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Did Norah Jones Bring Bedbugs Home?

Starting Dec. 3, singer Norah Jones -- along with all other New York City residents -- will have to help fight the bedbug infestation crawling through the city by following new rules enacted by the New York City Department of Sanitation. Jones, who recently was alleged to have brought bedbugs to the Brooklyn neighborhood... Continue Reading »

Brooklyn Bridge Park Opens, Locals Gain Green Space

It would be reductive to say that it took 20 years for Brooklyn Bridge Park to open. It truly is a feat to create a brand new, and quite grand, city park when the Governor of New York State has been closing parks everywhere else. To do it in a recession, when housing prices are still falling and lots of New Yorkers are out... Continue Reading »

Norah's Windows All Clear

The scuttlebutt over Ms. Jones' new windows has finally cleared. As reported, singer Norah Jones found herself in a dispute over adding windows to her brownstone apartment this week. YourNabe.com of Courier-Life Publications reports that New York City's Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) has decided not to give the... Continue Reading »

Norah Jones' Windows Hit Sour Note

Today the talented Norah Jones released her fourth solo record titled "The Fall." She probably wasn't referring to her "fall from grace" in the eyes of a few Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, neighbors. They accuse Jones of using her star power to do some "inappropriate" remodeling to her 1843 brownstone. The big fuss? Norah's... Continue Reading »

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