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New New Yorkers, from the Very Old Country

Written by NYPress on June 19, 2013. Posted in Dining Our Town, Dining west side spirit, News OTDT, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

A new Georgian restaurant wants to bring a taste of the home country to NYC By Adam Janos “Not to burn the kebab, not to burn the stick,” Beka Peradze, co-owner of new restaurant Oda House (76 Avenue B), explains. It’s an old idiom from his native land, the Republic of Georgia, a nation of
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Lawsuit Says Couple Forced Nanny to Work

Written by NYPress on June 19, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

A domestic worker says a wealthy Chilean couple forced her to work in their Upper East Side apartment for three months. Felicitas Villanueva says in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court this week that Michael Hurley and Malu Custer Edwards violated human trafficking laws. The 50-year-old says she began working for them in Chile
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International Preschools Celebrate 50th Year

Written by NYPress on June 19, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

The International Preschools, which began in 1963, marked its 50th anniversary this year with the June 20 opening of a third location, at 345 E. 86th St. The school was founded to serve the needs of international families, connected to the United Nations. Since then, it has welcomed a diverse mix of both American and
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Museum Mile Festival Draws Thousands

Written by NYPress on June 19, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

They turned out in the thousands – an estimated 38,000 – for the annual Museum Mile Festival June 11 along a vehicle-free Fifth Avenue from 110th down to 82nd with nine museums open from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Festival-goers enjoyed an event that appealed to people of all ages with face-painting, chalk-drawing, and jugglers
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A Kick Does the Trick

Written by NYPress on June 19, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

At 9:46 PM on Friday, June 7, a 29-year-old woman was walking on Fifth Avenue and East 89th Street when an unknown man dressed all in black and wearing a black ski mask approached her from behind, grabbed her arm, told her she was being mugged, and demanded that she hand over her wallet. The
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Ultimate Crime

Written by NYPress on June 19, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

At 12:27 PM on Friday, June 7, a 66-year-old woman was pumping gas at a station on First Avenue and 96th Street. She had her back turned when a 20-year-old man crouched down by the passenger’s side of her car and opened the passenger’s side front door. He then reached in, took her purse, and
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Cell Store Snatch

Written by NYPress on June 19, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

A 24-year-old woman working in a cell phone store on Third Avenue reported that four men in their early 20s entered the store at 12:35 PM on Wednesday, June 12, and ripped five usable cell phones off the wall, then jumped into a black 2012 Chevy Impala with New York license plates ESU2944. The car
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Riverdale Rip-off

Written by NYPress on June 19, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

On Wednesday, June 12, a 56-year-old woman living on East 76 Street was checking her account online and noticed an unauthorized transaction for $3,500. The woman had been a victim of ID theft before, and had reported her wallet stolen on April 21. In this most recent incident, someone had gone to the Riverdale, Bronx
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Chess Mess

Written by NYPress on June 19, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

In the evening of Wednesday, June 12, a 39-year-old woman was sitting on a bench in a playground on Third Avenue playing chess on her cell phone, when an unknown 20-year-old man ran up to her, nudged her, and took her cell phone out of her hand. He then fled through the playground toward East
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Impersonation Crimes

Written by NYPress on June 19, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

On the morning of Wednesday, May 8, a man claiming to be “Police Detective Frank Dessner” called an elderly woman living on East 70th Street and requested cash to be used in an investigation. The woman withdrew $25,000 from her bank account and gave it to a man she thought was working with the detective.
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