After four hard days in line, it’s time to think about Alternative COVID Testing Sites. Hundreds of Roosevelt Islanders flocked to Good Shepherd Plaza for
Month: December 2021
Season’s First Snowfall for Roosevelt Island
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
The Coler Auxiliary, Gifts and Cheer to Our Disabled Neighbors
When the holidays come, our neighbors to the north have no better friends than the Coler Auxiliary, Roosevelt Islanders stepping up again, this year. The
Something New: “Local Tipster” Selling Stickers About and For Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Islander Jess Klein is selling locally oriented sticker sheets on Etsy. Take a look here. Click here to see Local Tipster’s shop on Etsy.
COVID Surge Forces a Pause in All CBN/RI Senior Center Programing.
The Roosevelt Island Daily News “We are closing the Senior Center to all programing until further notice” said Senior Center director Lisa Fernandez. The congregate
Holiday Best Wishes from Westview
One of Roosevelt Island’s biggest stories in 2021 was Westview’s reaching the final stage of privatization, welcoming home ownership and income stabilization to the community.
Eunice Folla, 30 Year Roosevelt Islander, Died This Month
Eunice Tazuko Tamashiro Folla was a force of life,” her family says on a memorial page, “a radiant and joyful presence who devoted her life
The beat goes on with third day of COVID testing and vaccines
In a third day of COVID testing and vaccines, Roosevelt Islanders waited again in a long line, the length of Good Shepherd Plaza. It was
REALITY CHECK: MAGNIFICENT THINGS HAPPENED IN 2021
Feeling bleak? Well, 2021 wasn’t all bad. In fact, mainstream media — hooked on negative clickbait — didn’t tell you, but magnificent things happened in
“Blue Light” new photographs by Anne-Marie Dannenberg at the Octagon
New photographs by RIVAA artist Anne-Marie Dannenberg add striking colors and ingenious designs to the walls of the Octagon Gallery, in the lobby at 888