FOOD & DRINK
Long Beach Schools continues its musical excellence
Long Beach Public Schools has been honored for the 14th consecutive year with the Best Communities for Music Education Award from the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation. This award designation recognizes that Long Beach music educators, administrators, students and parents have demonstrated outstanding achievement and commitment to providing access...
NYC's Inclusive Black Woman-Owned French Bakery Goes Viral
People across the world have cheered on a local New York woman makes strides against discriminatory food accessibility. Jatee Kearsley is the owner of Je t’aime Patisserie in New York. The “french patisserie in the hood”, as Kearsley coined it, is located in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Kearsley is...
Chometz burning with Woodmere F.D.
Hours before Passover began, Woodmere volunteer firefighters were making sure everyone burning chometz was safe on April 22. From 7 to 11 a.m. local community members stopped by the firehouse at 20 Irving Place and in the parking lot to burned any chometz or leavened products made from barely, oat, rye, spelt or wheat. It’s tradition that chometz is burned or sold to non-Jews within the first hours of Passover and only kosher products are consumed throughout the eight-day holiday.
Jacques Yves ‘Jeanba’ Jean-Baptiste, founding member of legendary Shleur Shleur Haitian Kompa bands, dies at 77
Search our comprehensive guide to caribbean events in NYC for more local events — or submit your own!. Jacques Yves “Jeanba” Jean-Baptiste, of the East 25th Street Block Association and original NYPD 67th Precint Block coordinator — both in Brooklyn — and one of the founding members of the legendary Shleur Shleur Haitian Kompa bands, died on Friday, March 22, his daughter, Christina Jean-Baptiste said. He was 77.
Melville Restaurant Manager Cited for Liquor Violations
Suffolk County Police cited the manager of a Melville restaurant during a New York State Liquor Authority compliance check. Second Precinct Crime Section officers along with Second Precinct Patrol officers, New York State Liquor Authority, Huntington Fire Marshall, and Huntington Code Enforcement inspector conducted an Read More ...
Butterfield Market to expand beyond Manhattan with new Long Island City location and commissary kitchen
Upscale Upper East Side grocery store Butterfield Market is set to open a new location in Long Island City next year. The store will operate a retail space and a 9,000-square-foot commissary kitchen. Butterfield Market, which currently operates locations on Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side,...
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