Olive Freud, Who Fought Big Developers and Successfully Sued Trump and Lincoln Center, Dies at 97
She won a lawsuit against Trump and beat Lincoln Center over cutting down trees.
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Goddard Riverside’s 2025 Good Neighbor Award Winners: Locals Making a Difference
Free Upper West Side News, Delivered To Your Inbox On Monday, June 16, Goddard Riverside hosted the 2025 Good Neighbor Awards—started in 2001—to recognize individuals
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Upper West Side Custodian Fatally Stabbed While Traveling Abroad
The beloved custodian of an Upper West Side synagogue was fatally stabbed while vacationing in Turkey, leaving his community mourning and pleading for answers.
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Cremated Remains of Science Writer, Credited with Introducing the Idea of Space Travel to the American Public, Found in UWS Basement
Willy Ley was a science writer in New York City from the 1920s through the 1960s, who according to The New York Times was hailed as a “prophet of the …
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Community Board 7 Reviews Street Co-Naming Application for Malachy McCourt
The Transportation Committee of Community Board 7 met on Tuesday evening to review an application to co-name a street for Malachy McCourt, an Upper West
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Dedicated Upper West Sider to be Honored with Street Co-Naming
A beloved community advocate will soon be honored with a street co-naming on the Upper West Side.
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Upper West Sider Celebrates 105th Birthday
On Monday, Donald Hoy celebrated his 105th birthday at Amsterdam Nursing Home (1060 Amsterdam Ave at West 112th Street), where he’s resided since 2015.
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Ted Comet, UWS Jewish Activist and Leader, Dies at 100
The Upper West Side lost one of its most esteemed residents this week.
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The Real Dog Walkers of the Upper West Side
Take a walk on the Upper West Side on a nice day, and you are bound to run into one of the neighborhood’s ubiquitous dog
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Beloved Newsstand Vendor Wins Long-Fought Legal Battle
Here’s a bit of good news for Upper West Siders, especially those who frequent a particular newsstand vendor near the corner of 79th and Broadway.
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