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Only fit for a polar bear

In Washington Square Park on last Sunday’s balmy afternoon, all that was left of what had been two snowmen playing chess just a few days earlier, resembled one rapidly melting polar bear. But not to worry, more subfreezing temperatures were on the way!

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Fans of Year of the Sheep

February 26, 2015 No Comment

These two Great Pyrenees, a brother and a sister, were loving the cold weather on Church St. in Tribeca. A very old breed, this dog has traditionally been used to guard flocks of sheep on the Pyrenees Mountains in southern France and northern Spain.

Hawks sink Narwhals, soar in art school tourney

February 26, 2015 No Comment

BY ROBERT ELKIN | This is the time of year — late February through early March — when college basketball conferences stage their post-season tournaments. The winner of each conference then gets an automatic bid into the very prestigious NCAA tournament. But that certainly doesn’t go for colleges that play an independent or nonleague schedule. read more here »

We’re nearly at Dothan; Roll marriage tide, roll!

February 26, 2015 1 Comment

BY TROY MASTERS | As a crimson tide of same-sex marriage rolls across Alabama, lives are being transformed right before our eyes. Last week marks another huge stage in the paradigm shift that has remade that state in the past 50 years. And if racial progress upended a way of life in Alabama centuries old, read more here »

Letters, Week of Feb. 26, 2015

February 26, 2015 No Comment

Tolls would kill commerce To The Editor: Re “Group hopes to build support for tolls on East River bridges” (news article, Feb. 19): Tolls and congestion pricing would kill commerce in Manhattan, in my opinion. Right now many people shop in New Jersey where free parking and lower sales tax are a big attraction. Those sales read more here »

Finding solutions to save our small businesses

February 26, 2015 4 Comments

Every week, it seems, The Villager runs an article on yet another favorite local business being forced to close due to rising rent. This week, for example, it’s Choga, a Korean restaurant / live music venue on Bleecker St. — just the latest local live music spot to be forced out of the Village area. read more here »

Winter is the time to plan for kids’ summer camp

February 26, 2015 1 Comment

Summertime will soon be here, and it’s never too early to start thinking summer camp. A good camp experience can offer a child the opportunity to try new activities, learn new skills, make friends and gain a sense of independence. Where to begin? It is essential for parents to understand their children and to know read more here »

Narwhals get shot down by Vaughn yet stay upbeat

February 19, 2015 No Comment

BY ROBERT ELKIN | Chalk this one up as part of the learning curve for the new Narwhal Nation. The New School men’s basketball team got blown out, 99-54, by Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology on Mon., Feb. 9. As the basketball game progressed at the Elmcor Recreation Center in East Elmhurst, Queens, the read more here »

Why are we at war with ISIS? Do we need to be?

February 19, 2015 3 Comments

BY TED RALL | Is there any justification at all for bombing ISIS? There isn’t any congressional authorization, much less a declaration of war. Is there even a good reason for the U.S. to be involved? There is no better time to ask this question than now, as much of the world (me included) read more here »

Getting an apartment in Little Italy back in ’78

February 19, 2015 No Comment

BY MINERVA DURHAM | Mid-October 1978, Virginia saw someone moving furniture out of 86 Kenmare, around the corner from her loft at Spring and Lafayette. She told me to go over right away, there might be an apartment available. It was one of the larger buildings in Little Italy, with 30 units. There was a read more here »