It was not predicted, and if you slept late, you might have missed it, but our season’s first snowfall blanketed Roosevelt Island overnight. It was light, but beautiful.
By David Stone
The Roosevelt Island Daily News
Our Season’s First Snowfall
Because temperatures will rise to around 50 today, we won’t have a white Christmas or even patches of snow during lunchtime. But it’s the kind of weather surprise you can appreciate, a reminder that climate change has not turned New York City into a tropical rain forest yet.
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Three Newspapers and a Broken Water Fountain
One paper stopped arriving. Another outgrew the list that started it, then learned how to say goodbye.
In 2018, Roosevelt Island had three local newspapers and no working drinking fountains. Seven years later, one paper had disappeared, one founder was leaving the country and the word “your” was about to receive a much clearer ending.
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