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For two weeks now, wheelchairs, strollers and pedestrians detoured into the street at 40 River Road.

It's Sunday, August 25th, 2019

It's Sunday, August 25th, 2019
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Opinion

For two weeks now, wheelchairs, strollers and pedestrians detoured into the street at 40 River Road.

RIOC Takes a Turn as Ado Annie

08/25/2019 - 10:05 Updated 8 hours ago

Is RIOC Ado Annie, the governmental version of Rogers and Hammerstein’s libidinous teenager? For 70 years, Annie’s the “girl who can’t say, ‘No,'” and when it comes to residential complex managers and contractors, RIOC can’t either.

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Island News

Visitor, Starbucks, Roosevelt Island

Starbucks Returning Guests

08/25/2019 - 09:57

On Friday, a local resident wrote, "Looks likes we have move ins" at Starbucks. Indeed, we do, and they've been here before. Let's hope they don't have many friends.

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Assorted Ideas

Gauguin’s Cat Whimsical Parody

Gauguin’s Cat is a whimsical parody of Paul Gauguin’s Still Life with Three Puppies. Deborah Julian‘s imagined cat insists on sharing the puppies’ cream. Gauguin…

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Is RIOC Ado Annie?

Is RIOC Ado Annie, the governmental version of Rogers and Hammerstein’s libidinous teenager? For 70 years, Annie’s the “girl who can’t say, ‘No,'” and when…

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CBN fights senior loneliness

CBN fights senior loneliness with a new grant. The grant helps the Carter Burden Network tackle major challenges of old age. The Roosevelt Island Disabled…

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ADA, go to hell! says Roosevelt Island

ADA, go to hell! Thats the message, loud and clear, from Roosevelt Island. Once the “City of Tomorrow,” it’s now the “Village of We Don’t…

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Trump’s a loon, Part 2

Trump’s a loon, Part 2, jiggled out easily from the shell of Greenland proves Trump’s a loon. The mass media did its part, treating the…

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Around New York City

CBN Executive Director Bill Dionne (R) with RISC director Lisa Fernandez (C) and RIDA leader Wendy Hersh, last year.

CBN & RIDA Tackle Elderly/Homebound Isolation

08/24/2019 - 13:04 Updated 1 day ago

CBN fights senior loneliness with a new grant. The grant helps the Carter Burden Network tackle major challenges of old age. The Roosevelt Island Disabled Association partners with them.

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