by Annette Polan You don’t have to be an artist to be creative, but you do have to be creative to be an artist. And, very few people are born […]
Courtney Carlson’s upcycled and leafy ANC campaign
by Marlene Berlin Courtney Carlson ran for ANC 3F06 and won, earning just shy of 50% of the vote against two opponents. Carlson’s signs and handouts proved her to be […]
In memory: Ann Kessler, a longtime chronicler of the people and places of old Forest Hills
It was always a delight to be notified of an email from Ann Kessler, who died on August 19th after a long battle with leukemia. It meant that that this […]
Good deeds make a neighborhood great
by Marlene Berlin A week ago, I headed down Davenport Street on my daily walk. We’d had an inch of rain the day before, and I wanted to see the […]
Meet Your Neighbors: The “old lady” and the Jeep
by Margery Elfin It annoys me when I hear people talking about a good used car as an old ladies’ car, meaning that it has hardly been used. Well, maybe […]
Meet Your Neighbors updates: The artists of Forest Hills and Van Ness
Rose Mosner Rose Mosner, collage artist, teacher and lifelong learner, died in February. She was 95 years old. Mosner taught art at a Queens public middle school for decades, and […]
Restoring Linnean Avenue’s tree-lined splendor took door-to-door fundraising and a lot of digging
by David Falk When we moved to Forest Hills in 1964, Linnean Avenue was shaded on both sides by stately elms, creating a beautiful and cool thoroughfare for spring, summer […]
Meet Your Neighbors: A leadership coach writes a book on the difficulty – and necessity – of change
Sandi Stewart, an executive coach and consultant, moved to Forest Hills with her husband Michael Abrams in 2012. She’s been lending her expertise to Van Ness Main Street as a […]
Meet Your Neighbors update: An exhibit of watercolors that were a “working antidote” to pandemic isolation
Our updates from neighbor and artist Milton Shinberg over the past two Covid years have been about decidedly non-painterly pursuits, such as his virtual lecture on the intersection of architecture […]
Meet Your Neighbors: An advocate for children and the homeless takes a neighborhood leadership role
When we introduced you in May to ANC 3F’s Schools and Universities Committee, its chair was James Tandaric. The leadership has changed. Tandaric is now an ANC 3F commissioner and […]