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Where to Take Mom Out for Mother’s Day

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Linguini Fra Diavolo with half lobster and shrimp at Torcello Ristorante. By Morris Gut Bronx Voice May 1, 2025 NEW YORK - Mom deserves her special day. If you are planning to dine out on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11th, here are a few suggestions in the Bronx and Westchester that cover a wide variety of tastes. Special Hint: It is a big restaurant day, so be sure to reserve a table early. If possible, you can take Mom out the day before or after to keep it less stressful. Enjoy! DINING AT NYBG  Take Mom for a stroll through the lovely New York Botanical Garden. There are Dining Pavilions near the Enid Haupt Pavilion: the casual family friendly Pine Tree Café or the more formal farm-to-table Hudson Garden Grill. Changing specialties include Sweet Corn Chowder, Murray’s Chicken Cobb, Hudson Burger, and Salmon Vera Cruz. For info: 646-627-7711, or 718-817-8700. www.nybg.org/visit/dining/  T...

How to Help Ease Your Child’s Food Allergies

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By Punita Ponda, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI, Chief, Division of Allergy & Immunology, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore  Manhattan Voice  May 1, 2025 NEW YORK - May is Food Allergy Awareness Month and as most of us see around us, childhood food allergies are increasing. Most people know of, or have friends and family members, who have food allergies. Food allergies are very difficult for all the family members of a child with that diagnosis. Everything from grocery shopping to going out to eat, or visiting someone, becomes stressful. A diagnosis of food allergies should be made with the guidance of your doctor, after they discuss your child’s history and perform a physical exam. This can involve doing skin testing or blood testing to check for the allergy after a child has a reaction upon eating the food. A typical allergic reaction to a food may look like hives, redness of the skin, itchiness, lip swelling, vomiting...

Garden Gnome Pulls Gun on Home Depot Guard

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The NYPD is searching fot this man for allegedly pulling a gun on a security guard at Home Depot. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice April 28, 2025 NEW YORK - Cops are looking for a nasty garden gnome who pulled a gun on a store employee when he tried to rob garden equipment in the Flatiron District.  At around 5:30 pm on April 24, a man was inside the garden section on the lower level of the Home Depot on West 23rd Street.  Cops said a security guard stopped the man when he tried to leave without paying for the items he had in his hands. The man put the items back and then pulled out a handgun and threatened the guard. The gunman then ran off.  The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect. He is described as a male with a dark complexion who is 5 foot 8 and around 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a camouflage jack...

Kips Bay Beatdown in Park

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Good-Time Charlies Stage Beating in Park By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice April 24, 2025 NEW YORK - Cops are looking for a trio of good time social media posters who allegedly beat a man inside a park in Kips Bay.  The NYPD released photos of 3 men who posted images of themselves having a good time on social media. One photo showed a man vaping. Another showed a suspect inside a liquor store and the third suspect appeared to be intoxicated.  Cops say this trio of Good-Time Charlies were inside a park at 480 2nd Avenue in Kips Bay on April 4. At around 5:47 pm, the trio got into a dispute with a 26-year-old man. Cops said the verbal dispute turned into an argument which then became physical.  The group began punching the victim in the face and then proceeded to strike him throughout the body. As the victim lay on the ground, the trio of attackers fled.  ...

Elderly Couple Assaulted on Museum Mile by Bike Riding Females

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The NYPD is searching for this woman and another in connection with the assault on an elderly couple on Museum Mile. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice April 23, 2025 NEW YORK - A couple was viciously attacked by a pair of Citi Bike riding females on Museum Mile on Holy Week, cops said.  At around 6 pm on April 17, a 75-year-old man, a 72-year-old woman and a 46-year-old woman were walking in the vicinity of East 79 Street and 5 Avenue across from Central Park on the famed Museum Mile. Cops said two women on separate Citi Bikes rode up to the couple.   Without warning, one of the bike riders punched the 75-year-old male with a closed first in his left eye. The other attacker pushed the 72-year-old woman and the 46-year-old woman to the ground.  The attackers then rode o...
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