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  • They have not contacted me about consent to use my name and/or likeness. My legal department may be in touch with them shortly.

    Posted by West
    on September 9th, 2007 at 3:25 pm

  • How awful! Which article are you in? I can see how this is a landmark moment in local journalism.

    Posted by Millie
    on September 10th, 2007 at 2:03 am

  • To The Editor

    Let’s All Pitch In

    Now that the snow shoveling season is again upon us, perhaps apartment building maintenance personnel and the owners of corner-lot homes will make a concentrated effort to shovel the crosswalks adjacent to their properties. While the shoveling of sidewalks is good, what is even better is if once a person gets to a corner he/she is able to crossover to the next shoveled sidewalk. Otherwise many folks, especially the elderly and infirm remain nevertheless “snowed in” on their own block.

    Also, businesses (with store fronts) that are closed on Saturday(s) and/or Sunday(s) might think of making some arrangement with a next door or nearby business that is open on the weekend(s) to have their sidewalks shoveled by their neighbor. Banks are notorious for having “unshoveled” sidewalks on the weekend(s) after a snowfall.

    Taking a bit of extra responsibility and working together will surely prevent many winter”slip and slide” accidents and make for a happier and healthier citizenry.

    Posted by Aldona Savicunas
    on December 16th, 2007 at 7:15 pm

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The Forum West debuts

Posted by Steve on Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Hey, be on the lookout for the new community newspaper for West-Central Queens, The Forum West — the “first regular issue” is out

right now, and it includes my debut column. I may be biased, but I think it’s got a different (and better) take on community matters than the other rags. Case in point: the inaugural restaurant review from Avenue Food’s Sarah, in which she makes Queens community newspaper history by giving — I hope you’re sitting down — a mediocre review to Manor Oktoberfest at Atlas Park. That’s right — not even once does she suggest you’re stupid for not eating there, and she describes one dish as “gloppy.” It’s truly a landmark moment in local journalism.

Distribution details are sketchy and there’s no website yet, but I personally picked up a copy at the Citibank on the corner of Austin and Continental in central FoHi.