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New York Welcomes Namesake Ship
Posted on 23. Jan, 2010 by Emily Johnson.
November 10, 2009 Rude? Cynical? No. New Yorkers are the friendliest, most patriotic people in the world. At least that’s how the Marines and sailors aboard the USS New York see it. The Navy’s newest ship returned to her roots last week when she docked in New York Harbor for her commissioning. Her bow stem […]
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The Singing Barber of Sheepshead Bay
Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Emily Johnson.
By Emily Johnson November 17, 2009 Maury Reiss, 89, leans forward in the retro red-and-white barber chair, looks into the mirror and inspects his sparse, neatly-trimmed hair. He breaks into a grin. “Oh, that’s neat!” “That’ll be twenty-five,” says the barber. And as he waits for the money, he begins to sing. His voice, an […]
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Bogged Down in Midtown
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Emily Johnson.
by Emily Johnson October 6, 2009 — When he was nine years old, Peter Beaton used to go straight from the Little League field to his family’s cranberry bog in Lakeville, Mass. He would work till 8 or 9 at night still in his baseball uniform. Now 62, the fifth-generation cranberry grower stood in midtown […]
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Havin' A Party – For Twenty-Five Years
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Emily Johnson.
by Emily Johnson October 28, 2009 — In 1984, a sign with the words “Coming Soon” marked a storefront window in the small Brooklyn community of Canarsie. A passerby asked new owner Larry Scott what kind of store it would be. “Parties,” said Scott. “Parties?” the man said. “I give you two months to stay […]
