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DEC announces Walleye, Northern Pike, Pickerel, and Tiger Muskellunge fishing season opens May 1
NEW YORK- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced the fishing season for walleye, Northern pike, pickerel, and tiger muskellunge begins on May 1. “New York is home to exceptional coolwater fishing opportunities, with many lakes and rivers renowned for abundant walleye and...
Miss Subways, now in their 80s, recall getting modeling gigs and marriage proposals after their faces appeared on NYC train posters
The subways used to be a lot prettier. And now the timeless beauties who once reigned as “Miss Subways,” and had their faces plastered on train posters, are having a reunion at Ellen’s Stardust Diner in Times Square May 2. The stunning straphangers would apply for the bi-monthly contest — which ran from 1941 to 1976 — by sending in their photo. Three of the winners, now in their 80s, recalled how they became local celebrities after their pictures appeared on 14,000 train placards for 6 million daily commuters to admire. Ellen Hart, Miss Subways March-April 1959, recalled getting handwritten marriage proposals. “I don’t...
University Heights: NYPD Appeal for Help Locating a 51-Year-Man Reported Missing
The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s help locating a 51-year-old man reported missing from University Heights. Police said Steven Dalton, 51, of 2264 Loring Place North, The Bronx was last seen leaving his home on Monday, April 8, at around 9 a.m. He is described as male, White, has blue eyes, black hair, is 6 feet, 1 inch tall, and weighs around 220 pounds. They said he was last seen wearing a black hoodie and black pants.
Video shows 2 accused of targeting ride-share drivers across NYC
NEW YORK -- Police are searching for two suspects accused of stealing cell phones from ride-share drivers in Brooklyn and on Staten Island.According to police, they're linked to at least seven separate incidents dating back to Feb. 26, and they all follow a similar pattern.Uber, Lyft drivers targeted in crime spreeThe seven reported incidents took place between Feb. 26 and March 13 in Brooklyn and on Staten Island.Police say in most of the incidents, the suspects would hail either an Uber or a Lyft driver, then request to change the destination after getting in the car. After the driver handed...
Daredevils now riding a new wave by standing on top of NYC buses in twist on deadly subway surfing trend
These daredevils are riding a new wave. Adrenaline junkies are now surfing atop Big Apple buses barreling down major thoroughfares — a new twist on the deadly transit trend of surfing subway cars. One audacious roof rider captured their illegal trip on an M15 articulated bus, the streetscape blurring past as the steel behemoth hurtled down Second Avenue in Manhattan’s Murray Hill neighborhood, video footage shared on Instagram this week showed. Another vertigo-inducing clip posted on X in February showed a hoodie-clad youth crouching down on the roof of a different articulated bus — before hopping on to a different section of the...
Wounding mayoral control: Albany grudgingly grants a few more years to keeping schools accountable
Do they sell “Thank You for Nothing” cards? That’s what Mayor Adams and Chancellor David Banks should send to the Legislature after their too-clever-by-half maneuver extending mayoral control over the public school system, which some are counting as a victory for the city. What is broadly called “mayoral control” is not really that. It’s placing accountability for the nation’s largest school ...
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