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NYers Never Too Old for School

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

The City has created a new online tool for older New Yorkers looking to go back to school, called Age-Friendly NYC College Link. The site, which was launched recently by the city and the New York Academy of Medicine, helps to connect older adults to educational opportunities. The website, agefriendlycollege.org, lists several categories of study
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Lincoln Square Synagogue

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

In preparation for the Passover Holiday, Lincoln Square Synagogue will be housing holiday events before and during the religious holiday.  A Pre-Pesach Shabbat Dinner that will be catered by Park East Kocher Butchers and Fine Food. During dinner and shiur there will be youth activities that children can take part in. Prices range from $20
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Gale Brewer Raises $42K in 3 Days

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Councilwoman Gale Brewer recently filed her first financial report for her borough president campaign to replace Scott Stringer. Just 72 hours after her unofficial announcement, Brewer had raised a total of $42,000. Supporters have not just come from her home and roots in District 6, the Upper West Side, but have also come borough-wide, in
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PCB Leak at P.S. 87 Causes Community Outrage

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

P.S. 87 parents are demanding answers after a PCB leak was discovered in the school in December, and the DOE had failed to notify parents. PCBS, or polychlorinated biphenyls, are chemicals that were banned in the U.S. because of their negative environmental impact and effects on human health. By law, the DOE has to inform
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Woman’s Laptop Never Makes It Back From Germany

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

A 41-year-old woman traveled to Austria in February, and prior to returning, she flew her laptop home via DHL service. After retuning from Austria, she accepted the package, which supposedly contained her laptop, from her doorman on February 24th at her apartment on West End Avenue. She opened the package to discover that it had
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Police on Lookout For Sweater-Stealer

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

On the morning of March 6th, a 32-year-old female employee at a chain clothing store on Broadway observed an unknown male suspect walk into the store. The man proceeded to take 40 cardigan sweaters off the shelves, amounting to a total of $1,184 worth of clothing. The suspect somehow got past the alarms without alerting
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Perps Punch Victim For Not Handing Over Phone On March

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

On March 10th in the middle of the night, a 32-year-old man was exiting the 72nd Street subway, when two men in their 20s approached him. The first perpetrator told him, “give me your phone, or I’ll shoot you.”  Despite their warning, the victim did not hand over his phone. The perpetrator then punched his
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Thief Uses Fake Name and Credit Cards to Steal From Victims

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

A victim was informed by his bank on March 11th that a man had attempted to withdraw money from his account using the false name “Sidney Wright.” When police caught up with the perpetrator, he not only was in possession of his victim’s banking information, he also had 12 false credit cards, four forged permanent
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NYCHA Nightmare

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Residents of local public housing project are incensed at new plan to lease land for high-rises The residents at the Frederick Douglass housing projects between 100 and 104th Street have long been complaining to the New York City Housing Authority about broken elevators, windows and a lack of security at the housing complex. But the
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