The experiment that began this week allowing people to use their cell phones inside four Chelsea subway stations (but not in the trains themselves, and only on AT&T and T-Mobile) will be spreading to every station on the Upper West Side south of 96th Street within a year, the MTA ...
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September 28, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 70 Degrees. Notices: For those observing, Happy Rosh Hashanah! The holiday starts tonight, and there are some unique events going on in the neighborhood, including a public blowing of the shofar (ram's horn) hosted by Chabad in Central Park's Naumberg Bandshell from 5 ...
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September 20, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 68 Degrees. Notices: Some local teachers are looking for help paying for classroom supplies. Both PS 811M and the Urban Assembly School for Green Careers have put out requests for donations to fund equipment. News: Congregation Shaare Zedek, a synagogue on West 93rd ...
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A water main break on 106th Street and Central Park West appears to have flooded the B and C subway line today, which could make the commute very hairy this afternoon.
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July 22, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 99 Degrees. Notices: Kevin Jacobs, a history teacher at the Beacon School is looking for Upper West Siders who lived here when San Juan Hill existed (the neighborhood that was torn down and replaced by Lincoln Center). Jacobs' students want to interview the ...
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Have you noticed that 1 trains don't seem to be coming as frequently? I thought at first that I was just becoming more impatient, but it turns out that the MTA cut service without telling anyone or holding hearings. NY1 reported that the MTA reduced the number of rush hour ...
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