marine life

The good times are (almost) gone.

Sad, Sad Artists Say Buh-Bye to Boatel

Art, love, happiness, the Boatel in Far Rockaway. The best things are fleeting, like life itself.

The beloved, decrepit Boatel, comprising 23 boats that artists outfitted two years ago, is going away. At least the current, dingy but atmospheric incarnation of the Boatel is going away, according to DNAinfo. After Halloween, the art installation/cheap lodging at Marina 59 will be dismantled and the boats stripped down to their basic frames. Read More

Events for July 6, 2006

Anthony Weiner will unveil new facilities and projects at the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area.

The FEMA Director of National Preparedness joins Tim Bishop at a Suffolk County Hurricane Preparedness Seminar at Brookhaven Town Hall.

The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and Adolfo Carrion host a citizenship workshop at Read More

Moving On From Ground Zero

By sunrise on Sept. 11, 2002, one year after the towers fell, the crowds were already thick at Ground Zero. A strange carnival had descended on downtown overnight, depositing a sea of mourners, babies clad in red, white and blue, politicians and doughnut vendors. Bagpipers had marched in from all corners of the city, some Read More