Month: November 2016

Strong Medicine

Ilka deLaat, a mother of two who lives in Battery Park City, is crowd-funding a new documentary project about the ways in which cannabis oil can improve — and in some cases, save — the lives of children with catastrophic medical problems. Her film, “Our Medicine,” profiles some unlikely advocates: a diverse group of parents...

November 17

  794 – Japanese Emperor Kanmu changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto. 1558 – Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England. 1603 – English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason. 1800 – Congress holds its first...
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Demography In Action: Crime in Lower Manhattan

To the editor: You wrote  (BroadsheetDAILY November 14)  “….793 incidents per 1,000 residents every year. This means that a typical denizen of Lower Manhattan has nearly an 80 percent chance of being unlawfully deprived of at least one piece of valuable property in an average year.” You do realize that lower Manhattan has 4-5 employees...

Remembering a Friend

“We are all mourning the loss of Ruth Ohman, who was a vibrant part of the Battery Park City Community, for the seniors, and as part of the everyday fabric of life here, as well,” said Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) president Shari Hyman at the start of the Authority’s Open Community Meeting, on November...
Ruth Ohman

November 16

1272 – While traveling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England’s death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne. 1793 – French Revolution: Ninety anti-republican Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes. 1822 – American Old West: Missouri...
The "Mad Bomber's" note

In Our Defense

To The Editor: Re the article last week “In Our Defense” about Lt. Colonel Marci Miller- she is certainly an impressive and accomplished individual. She had to be tough and determined to succeed the way she did in the military. However, I was taken aback by one comment she made. She refers to the fact...