
Photograph taken in a Queens cemetery by gmpicket on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A motorcycle MVA at Quentin Rd & Coney Island Ave in Brooklyn, a hazmat at E 79th St & Transverse Rd in Manhattan and an officer assist on Watson Ave on Staten Island
- In this time of belt-tightening, it's good to know that CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein got a $55,000 two-year raise--he makes $450,000 a year!
- A grand jury voted to indict a concrete testing company with fraud and racketeering. The company did work on projects like the new Yankee Stadium and Freedom Tower.
- Attention Norm Abrams fans: This Old House is renovating a Brooklyn brownstone on Sterling Place.
- Even though a judge ruled for her ex-husband, former Ranger Ron Greschner, Carol Alt feels good the case being over, "I feel vindicated and free."
- A Huffington Post blogger in Los Angeles killed herself, two days after apparently stabbing her lover 222 times.
- The Gay Recluse noticed some strange storefronts in Washington Heights: "To us, it kinda looks like a tawdry set for a Victorian brothel."
- Is John Edwards separated from his wife? The Washington Post noticed he wasn't wearing his wedding ring.





great picture!
@gossipgirl--I love fall colors, so I have been loving all the autumnal photos. I would run fall photos all year round if I could!
The financial crisis is almost certainly going to put the MTA in a huge bind. will it be able leverage its budget in such a way that doesn't sacrifice service? How will it do that without forcing the cancellation of the Second Avenue Subway? Read more at the transport politic.
New York is facing a huge deficit and yet workers are getting a raise. Let's keep killing the working middle class.
stabbing her lover 222 times
Now that's a woman who believes in doing a thorough job. No halfway measures for her!
The saddest thing about that cemetary pic is knowing that Bush isn't buried there.