David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Tasty Eating, Handling Pain: This Week’s New Zoom Programing from the Carter Burden Network
While the CBN/RI Senior Center remains closed by the COVID surge, the Carter Burden Network pitches in, lining up easy access online programs. Here’s what’s on tap for this week… The Roosevelt Island Daily News More from the Roosevelt Island…
Tax Foundation: Taxation plays direct, indirect role in 2021 population shift
(The Center Square) – As more Americans move to lower-taxed Republican-led states, a new report by the Tax Foundation indicates that taxation levels play a direct and indirect role as factors contributing to migration patterns. By Bethany Blankley | The…
The Wandering Man, a thriller I couldn’t wait to get back to…
Tammany Hall controlled New York City Detective Doherty’s life revolves around the political machine. A case from years past is reopened, sending him on a chase for The Wandering Man through New York City and down many dead ends. Order…
How do you define spirituality? What is its role in your life?
Spirituality is such a common idea, you might think everyone knows what it means. But that’s not true, and in reality, definitions are many and often very personal, uniquely etched in self-awareness. by David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small…
RIOC’s New Tram Shutdown Comes with Unintended Humor
The new Tram shutdown cuts back to single cabin operations and comes with a taste of Henny Youngman-esque humor. It’s not on purpose though, and the expected miscues repeat. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News About the new…
Hard winter weather sweeping in, but New York City will miss the worst of it
by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News New Yorkers got through the extreme cold weather for which Governor Kathy Hochul issued an alert on Saturday. Residents did fine. Or, for Buffalo Bills fans, better than fine as the team…
A huge drop off in COVID cases says New York Governor
Governor Kathy Hochul said on Saturday that week-over-week COVID cases in New York plunged a whopping 47% in the state. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News “We are turning the corner on the winter surge, but we’re not…
Have You Walked Carl Schurz Park? A Gem Missed Too Often in New York City
Carl Schurz Park is a quiet green space in Yorkville on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Home to Gracie Mansion, where New York’s mayors live, it rises above Hell Gate, the confluence where tides from Long Island Sound collide with those…
Mom’s greatest gift for her child is a healthy gut microbiome
Mom’s greatest gift for her child is not sentimental. It arrives with birth. Babies come alive through a rich vaginal wash of microbes that guide digestive health for a lifetime. All animals evolved methods arming their offspring with microbiomes aimed…
Roosevelt Islanders in need flock to the reopened food pantry
After three weeks closed by holidays and a COVID surge, Roosevelt Island’s reopened food pantry drew a long appreciative line on Main Street. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News Pre-bagged groceries were lined up a half-hour before Roosevelt…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor