The Smorgasburg Festival, America’s largest weekly outdoor food market, returned this weekend with three locations running through the end of October. Smorgasburg, which draws thousands of people, launched in 2011 as a spin-off of the Brooklyn flea market, where people have the chance to enjoy food made by local vendors. Thirteen years later, there will … Read more
Anthony Cooper is an instructor leader for the free masonry training program, Pathway to Apprenticeship, the same one that gave him a second chance nine years ago. It’s never been the same, it’s different now, I’m blessed, said Cooper, who was in jail multiple times for seven years. At 27 and with a young daughter, … Read more
Starting today, Amtrak is resuming train service between New York City and Montreal in Canada via the Adirondack service. The first northbound train leaves Moynihan Train Hall in New York Penn Station at 8:41 am this morning and will arrive at Canada Central Station in Montreal at 8:16 pm. This link between New York and … Read more
With great fervor, believers of the Catholic religion gathered in the almost 300 parishes of the Archdiocese of New York to celebrate Palm Sunday. Father José Cruz, Parish Priest of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church explains: “For us as Catholics, Palm Sunday is very important because for us, Holy Week begins today, today begins … Read more
At least one person is killed and more than two dozen injured after the roof collapsed at a theater near Rockford, Illinois. The fatal incident happened Friday night, while authorities have not confirmed whether the damage was the result of a tornado or other severe weather activity. Officials at the Apollo Theater in Belvidere said … Read more
Mayor Adams this week warned of the dangers of a TikTok challenge that is behind a spate of car thefts hitting New York and other cities. Young people across the country are learning how to start the engine of certain Kia and Hyundai models, and eventually steal them, by taking advantage of a design vulnerability. … Read more
Classes started early at the rat academy. Just as you listen. New York City has expert teachers on the subject, from how to fight these rodents that have invaded the city. According to Orkin, a company specialized in pest control, in September 2022, 21,600 sightings of rats were reported throughout the city. Ramón Alonso has … Read more
“Tenants, united, you will never be defeated.” The home of Ana Gálvez, where she lives with her eleven-year-old daughter in the Bronx, is just one of an estimated 200,000 who is at risk of eviction for not being able to pay rent in New York. This Mexican mother tells of losing her job as a … Read more
Whether celebrating mass or delivering food, Fabián Arias, the Argentine angel as many call him, an ordained priest in the Lutheran church and pastor of the Hispanic congregation of Saint Peter’s Church in Manhattan, lives every day serving and sharing with those most in need in any corner of New York. “I say sharing, sharing … Read more
The new schedule to take out the garbage went into effect on April 1st. It is an effort by the city government that seeks to reduce the presence of rats and other rodents on public roads by preventing waste from remaining on the sidewalks for a long time. Abreu, a neighbor of the area, says: … Read more