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by Led Black
Today he goes by Monster99, but back in January 2006 he was just Angel Lucas Peña and not the barber to the stars of Major League Baseball.
Captain Jose Navarro, the new commander of the 34th Police Precinct, doesn’t mince words when he talks about Dyckman Street and the late night noise complaints that come from the street.
George Sanchez, executive director of the Washington Heights Business Improvement District, is out.
The race to succeed New York State Senator Eric Schneiderman is heating up. And as it does the candidates to replace Schneiderman are seeking endorsements from elected officials, labor unions, political clubs and civic groups.
Citing his leadership in fighting for the people of Northern Manhattan, Senator Eric Schneiderman endorsed Adriano Espaillat on Thu., May 27 for the Senate seat he is vacating to run for Attorney General of New York State.
State Senator Eric Schneiderman has earned himself a spot on the 2010 Democratic Primary Ballot. Schneiderman is running to succeed Attorney General Andrew Cuomo as the state’s top lawyer on Election Day.
A Facebook.com rumor that the Inwood Library is slated to be closed is untrue.
Compost instructor Andrew Hoyles leads worm workshop at Fort Washington
Library.
by Kristen Bonardi Rapp
Some apartments have mice (eek!) or cockroaches (gross!) and now, thanks to the NYC Compost Project, you could have a new icky thing lurking under your sink: worms.
by Elyssa Ramirez
On June 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Inwood Hill Park, seasoned theater lovers and thespian newcomers alike will be treated to the first production of this season’s Inwood Shakespeare Festival, produced by the Moose Hall Theatre Company.
Before March, the Inwood Boxing Academy looked like somewhere Rocky Balboa might have trained. Now, it looks ready for Apollo Creed.
You can’t run a pizza joint in Washington Heights without a little rice and beans. At least that’s the philosophy at Giovanni’s Restaurant, the former Italian Café on the corner of W. 177th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue.
by Ashlyn Neal
Alena drank a café au lait, dipping a spoon into its cap of whipped milk. She was thinking of the previous evening with Joel, which hadn’t gone well, and of money. Always, it seemed, she thought of money. The waiter brought over an omelet, and she sat quietly reading.
by Debra Lee Santos
10 am - May 21st, 2010
I explained to a friend last night that he wasn’t “exactly” my uncle – no, he had married into this illustrious family; he had not been born a brother to either of my parents. I said this as a way of making things clear, of distinguishing between the nearly 25 aunts and uncles I do have by way of lineage, blood and birth, as opposed to the nearly as many wonderful women and men who have chosen to marry them, bear and raise my cousins and more, and do the work of living.
May 24 – May 29
We here at the Uptown Collective are not in the blogging business per se; we are in the shaping the future business. Our site is a means to that end. Our motto is “upgrading Uptown one update at a time” and we have pooled our resources, talents and influence to positively determine the trajectory of this wonderfully vibrant community we call Uptown.
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