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Did you Kick Butts on Thursday and learn some tips from RUMC and friends?  I hope you didn't miss the self-guided grocery store tour sponsored by City Harvest at Met Food on Saturday.  If you did, stay tuned to this blog for future events by City Harvest!  I met some of my gentle readers on Saturday at the Spring Fair at Christ Church in New Brighton--Richard Xuereb, photographic artist and creative woodworker extraordinaire (Check out his website: http://richard-xuereb.artistswebsites.com) and Karen Goode of Doorpost Blessing, a unique crafter of bible verses made into doorpost hangings (Visit her site at www.doorpostblessing.com). 

I also met some friends, Joelle and Virginia at their garage sale nearby.  How wonderful to finally put the faces to…

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According to the Staten Island Advance, the former Arthur Kill Correctional Facility is being sold to Broadway Stages, a premier TV, film and music video production company with 30 years in the business and ties to the major studios.  

When the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility was closed two years ago in a statewide cost-cutting move, employees were transferred to other facilities or lost their jobs and local businesses claimed a significant loss of revenue.  Vacant for these past two years, there were rumors of major retail chains interested in this site.  Of course, with retail comes traffic issues and alternative traffic patterns along the Arthur Kill Road corridor which is of concern to all residents.  

It is reported that Broadway Stages will…

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