hurt on Jan. 6 teams with local author on ‘American Shield’

November 16, 2023

BY RUTH BONAPACE | “I work best with people who are my opposite,” said Susan Shapiro at her Greenwich Village apartment, introducing Aquilino Gonell, her…

An unforeseen new chapter for local bookstores

The Strand is closed, but other local bookstores are still doing business, including by delivery, shipping and pickup.

An unforeseen new chapter for local bookstores

March 18, 2020

Updated Wed., March 18, 3 p.m.: With a “shelter in place” order possibly coming soon, New Yorkers are going to need things to keep them…