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Bronx resident Joe Binder, 101 years old and charging ahead to 102
Posted on May 13, 2012 | No CommentsJoe Binder, a 101-year-old Bronx resident, is preparing for his 102nd birthday. Binder stays active, helping out as a parking lot attendant at Mario’s Restaurant on Arthur Avenue in Belmont.... -
New York Daily News: Bronx residents, pols in push to enforce Pooper Scooper law as dog leavings pile up in some areas
Posted on March 13, 2012 | No CommentsMany Bronx residents and neighborhood groups are fed up with what they say is a lack of pooper-scooper law enforcement by the city Sanitation Department. Now, some Bronx politicians are... -
New York Daily News: Italy’s economic woes could affect prices on Arthur Avenue, where merchants rely on imported goods
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsLarry Hines’ quest to find the green olives he enjoyed at a restaurant years ago recently led him to Mt. Carmel Gourmet Food, a shop in the Arthur Avenue Retail... -
My obituary
Posted on December 25, 2011 | No CommentsIn our last class of the semester, I was asked to write my own obituary on deadline. Here is what I came up with: Longtime political journalist Tristan Robert Hallman... -
Mario’s Restaurant in the Bronx: Joseph Migliucci
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Wine and baseball
Posted on November 24, 2011 | No CommentsThere is a scene in Field of Dreams where Ray Kinsella and Terrance Mann pick up a hitchhiker on their drive back to Iowa. The hitchhiker was not Rutger Hauer – luckily... -
Plano Star-Courier: On the Run: Pair of Planoites complete NYC Marathon
Posted on November 11, 2011 | No CommentsBy TRISTAN HALLMAN Special to the Star-Courier NEW YORK — A decade ago, Melvin Chu was a student at the University of Texas-Dallas who didn’t care much about fitness. “Mostly,... -
The non-bucket list
Posted on September 27, 2011 | No CommentsEver since that Bucket List movie came out a few years ago, everyone likes to talk about what’s on his or her personal “bucket list.” That’s nice and all, but... -
City Limits: Midwood Food Pantry
Posted on September 24, 2011 | No CommentsThis is my story that was part of a larger City Limits package about lunch time at Brooklyn food pantries. By TRISTAN HALLMAN The boxes, milk crates and shopping carts... -
Our Town Downtown: Alberto Moore
Posted on September 24, 2011 | No CommentsBy TRISTAN HALLMAN Office cleaner Alberto Moore, 50, left the New York University campus at 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 13, but his day wasn’t done. Three hours later, he stood...






