May 2, 2016 Weather: Cloudy, with a high of 61 degrees.
Notices:
Check out free film screenings and dozens of other local events on our calendar.
The Parents League is holding its first pre-school fair on May 10, and 16 preschools from the UWS are expected to be there. Learn more here.
The 102nd-103rd street spring bazaar is scheduled for May 21 and they’re looking for people interested in selling some of their stuff. “Become a vendor at this annual neighborhood event and take home a pocketful of cash for things you no longer need or use. Appliances, books, clothes, trinkets and kids’ stuff (children’s items do particularly well!). For all details about how to become a vendor, please see: https://www.w102-103blockassn.
News:
Birders are freaking out over a rare bird found in Central Park. “The ‘skulky’ Swainson’s warbler touched down in the shrubbery near Strawberry Fields around 8 a.m. — the first time one has been spotted in the city in at least a decade, according to expert birder Rob Bate. ‘This is a bird that makes you drop all of your plans,’ Bate, who is president of the Brooklyn Bird Club, told The Post.”
A-Rod may be moving back to the Upper West Side. You guessed it: he was spotted checking out 15 Central Park West.
William Randolph Hearst’s former 17,000-square foot penthouse at The Clarendon at 137 Riverside Drive sold for $20 million.
Classifieds:
Bright spacious spare room in doorman building on Broadway and West 102nd street available for use as a home office. Entrance, bathroom and kitchenette shared with one other office. Contact hedyfc@nyc.rr.com.
Interested in placing a classified ad in our next Monday morning bulletin? Contact ads@westsiderag.com.
Re: the classified: In order to be a “home office”, doesn’t an office have to be part of the home of the person or persons using it as an office?