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    Cherry Blossom Festival Attracts Tens of Thousands, Too Many Say Islanders
    Briana Warsing
    • Apr 16, 2019
    • 6 min

    Cherry Blossom Festival Attracts Tens of Thousands, Too Many Say Islanders

    Around 10,000 visitors were expected on the Island for Saturday’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival. Instead, somewhere between 25,000 and...
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    Ursula Beau-Seigneur Passes Away
    Judy Berdy, RIHS President
    • Apr 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    Ursula Beau-Seigneur Passes Away

    Our friend and neighbor Ursula Beau-Seigneur passed away March 27, 2019. A Memorial Service celebrating her life will take place on...
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    Snapshots: Exploring Your Freedom: Uniting a Nation Murals Displayed in Motorgate Gallery
    briana644
    • Apr 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    Snapshots: Exploring Your Freedom: Uniting a Nation Murals Displayed in Motorgate Gallery

    Despite it being a cold and rainy evening (there were heat lamps!), artists and art lovers assembled in Motorgate last Friday evening to...
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    Exhibit At Four Freedoms Park Explores Meaning of Freedom From Fear
    Briana Warsing
    • Apr 8, 2019
    • 4 min

    Exhibit At Four Freedoms Park Explores Meaning of Freedom From Fear

    “I think it is essential that we, as Americans, not take our freedoms for granted,” explains artist Setsuko Winchester about her Freedom...
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    Island Kids Have Options for Spring Break
    Rachel Dowling
    • Apr 8, 2019
    • 3 min

    Island Kids Have Options for Spring Break

    With Spring Break fast approaching, there is still time to sign up for some great enrichment opportunities for your children right here...
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    The Dirt on Island Dogs
    Rachel Dowling
    • Apr 7, 2019
    • 6 min

    The Dirt on Island Dogs

    When I was in high school in Brooklyn back in the 1980’s, I remember a joke told by a classmate: How can you tell the difference between...
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    Seawright's New RIOC Law Passes Legislature, Will Democracy Follow?
    Briana Warsing
    • Apr 4, 2019
    • 7 min

    Seawright's New RIOC Law Passes Legislature, Will Democracy Follow?

    *This article has been updated to reflect the passage of this bill in both houses. A bill, sponsored by Assembly Member Rebecca...
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    Urgent Care Leaves RI, Drs. Grimm and Resnick to Remain
    Briana Warsing
    • Apr 2, 2019
    • 2 min

    Urgent Care Leaves RI, Drs. Grimm and Resnick to Remain

    This morning, a sign appeared on the door at 520 Main Street announcing that the Roosevelt Island Urgent Care, one of six urgent care...
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    Lighthouse Renovation on the Ballot
    Briana Warsing
    • Apr 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    Lighthouse Renovation on the Ballot

    Want to go inside our landmarked lighthouse? Make sure you vote for that project on the participatory budget ballot! Starting Sunday...
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    Marlins Make a Splash and Break Team Records, Win Medals
    Cliff Te Amo, Marins Board member
    • Mar 29, 2019
    • 4 min

    Marlins Make a Splash and Break Team Records, Win Medals

    There's no question that 2018 was a challenging year for the Roosevelt Island Marlins. Yet, throughout it all, and with a great deal of...
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    Save the Date for RIRA's Signature Event, the Cherry Blossom Festival
    Lydia Tang, photos by Irina Island Images
    • Mar 26, 2019
    • 3 min

    Save the Date for RIRA's Signature Event, the Cherry Blossom Festival

    The Cherry Blossom Festival, organized by The Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA), will be held on Saturday, April 13. SAVE THE...
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    Judy Berdy on Ensuring We are More than an Asterisk in the History Books
    Francine Elisaia and Mark Strong Shinozaki
    • Mar 24, 2019
    • 20 min

    Judy Berdy on Ensuring We are More than an Asterisk in the History Books

    In 2007 Judy Berdy, opened the Visitors Center. She used a kiosk that once marked the entrance to the Trolley Station people took to get...
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    Marking Our First Year Without Dick Lutz
    Briana Warsing
    • Mar 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    Marking Our First Year Without Dick Lutz

    Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary that The WIRE’s longtime Editor/Publisher Dick Lutz has been gone. Last night a bunch of us sat...
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    Vernissage XVIII- The Newest Group Show at RIVAA Gallery
    Rachel Dowling with photos by Alexandre Tolipan
    • Mar 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    Vernissage XVIII- The Newest Group Show at RIVAA Gallery

    The month of March has brought yet another exciting and eclectic art exhibit to the RIVAA (Roosevelt Island Visual Arts Association)...
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    Riveting Theater Comes to Island Audiences
    Rachel Dowling with photos by Irina Island Images
    • Mar 19, 2019
    • 4 min

    Riveting Theater Comes to Island Audiences

    We have great theater all around us in New York City, and you don’t always need to travel across the river to see it. Oh What A Lovely...
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    Coler Breakfast Rallies Support and Celebrates Hospital
    Briana Warsing
    • Mar 19, 2019
    • 6 min

    Coler Breakfast Rallies Support and Celebrates Hospital

    In November of last year, a Daily News story announced that Coler Hospital would be the next public hospital to shut down. It relied on...
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    Library and Youth Program Collaborate on More Chess and a Youth Book Club
    Rachel Dowling
    • Mar 18, 2019
    • 4 min

    Library and Youth Program Collaborate on More Chess and a Youth Book Club

    Islanders no longer have to head down to Washington Square or Union Square Park to wait for a willing partner to play chess with. Walk...
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    Islander to Open Yoga Studio on Main Street
    Briana Warsing
    • Mar 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    Islander to Open Yoga Studio on Main Street

    Starting in the fall of 2019, yoga loving Islanders will be able to practice downward dog on Main Street. Longtime Manhattan Park...
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    RIRA Launches Petition in Opposition to Octagon Field Plan
    Briana Warsing
    • Mar 11, 2019
    • 4 min

    RIRA Launches Petition in Opposition to Octagon Field Plan

    The Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) passed a resolution opposing removal of 11 of the Island’s big, old, shade trees that...
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    R&R Concerts is now Roosevelt Island Concerts
    Marc Diamond
    • Mar 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    R&R Concerts is now Roosevelt Island Concerts

    R&R Concerts, the concert series that has been presenting extraordinary performances of classical music on Roosevelt Island for more than...
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