PARENTS COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Written by admin on March 12, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Parents who want to run for a spot on their local Community Education Council (CEC) can do so until March 19. Candidates can fill out an application questionnaire at powertotheparents.org. In February, the Department of Education unrolled a new selection process for public school parents interested in running for the CEC, a group that represents
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COURT OPINION MAY LEAD TO AUDIT

Written by admin on March 12, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Housing advocates and elected officials applauded the March 6 State Appeals Court’s ruling against the owner of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village as a major victory for tenant rights. The court ruled that Tishman Speyer, the developer, wrongfully raised rents and deregulated apartments for market value despite receiving affordable housing tax breaks formally called
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APARTMENT BURGLARY

Written by admin on March 12, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A woman returned home to find that her apartment had been broken into and ransacked. On Feb. 17 at 5 p.m., the 30-year-old woman left her apartment building on Amsterdam Avenue between West 106th and 107th streets. When she returned at 1 a.m., she noticed that the lamp in front of her bedroom was broken,
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BANK HEIST

Written by admin on March 12, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

Police are looking for a man they say robbed a Sovereign Bank at 2275 Broadway and West 82nd Street. On March 4 at 4:15 p.m., police said a man entered the bank, approached a teller and demanded cash. The teller handed over an undisclosed amount of money and the robber fled. Police are asking for
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MISSING WEST SIDER

Written by admin on March 12, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

Gregory Clifton, a 57-year-old Upper West Side man, went missing on March 3. Police say Clifton was last seen leaving his residence, 70 W. 93rd St. near Columbus Avenue, at 3:30 a.m. wearing a black coat and a black cap. Police are asking for anyone with tips regarding his whereabouts to call 1-800-577
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DOWNHILL DAD

Written by admin on March 11, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Clark Murphy becomes a human sled for daughter Morgan as they cruise down Cedar Hill in Central Park. Photo By Andrew Schwartz
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CLOSED FOR BUSINESS

Written by admin on March 6, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

Ruby Foo’s is gone. Circuit City will follow soon. Monsoon has been empty for years. And plenty of other spots stand vacant. It’s not only large chains or neighborhood favorites that are suffering; plenty of Upper West Side businesses are feeling the pinch of an economy gone sour, and there is no more obvious sign
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OFF THE CORNER, BARBECUE JOINT STRUGGLES

Written by admin on March 6, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

On a recent Friday night at 7:15, Chef Charles Gabriel and several staff members stood chatting at the bar of Rack and Soul restaurant in Morningside Heights, in front of a nearly empty dining room. The barbecue and soul food restaurant that opened on the southeast corner of Broadway and West 109th Street in 2006
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DOG NOT FOR SALE

Written by admin on March 6, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A woman contacted police on Feb. 16 alleging that her purebred Yorkshire terrier had been improperly sold by her sister. The 33-year-old woman claimed that she had asked her sister, who lives in an apartment at 50 W. 97th St. near Columbus Avenue, to dog-sit the terrier, named Dolce, according to cops. When the victim
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VALENTINE’S JACKET THIEF

Written by admin on March 6, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

An 18-year-old man reported that his apartment was burglarized on Feb. 14. The victim told police that at around 11 p.m. that night, he left his West 101st Street home, near Broadway, to go to the store. When he returned 20 minutes later,he noticed damage to his door locks. The victim reported that his $175
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