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Lunch Trays Got Too Lean in City’s Fight Against Fat
Worried that children were losing the war on obesity, New York City began to slim down its school lunch offerings several years ago, replacing fries with baked potato strips and introducing nonfat chocolate milk, whole grain pasta and salad bars, among other tweaks. In the process, the city also cut calories. So much so, city […]
NYC Cab Riders Upset Over 17 Percent Fare Hike, But Are They Justified?
A taxi cab SUV (credit: Philip J. Victor, CBSNewYork.com) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Commuters are saying, “hail no!” to a fare increase for New York City’s yellow cabs that went up 17 percent at noon Tuesday. CBS 2’s Don Dahler found out more on where the money is going, and why. WCBS 880′s Mike Xirinachs reports […]
In City Fight Against Fat, Lunch Trays Got Too Lean
Worried that children were losing the war on obesity, New York City began to slim down its school lunch offerings several years ago, replacing fries with baked potato strips and introducing nonfat chocolate milk, whole grain pasta and salad bars, among other tweaks. In the process, the city also cut calories. So much so, city […]
Spend This Saturday at SculptureCenter’s LIC Block Party!
Yes, Labor Day has come and gone, but there are still about three more weeks until summer is officially over. So, dear readers, it would be wise to make the next few weekends count. Why not start with this Saturday, September 8 for Long Island City’s first-ever, all-ages, totally free Block Party? Meet us […]
In Taking Fat Out of School Lunches, City Left Students Too Few Calories
Worried that children were losing the war on obesity, New York City began to slim down its school lunch offerings several years ago, replacing fries with baked potato strips and introducing nonfat chocolate milk, whole grain pasta and salad bars, among other tweaks. In the process, the city also cut calories. So much so, city […]
Tuesday, September 4: Filming Locations in Toronto, Wilmington, New York …
Here’s a look at what’s filming on location Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012: If you have any scoop about where a movie or TV show is filming, let us know about it at [email protected] or at Twitter.com/olv! We depend on your tips to keep the site going, all of our info comes from our amazing readers! […]
More Hotel Beds Than Ever, and They’re Usually Filled
The law of supply and demand states that as a sought-after good becomes more available, its price will eventually decline. Hotel beds seem to be bucking this law. This summer, more people paid more money to overnight in the city, even as hotels has added thousands of new hotel beds. “Some developers have joked to […]
Garden City Middle School: sports questions answered
Starting this fall, the Garden City Middle School will be using the Athletic Webpage (middleschool.gardencity.k12.ny.us/) and extension 478-3072 to inform parents about cancellations that may arise due to weather, early dismissals, conflicts, etc. We invite all parents to please feel free to either check the webpage or listen to the recording after 3:00 p.m. on […]
Hillary Robbie, Maximillian Cavaleri
Hillary Kay Robbie and Maximillian Camillo Cavaleri are to be married Sunday evening at the Foundry, an event space in Long Island City, Queens. Cantor Edward Robin is to officiate. Ms. Robbie, 26, is keeping her name. She is a production coordinator in Manhattan for the home entertainment and records divisions of Comedy Central. She […]
Amy’s Bread To Bake In Long Island City
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Three Big Apple boroughs among the 10 most expensive places to live in …
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Weekend Fare
With Labor Day comes a host of parties and restaurant promotions throughout the city. Here are some deals offered on Monday only, unless otherwise noted: An unlimited booze brunch is offered at MexiBBQ, 37-11 30th Avenue (between 37th and 38th Streets), in Astoria, Queens, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the cost of one […]
Almost Every Jonah Lehrer Piece I Examined Showed Journalistic Misdeeds
Science writer and contributor to Radio Lab, Jonah Lehrer attends the ‘You and Your Irrational Brain’ panel discussion at Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City in conjunction with the World Science Festival on May 29, 2008 in New York City. Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for World Science Festival. For the past three months, […]
Mayor Bloomberg Drops in on Hot Long Island City Restaurant
LONG ISLAND CITY — The Hunters Point culinary scene keeps growing and this week Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided to check what the buzz is all about. On Wednesday evening — the same night he helped light the giant JetBlue sign atop the airline’s new headquarters — he dined with his girlfriend Diana Taylor at Alobar, […]
Queensbridge Residents Welcome Fresh Produce Program
LONG ISLAND CITY — Fresh fruit and veggies have been scarce around the Queensbridge Houses. But now, thanks to a new initiative, which officially kicked off in Long Island City Wednesday, residents of the housing development will be able to buy a bag full of fresh produce from local farms once-a-week. The bag will cost […]
Man Leaps to Death From 40th Sreet Train Station After Killing Wife Updated 3 …
August 30, 2012 11:29am | By DNAinfo Staff SUNNYSIDE — A Sunnyside man fatally stabbed his wife in their home Thursday and then leaped to his death from an elevated train platform nearby during rush hour, the NYPD said. The murder-suicide started in a third-floor apartment at 45-21 39th Pl., where Amis Cale, 41, allegedly […]
New York’s Hometown Airline™ JetBlue Airways Lights Up New York City Skyline
NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) tonight flipped the switch on a newly constructed sign atop its headquarters in Long Island City, illuminating the newest addition to New York City’s iconic skyline. The sign, composed of individual letters spelling the airline’s name and positioned atop the roof of the historic […]
A Neighborhood Built From Scratch
TO most Manhattanites, Long Island City brings to mind a waterfront with soaring glass towers, reclaimed gantries and a neon-infused Pepsi sign. But farther inland, in another section surrounding a neo-Classical-style courthouse, a residential neighborhood is being created. A 2001 rezoning of Long Island City planted the seeds for a residential transformation of the nearly […]
DOE offers centers for new registrations
Parents still trying to enroll their children in city public schools this coming year will have the opportunity Over the next two weeks at two registration centers in the borough opening the week before school starts. The centers, which will be located at Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical High School, 165-65 84th Ave. in […]
Seventh Annual Competition Helps Queens Businesses StartUP!
The Queens Economic Development Corporation, the Queens Library, the Citi Foundation and Queens College officially kicked off the Seventh Annual Queens StartUP! Business Plan Competition at a networking party at the Z Hotel in Long Island City on Aug. 27. The competition will award three businesses $10,000 each, while providing technical assistance and training on […]