Tell Me No Stories, I'll Tell You No Lies...

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When it comes to announcing the creation of a new $100K camera project paid by with public funds on City Island, NY... Grandstanding, or misinformation aren't even close to being acceptable tactics.

It has now been several years since a state politician, civic leaders and the local newsletter announced in bold headline the installation of cameras along City Island.

Where are those promised cameras? City Island Images has learned that there are no cameras, and none are planned in the near future.

FEAR FLIGHT FOUND?

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Malaysian authorities have announced that new objects have now been sighted, thereby raising hope of finally finding the flight's wreckage.

Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak appeared at an unscheduled news conference saying there is a major development, possibly confirmation of Flight 370 debris. Mr. Razak has only held one news conference on this matter in two weeks when Malaysia said it believed the plane had been deliberately diverted off course.

MORE SNOW ON THE WAY

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Temperatures have been delightful since the first day of Spring, but don't get used to it just yet... Although Spring has arrived and the winter of 2014 is theoretically no longer, unfortunately the Vernal Equinox will be bringing us sleet, with temperatures expected to dip to the low 30s and more snow is being forecast for this week.

The King of the Blues B.B. KING

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LEHMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS presents
The King of the Blues B.B. KING

“B.B. is not just great, he’s GREAT! - Bono
“I can tell B.B. from just one note.” - Eric Clapton
“Original and passionate style, juicing the country blues with electric fire and jazz polish.”
- Rolling Stone Magazine

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is honored to present the legendary King of the Blues, B.B. KING on Saturday, April 19th, 2014 at 8pm. With a unique, instantly recognized voice and guitar sound, B.B. King has been the most renowned blues musician in the world for more than 50 years.

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE??

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It's like the James Bond Movie, From Russia with Love.
Russia and Crimea tied the knot, but they forget to get registered at the courthouse in Ukraine. Instead, Vladimir Putin and Crimean leaders decided to sign an official adoption treaty with the consent of parliament.

Ukraine got rid of its president, followed by Crimea voting to become independent from Ukraine, signaling that it wanted to go back to Russia. The West began imposing sanctions to get Russia to back off. So this has turned into game of political musical chairs.

UN for International Day of Happiness

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http://24hoursofhappy.com/ Following his Academy Awards performance of his Oscar-nominated hit “Happy”, Pharrell Williams is partnering with the United Nations Foundation to promote the annual International Day of Happiness, Thursday, March 20.

“Happy,” is featured on the film Despicable Me 2 and has become an international phenomenon reaching #1 in more than 75 countries. Happy people from Toronto to Ireland have edited dance videos to the catchy song and posted them on YouTube.

DOT ON CITY ISLAND BRIDGE

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Here we go folks.... On or about 3/27/14, The NYC DOT will close the pedestrian and bike path on the south side of the City Island Bridge in order to perform work associated with the relocation of the existing water main on the bridge. Questions or comments should be directed to NYC Department of Transportation.

Huáscar Robles, Community Liaison

917.626.8391 - 718 885 1251

cityislandbridgehbx1164@gmail.com

Facebook.com/CityIslandBridge

City Island Bridge: https://vimeo.com/63056702

Dose of News

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www.ap.org

www.abcnews.go.com

www.bbc.com/news

http://www.bostonglobe.com

http://www.bloomberg.com

www.businessinsider.com

http://www.breakingnews.com

http://chicagotribune.com

http://www.cnet.com

http://ireport.cnn.com

http://money.cnn.com

http://www.cbsnews.com

www.dailymail.co.uk

www.economist.com

www.forbes.com

www.foxnews.com

www.huffingtonpost.com

www.latimes.com

www.msnbc.com

www.mashable.com

www.NBCNews.com

www.nymag.com

http://www.nytimes.com

www.npr.org

www.pbs.org

www.thenextweb.com

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