Grandpa’s Pizza Reopens | Manhattan Times
By Gregg McQueen Shuttered for six weeks after a fire damaged the store, Grandpa’s Brick Oven Pizza is back in business. The popular Inwood eatery reopened on January 24, after a thorough vetting by the Health Department. For now, the store is selling and delivering only pizza and a few other items, such as calzones, […]
Inwood pizzeria rebuilding after fire | Manhattan Times
By Gregg McQueen When an early-morning fire tore through Grandpa’s Brick Oven Pizza on December 9, owner Ángel Salazar thought his dreams, as well as his business, had gone up in smoke. He has worked at the popular Inwood eatery since the day it opened in 2004, starting as a counter helper and working his […]
Go Fund Me Spotlight: Help Angel Rebuild Grandpa’s Pizza
Angel Salazar has been a treasured community member of Inwood for nearly two decades. He began working behind the counter of Grandpa’s Brick Oven Pizza when it opened in 2004. He started out as counter staff, and through his tireless effort, honesty, and hard work, Angel worked his way up to store manager in 2005, […]
Go Fund Me Spotlight: Unnatural Election Art Project
ABOUT THE PROJECT: “Unnatural Election” is an art project that gathers creative responses from around the world. The project was launched on November 9th, 2016, amidst the shock and heartache of the election results. A Word From Andrea Arroyo I have been doing this because I truly believe that art can change the world. I […]
Want To Escape? Harlem Holds A Unique, Black-Owned Option | Blavity
By Namon Eugene “What in the world is an escape room?” I asked that question several times throughout the years and never got a clear answer. In 2015, while interning at a radio station in Manhattan, I was hearing about escape rooms on a daily basis. I never had time to go and I never […]
The Elixir: The One Thing You Need to Finally Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution
BY Eileen Z. Fuentes (@EileenZFuentes) The New Year is the time when individuals make radical declarations about personal challenges they want to overcome. Most resolutions focus around health, weight loss, financial freedom, and simply enjoying life more. These are all great goals to achieve but sadly about 80% of them fail. Like many of you, […]
Go Fund Me Spotlight: We Couldn’t Escape the Fire
A Word From Hoodwinked On Sunday, December 11, a fire damaged the Hoodwinked Escape building at 116th and ACP. We need your help to rebuild our game rooms for the community and all those who enjoyed an exciting adventure. We know we can reopen with your help, better than ever, in 2017! Hoodwinked Escape is […]
As She Fights Cancer, a Woman Strives for Normalcy | NY Times
The Neediest Cases By JOHN OTIS For decades, Patricia Lewis toiled as a security guard for NYC Health & Hospitals, a duty she performed along with a second, and sometimes a third, job. “I showered in the hospitals, I slept on gurneys and hardly came home,” Ms. Lewis, 68, recalled. All that work was to […]
The Elixir: Give Instead of Get This Black Friday – Christina’s Cancer Cure Fund
BY Eileen Z. Fuentes (@EileenZFuentes) Black Friday is defined as the day after Thanksgiving and is noted as the first day of traditional Christmas shopping, during which crowds of consumers are drawn to special offers by retailers. This year my hope is that instead of getting, why not try giving? Before you stop reading, please know it is […]
Go Fund Me Spotlight: Fund Myah’s battle with brain cancer
Myah’liyah Malanie Dominguez was born on February 19th, 2011. Shortly after turning 4 she was diagnosed with brain cancer. Please donate what you can to help a local family fight the battle of their lives. Supprt: Fund Myah battle with brain cancer by Melodie Dominguez – GoFundMe. We invite you to subscribe to the weekly […]
Online Campaign Raises $12K in 2 Days for WaHi Mother’s Funeral | DNAinfo
By Lindsay Armstrong WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Marcell Miranda loved to cook. Her specialties included lasagna and flan, and if you were a family member or friend — or even a friend-of-a-friend — you never went hungry. “She had an open door policy,” said her brother Radhy Miranda, 25. “If someone heard she was cooking and […]
