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Value Content Over Style

Written by Our Town on . Posted in Opinion and Column, Our Town, West Side Spirit

Heed those who see the big picture By Bette Dewing Hey, journalists Jeff Greenfield and Mark Barabak, don’t call yourself “old fogies” because you think that televised debate audiences shouldn’t react verbally, and chuck that ageist label. It implies that decorous behavior in an era of loud mouths is somehow regressive. This comment was made
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Sound Heart but Giant Headaches about the Super Bowl

Written by Our Town on . Posted in Opinion and Column, Our Town, West Side Spirit

Fingers crossed Big Blue will repeat Patriot win By Josh Rogers My head says the Giants won’t win the Super Bowl this Sunday. It’s not that I’m one of those doom and gloom Giants fans, although admittedly I was raised by one. No matter how bleak things look at the beginning of the season, I
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East Side Crime Watch

Written by Our Town on . Posted in Breaking News, Crime Watch OTDT, Crime Watch our town, Our Town

Assault with a Tasty Weapon While sitting in a bar innocently sharing drinks with friends late on a Saturday night, a woman was suddenly beaned with a plastic condiment holder. The victim and her friend said an unknown man threw the container in her direction and fled the scene. The bar’s manager said that the
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New Perspective

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As a longtime reader of Martinet’s Miss Mingle blog, I look forward to new columns by her (“SOS Etiquette,” Sept. 9), knowing that I’ll get a wise and humorous take on people or life in NYC. Her starting point is always something commonplace or even pedestrian, but Jeanne’s talent is seeing something broader and deeper
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