December 29, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 37 Degrees.
Notices:
Heard this from Councilwoman Gale Brewer: “Did you know the Department of Sanitation will lend tools for your neighborhood cleanup project? To reserve brooms, shovels, rakes, work gloves and trash bags, contact the DSNY Community Liaison Unit at (646) 885-DSNY at least four weeks in advance of the cleanup.”
Some Upper West Siders came home to their apartment on 110th between Riverside and Broadway to find their black pug and white French bulldog were gone. “Black pug answers to Winston or Winnie. White French bulldog named bunnicula answers to bunn or bunny.” Reward offered.
News:
Crime in Central Park is way down from levels seen 20 years ago, which doesn’t really seem like news to anyone who has lived here for a while. That said, the numbers are kind of astonishing. In 1981, 731 robberies were recorded in the park. This year, 17 robberies were recorded. The last homicide in the park was in 2002. (NY Times)
Spot doggie day care wasn’t the only local business robbed by two armed men who have been on a spree of late. Westsider Books on 80th and Broadway also got hit last month. C’mon robbers. Aren’t bookstores under enough pressure from Amazon.com? (NY Daily News)
Troubled restaurant Papasito on 104th Street recently got busted for selling drinks to underage people. (DNAinfo)
