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Letters to The Editor, Week of Sept. 21, 2017

The Times didn’t get it To The Editor: “Pier55 is sunk” (Scoopy’s Notebook, Sept. 14): This is an important story that The New York Times did not understand. That “the community” wanted it is the biggest lie. No one who actually lives near Pier55 was in favor of a project that would have jutted into read more here »

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‘I Voted’ sticker rejected redesigns

September 14, 2017 No Comment

Stories from my closet: Vintage Village finds

September 14, 2017 No Comment

BY NANCY GENDIMENICO | I tried on the black lace shell. Sleeveless and hip skimming, it fit as if it were designed for me and was like nothing I’d owned. The label said made in Austria for Bonwit Teller. I didn’t need the top. I had a closet full of items I’d wanted more than needed. read more here »

Letters to The Editor, Week of Sept. 14, 2017

September 14, 2017 3 Comments

Allison would vote Sal To The Editor: Re “Sal Albanese for mayor on Sept. 12” (editorial, thevillager.com, Sept. 9): My late mom, Allison, would vote for Sal. She may have not liked him 25 years ago. But he can’t be any worst than “YMCA Bill.” No pun intended to the Village People. Richard Nixon Greaker read more here »

The great GMO freak-out exposé

September 7, 2017 7 Comments

BY LENORE SKENAZY | It all began when a neighbor of filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy’s sent a text asking if she could borrow some organic milk. Kennedy texted back, “You can borrow some milk, but I don’t have organic.” The friend politely declined, which set Kennedy to thinking. His family drank conventional milk. Did that read more here »

Pottery shop can’t survive the real-estate spin

September 7, 2017 No Comment

BY HELAINE SORGEN | Forty-four years. Well, it’s been quite a ride. When Clayworks opened in the East Village in January 1974, it was like an outpost of civilization. Empty stores were everywhere. Clayworks, at 322 E. Ninth St. (between First and Second Aves.), was the kind of unique, individual store that helped build this read more here »

Letters to The Editor, Week of Sept. 7, 2017

September 7, 2017 1 Comment

Solo Pier55 is ‘obscene’ To The Editor: Re “Pier-to-pier sharing; Put ‘Pier55’ on Pier 40, Tribeca architect says” (news article, Aug. 24): It is obscene that Barry Diller and the Hudson River Park Trust privately negotiated the ultra-vain plan of building a brand-new pier without even a thought to using the $250 million to improve read more here »

Letters to The Editor, Week of Aug. 31, 2017

August 31, 2017 No Comment

S.B.J.S.A. is job No. 1 To The Editor: Re “Hey, politicians, stop the B.S.! S.B.J.S.A. is legal!” (talking point, by Sharon Woolums, Aug. 17): Thank you, Villager, for this incredibly important piece of journalism! I am running for public advocate because Tish James has abandoned the Small Business Jobs Survival Act. She supported it when read more here »

Soccer guys’ assist; Rushed to aid L.E.S. senior

August 31, 2017 No Comment

BY MICHELE HERMAN | I’ve written twice before about the great group of Saturday morning soccer players known fondly in my household as “the soccer guys.” I got to know the Ligafabulosagrande, as they call themselves, because my husband is a soccer player and many years ago we joined their e-mail routing list. He never read more here »

Signs of the time: Artist marks 200 years of ASL

August 31, 2017 1 Comment

BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | If I were to name one common trait common to tough guys it would be a hard childhood. Broken homes, juvenile detention centers, orphanages, group homes, foster homes, physical and / or sexual abuse… . I have known a number of tough guys. Jerry Pagane is one of the toughest guys read more here »