The CBN/RI Older Adult Center, for January 2025, posts a full complement of activities. The Carter Burden Network manages this center at 546 Main Street.
The Roosevelt Island Daily News
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Things To Do This Week


- Roosevelt Island Revolt: Residents Call for Governance Changes Amid Corporate Chaos
- City Students to Get Free 24-Hour OMNY Transit Cards
- Is Poetry, My First Love, Dead?
- Portugal Launches 4-Day Work Week Trial
- RIOC Governance Committee Meeting: A Landmark Even for Change









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As the Dust Settles
The way the wind cuts across the river this time of year. The way older buildings hold heat but never quite hold air. I told myself that was why my chest felt tight again on certain mornings. Age, perhaps.











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