All’s Well That Mends Well
Bring Them Your Torn Jeans, Your Broken Jewelry, Your Malfunctioning Appliances Yearning to Work Again
Lost & Found in New York
157 years ago, in 1860, English immigrant William Loft opened a candy store in Lower Manhattan and his two sons followed in his footsteps, taking charge of the company in the 1890s. One son, George Loft, soon opened two more stores, and then added more as he moved production out of the family kitchen into...
Whose Wharf Is It, Anyway?
At its meeting tonight, the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) will hear an update about the future of North Cove Marina from Callie Haines, a senior vice president at Brookfield Properties, the giant office and shopping mall developer that was awarded control of the marina (which is legally mapped as parkland)...
January 4
46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army. 1490 – Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the King of France will be considered guilty of lèse-majesté, the crime...
Community Emergency Response Team
On December 20, the BPC CERT team, held their graduation event after completion of a 16-week training course. The CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) was formed after September 11th, in partnership with FDNY, NYPD, NYC Emergency Management to train neighborhood volunteers to render assistance in all types of disasters, manmade and natural. Their mission is...
Woman Robbed, Slashed in Seaport
A woman whose name has not been released was robbed and slashed in an attack on Monday evening, in the Seaport District. At approximately 7:45 pm, the 25-year-old victim was walking in front of 217 Water Street (near the corner of Beekman Street), when she was approached by an unknown white male assailant, who is...
January 3
1521 – Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. Three months later, Luther was called to defend his beliefs before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms, where he was famously defiant. For his refusal to recant his writings, the emperor declared him an outlaw and...
