| Our Town is the oldest and largest newspaper covering the neighborhoods of the East Side of Manhattan. Founded in the early 1970′s, Our Town is the award-winning weekly newspaper which has been called “the newspaper that cares about you…and your community” and has won numerous awards from the New York Press Association. Our Town has a storied history covering community news, local politics, real estate battles and cultural events from the north end of the East Side down to the Lower East Side. Our Town made national headlines in the mid-1990s when its investigative series, “The Hotel from Hell” led to the largest federal takeover of a building in U.S. history and won widespread praise from New York’s politicians. Founded by Ed Kayatt, Our Town is the beloved community East Side newspaper now celebrating its 40th Anniversary. |
