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TRANSIT: F Trains , Tram, NYC Ferry and Q102 running as scheduled for Roosevelt Island.

PARTIAL TRAM SHUTDOWN: Single cabin service until May.

TRAM SHUTDOWN ALERT: RIOC SAYS THE TRAM WILL BE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH, ON A SINGLE DAY'S NOTICE.

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Island News

Common Council President Lynne Shinozaki with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and MC Jim Luce in 2018.

RIRA Bungling, Blow Up Imperil 2019 Cherry Blossom Festival

02/21/2019 - 18:35 Updated 1 day ago

Anger, frustration, confusion and dismay blew up this week over, of all things, plans for 2019's Cherry Blossom Festival, leading to multiple resignations from the Common Council, already unable to seat a quorum for its last meeting, and threatening to bring the group to what some believe is a too long delayed crash landing.

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Opinion

Briana Warsing (L) with Managing Editor Kelly Turner at Main Street WIRE table, Roosevelt Island Day 2017.

Update: Briana Warsing Lawsuit Against the Roosevelt Island Daily

02/21/2019 - 22:40 Updated 16 hours ago

2019 started badly when I received a notice that Briana Warsing moved in State Supreme Court to collect on a default judgment against this writer and this newspaper for $300,000, claiming we did not respond to a Summons and Complaint served ten months earlier, on March 5th, 2018. We fought back.

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Features

New artworks filled the walls at the Senior Center.

Senior Center Art Salon, Loving Creativity

02/14/2019 - 20:15 Updated 1 week ago

From the time the Carter Burden Network arrived on Roosevelt Island, they've brought a string of uplifting programs to the Senior Center. Few have been as popular or uplifting as twice a week art classes with Michael Mendelsohn. A salon opening yesterday with art by local seniors shows why.

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Around New York City

Common Council President Lynne Shinozaki with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and MC Jim Luce in 2018.

RIRA Bungling, Blow Up Imperil 2019 Cherry Blossom Festival

02/21/2019 - 18:35 Updated 1 day ago

Anger, frustration, confusion and dismay blew up this week over, of all things, plans for 2019's Cherry Blossom Festival, leading to multiple resignations from the Common Council, already unable to seat a quorum for its last meeting, and threatening to bring the group to what some believe is a too long delayed crash landing.

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