Classroom’s End

Written by Paul Bisceglio on December 12, 2012. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

IS A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL BEING SHOVED OUT OF THE BRANDEIS COMPLEX TO MAKE ROOM FOR A GROWING CHARTER SCHOOL? Innovation Diploma Plus (IDP) is a high school designed to give students a second chance. A “transfer school,” it accepts people under-credited and over-aged—typically 18 years or older—who had a rough time in their original
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New Yorkers Fight for Restoration of Bus Lines in Brooklyn and Washington Heights

Written by NYPress on June 27, 2012. Posted in Lifestyle

By Mayara Guimaraes This morning, dozens of people, including subway riders, elected officials, and representatives of transportation unions, lobbied the MTA at a board meeting to restores several lines of bus service around the City, which were cut in 2010. Almost two years ago, the MTA decided to cut the bus lines B61, B77,
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8 Million Stories: When a man loves a bike

Written by NY Press on April 24, 2012. Posted in Bike Show

By Adam Garrett-Clark You don’t know me, and you don’t know my bike, but the story of my bike and me is too beautiful not to be told. It’s a story of defying expert advice, of loyalty to inanimate steel and of creating my own personal mythology. It was probably once blood was drawn and
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State Sen. Hopeful Scores WS Support

Written by admin on June 2, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

By Dan Rivoli Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal endorsed her colleague Adriano Espaillat of Washington Heights in the race to succeed State Sen. Eric Schneiderman. Schneiderman, who has also endorsed Espaillat, created a rare open seat when he threw his hat in the attorney general race
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