Crime Watch

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on February 6, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

ART THIEF ON MAIN STREET A 53-year-old man left an unknown man in his art studio on Main Street on Roosevelt Island on the afternoon of Jan. 29. After he returned five minutes later, the man discovered that one of his paintings had vanished from the gallery wall. The artwork, “Kids in the Sun Painting”
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Tapped In

Written by Our Town on July 19, 2012. Posted in Notes from the Neighborhood, Our Town

Compiled by Megan Bungeroth, Alissa Fleck, Rebecca Harris and Sam Levine Mayor Koch Endorses Mark Thompson Mark Thompson is doin’ great after receiving the endorsement of former Mayor Ed Koch in his bid for City Council. Thompson, currently the chair of Community Board 6, will by vying for a seat on the council in the
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New Charter Opens to Applause

Written by Megan Finnegan Bungeroth on July 19, 2012. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News Our Town, Our Town, West Side Spirit

A neighborhood that went to battle to fiercely oppose the opening of one charter school in the recent past is now set to welcome another with open arms. The Hebrew Charter School Center is preparing to open its newest school in Community Education District 3, which covers the Upper West Side as well as parts
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Tapped In

Written by Megan Finnegan Bungeroth on May 23, 2012. Posted in Notes from the Neighborhood, Our Town, Uncategorized

Cornell Campus Gets its Start The CornellNYC Tech campus slated for Roosevelt Island has found itself one heck of an incubator. Earlier this week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Google CEO Larry Page and Cornell President David Skorton announced that Google will be lending, free of charge, 22,000 square feet of their Chelsea headquarters to the fledgling
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Cuomo’s Colonial Island

Written by admin on September 15, 2011. Posted in Our Town

By Megan Finnegan Locals up in arms over appointment of nonresident to operating board “I’ve lived here all my life and I no longer consider myself a New Yorker,” said Matthew Katz as he strolled along the East River on a recent sunny day. “I consider myself a Roosevelt Islander.&#
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