Category: Community

Columbia University’s Online Immersion For High School Students

Claudie Benjamin April 14, 2020 Community No Comments

Columbia University has offered an online immersion summer program to outstanding high school students since 1986. This year, as always, new courses have been added. Read More...

Bond Vet Urgent Petcare Clinic To Open UWS Location

Mike Mishkin April 14, 2020 Community No Comments

Bond Vet, an urgent pet-care and wellness clinic, will be opening a new location at 352 Amsterdam Ave (77th Street) on April 20th. They’ll be Read More...

A Growing Rat Condo on 89th Street

Mike Mishkin April 14, 2020 Community 11 Comments

Last summer, the DOT installed a speed bump in front of a brownstone co-op on 89th between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. As a Read More...

Meals 4 Heroes: Feeding Healthcare Workers & Keeping Restaurant Employees Working

Mike Mishkin April 12, 2020 Community No Comments

About two weeks ago, three Upper West Siders launched a new initiative to accomplish two goals: keep healthcare workers well fed, and keep restaurant employees Read More...

An Upper West Sider’s Silk Handkerchiefs

Claudie Benjamin April 12, 2020 Community No Comments

In pre-Kleenex days, silk (and fine linen) handkerchiefs were important items, whether to finish off an outfit, as souvenirs, to give boxed as teacher gifts at Read More...

A Dog-Walker Who Cares

Claudie Benjamin April 10, 2020 Community No Comments

Upper West Sider Cary Croes is a gentle, witty storyteller. For the past eight years, he has been a dog-walker. Explaining how this occupation connects with Read More...

Temporary Hospital Plans at Cathedral of St. John the Divine Cancelled

Mike Mishkin April 10, 2020 Community 1 Comment

While a temporary hospital at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine was originally scheduled to begin admitting patients by the end of this week, Read More...

Staying Strong and Fit at Home – Courtesy of SlowBurn Personal Training Studios

Mike Mishkin April 10, 2020 Community, Sponsored No Comments

Covid 19 has put a damper on many of our fitness routines. But no worries! The SlowBurn method is a powerful way to stay tight, Read More...

Telehealth & “Telemental Health” for Patients with Vision Loss

Claudie Benjamin April 9, 2020 Community No Comments

As a major provider of mental health and healthcare service to people with low vision and blindness, Lighthouse Guild swiftly engaged with the need to Read More...

UWS Organizations Work Together To Manufacture & Deliver Face Shields

Mike Mishkin April 9, 2020 Community No Comments

Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM), a global humanitarian non-profit venture, has a web-platform with detailed instructions for creating COVID-19 solutions. They are calling on those with access Read More...