New York City Informer

Bethesda Terrace in Central Park. (getty) Prepare the juice cleanse: at the Central Park Conservancy’s annual “Taste of Summer,” dozens of fancy food tables amount to a cavalcade of calories. Gourmet grub is provided by the 21 Club, Armani Ristorante, La Esquina, PJ Clarke’s, Sirio Ristorante, Swifty’s and Tulsi, to name a few. Those with [...]

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Bird lovers in Inwood Hill Park were horrified Wednesday morning to learn that about a dozen Canada geese and goslings were rounded up and killed in the name of aviation safety.      New York News – NY Daily News

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• Edible Queens is throwing a beer and meat party at Sunnyside Gardens Park on July 11. Samples of smoked whole hog, Peking duck, roasted lamb, and local craft beer will be available for tasting. Tickets for the shindig are $ 40 and can be purchased here. [Grub Street] • Brooklyn’s Mable’s Smokehouse wants to [...]

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Anthony Weiner’s 17-month-old son, Jordan, joined him on the campaign trail on Father’s Day Sunday, earning the occasional “awww” as the former congressman greeted voters at a street fair in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where he grew up. Little Jordan, decked out blue plaid pants and a stylish fedora, seemed unfazed by the crowd of campaign [...]

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V TALKING POINT BY CATHRYN SWAN | The community around Washington Square Park is currently debating whether a private conservancy is a legitimate way to “improve” the park or just a “scheme” for New York University and other private interests to increase their real estate values and take further control of this essential public space. [...]

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They’re on the cutting edge of trends, but when it comes to one of their major roadways for bypassing the Barclays Center, Park Slope residents like things just the way they are.Denizens of the politically correct neighborhood are rebelling against plans by the Transportation Department to eliminate some… NY Post: Brooklyn

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An 82-year-old good Samaritan who has been giving free haircuts to the homeless for 25 years has been kicked out of a Hartford park by city health officials. WNYW – Local News

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• Monday, June 17, is the opening of the Hester Street Fair at HBO’s Bryant Park Summer Film Festival. Grab a blanket and head to the 5 p.m. lawn screening of Tootsie with lobster rolls from Luke’s, Handsome Dan’s cotton candy, and tacos from Oaxaca Taqueria. The series will run every Monday evening from 4 [...]

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BlackBerry is making a bold move and leasing its first office in the Big Apple. The Canadian-based company will be able to keep moving into a 10,000 square-foot space at the top of 440 Park Ave. S. It is unclear when the tech company will flow into the full… NY Post: Real Estate

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Welcome to New York: A 59-year-old tourist from Terre Haute, Indiana was enjoying a stroll in Central Park yesterday when an oak tree branch snapped off and clocked her in the head. Sharon Reese, 59, was walking with her husband when the tree attacked near a park entrance at West 86th Street around 3:30 p.m. [...]

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A falling tree branch stuck a woman in Central Park on Tuesday afternoon. WNYW – Local News

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A woman was injured Tuesday after a piece of tree fell to the ground and struck her in Central Park. Top Stories – NY1

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Ben’s Best Deli to name the new menu item of mini-knaidels after Queens student. Home Page Top Stories on DNAINFO.com – Monday, June 10, 2013 | 10:34pm

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