The Archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan, visited St. Vincent DePaul’s Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Longwood on July 16, to help bring attention to the Center’s fight to secure the funding it needs to stay open. The 200-bed facility on Intervale Ave, many of whose residents have lived most [...]
By Fausto Giovanni Pinto faustogpinto@yahoo.com An underage stilt walker, a unicycling clown and a school of fish were just some of the many characters that rolled through Hunts Point on June 19th as part of the 7th annual Fish Parade. The Classics N.Y. Bike Club, a staple of every Fish [...]
By Meredith Goncalves mgoncalves@gmail.com They didn’t know it when they entered the contest to design the emblem for this year’s Hunts Point Fish Parade, but Gabriel Beltran and Ashley Lazerbe held the pieces of a puzzle. Ashley, 10, drew “a ship, a seal and a cool fish,” she said. Gabriel, [...]