Online effort saves neighborhood book store in Washington Heights | 7online
BY Art McFarland WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (WABC) — A now vacant storefront in Washington Heights had a short life as a community bookstore known as Word Up. “The neighborhood has seemed to say, ‘Yes, we want this and we want Word Up to be the ones bringing it,” book store founder Vanessa Liu said. Run by [...]
New York City offering better programs for the elderly | 7online
BY Lisa Colagrossi NEW YORK (WABC) — Forget the days of bingo and cards – New York City now has eight so-called “innovative senior centers” up and running. The innovations come in the form of new programs that focus on wellness and more challenging activities. Senior centers used to focus on free meals and socialization [...]
DRUMS ALONG THE HUDSON SNAPSHOTS
The 8th annual Drums Along the Hudson Native American festival held at Inwood Hill Park, was absolutely mind blowing. It is the only open-air pow wow in all of Manhattan and included exhibitions of world dance and drumming traditions. At the risk of sounding all new agey, it would seem to me that the Native [...]
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