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NeighborhoodChatter Compiled by Megan Bungeroth and Alex Mikoulianitch FRESH PRODUCE  DELIVERED TO SENIORS Through a program sponsored by Council Member Gale Brewer’s office, local seniors are able to participate in a unique farm-to-table produce delivery service that will run through the end of October this year. Seniors are able to sign up for the Westside Senior
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Candy Store Leaves Sour Taste for Some: Critics Say Sweet Shop Too Close to School

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sugar and plumm 5 By Amanda Woods Some Upper West Siders don’t have a sweet tooth for Sugar and Plumm, a store and café set to open on Amsterdam Avenue near 78th Street later this summer. They are concerned that the shop’s sugary selection—similar to the offerings at several other shops in the area—is unhealthy for neighborhood children, and
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C Tops List as the Worst Line in the City

Written by West Side Spirit on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

JamesKelleher_CTrain1 copy by Paul Bisceglio Have a favorite subway line? So does the New York Public Interest Research Group, whose Straphangers Campaign released its annual State of the Subway report last week. The report ranks subway lines from best to worst by compiling MTA New York City Transit data from 2011 in six categories: amount of scheduled
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A Return to When Beer Really Was Here

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brewing_and_beer By Robin Elisabeth Kilmer The proprietors of the Lion’s Head Tavern were not aware that a brewery once occupied the same spot where beer currently flows from their taps. Nor did they know they were paying homage to it when they chose their name 10 years ago. The Lion’s Head Tavern, like everything else on
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Beat the Heat with These Cool Treats

Written by West Side Spirit on . Posted in Best of Manhattan, Dining west side spirit, West Side Spirit

Best Ice Creams of the Upper West Side by Megan Bungeroth, Annie Denes, Whitney C. Harris, Jon Lentz, Adel Manoukian and Amanda Woods In honor of the scorching heat and National Ice Cream month, we scouted out a half-dozen frozen treat purveyors on the Upper West Side to find out who’s got the best sweet
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Compiled by Megan Bungeroth, Alissa Fleck, Rebecca Harris and Sam Levine Biberaj Hits Fundraising Limit in Four Months Upper West Side City Council candidate Ken Biberaj has joined the ranks of the few in his campaign efforts. He is among a small handful of candidates in races around the city to have reached the fundraising
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Doing Lear on a Lark, Celebs Help Frog and Peach

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Jeffrey DeMunn as Lear in a reading of King Lear. By Amanda Woods Fourteen actors occupied two rows of chairs on a lit-up stage in an otherwise darkened theater. They came from various acting backgrounds—some star in TV series such as The Walking Dead and Mad Men, while others take the stage in Broadway shows such as A Chorus Line and Come Back, Little Sheba.
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Program Finds Seniors Ripe for Healthy Fresh Food

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By Amanda Woods For some senior citizens on the Upper West Side, it may be difficult to take a trip to the Greenmarket and buy a few days’ supply of fruits and vegetables. With this in mind, Council Member Gale Brewer launched “Grow Green, Age Well” to help connect the elderly to locally produced healthy
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