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– photo by Mitch Waxman

In just a couple of weeks, a cool thing to do just might be hanging out with Kevin Walsh of Forgotten-NY and the Newtown Historical Society in Elmhurst.

from newtownhistorical.org

Newtown Historical Society Walking Tour of Elmhurst – April 18th

The Newtown Historical Society, in conjunction with Forgotten-NY.com, will be hosting a walking tour of Elmhurst on Sunday, April 18th, 2010 at 2pm.  We will meet at the token booth of the Grand Avenue-Newtown station on the R line at Broadway and Queens Blvd.  Cost is $20 for non-members, $5 for members.  Includes the guide services of Forgotten-NY’s Kevin Walsh and an informative historical pamphlet. Non-members will also receive a 1-year NHS membership.

Please RSVP to newtownhistory@gmail.com or call 718-366-3715 and leave your name, phone number and number of participants.

– photo by Mitch Waxman

Benefit to you, Lords and Ladies of Newtown, both spiritually and photographically- is found in the upcoming schedule of Working Harbor Summer Sunset Hidden Harbor Tours. I will be on the June 15th tour, for sure. Check out the Newtown Pentacle posting on last year’s June 15th excursion here:

from workingharbor.com

Working Harbor Committe of New York/New Jersey. Here are the dates & times for our 2010 series of Summer Sunset Hidden Harbor Tours® :

  • 10 May 2010 – 6:15 pm
  • 15 June 2010 – 6:15 pm
  • 13 July 2010 – 6:15 pm
  • 17 August 2010 – 6:15 pm
  • 14 September 2010 – 6:00 pm

Tickets are on sale now. Click Here to purchase

And thats not all…..

We will announce some additional special tours soon, including Newtown Creek, Circumnavigation of Staten Island and, by popular request, Tugboat Rides!

– photo by Mitch Waxman

Also, and this is goofy, just like my little dog Zuzu- pictured above- but this is from the amazing boingboing– and yes- its NYC

Apartment building exorcism

David Pescovitz at 11:37 AM March 29, 2010

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Nichole East posted this video on Flickr documenting an exorcism performed by her neighbors last week. She also snapped the above photo of the friendly note she left them. (Thanks, Greg Long!)


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