ED SADLER ESTATE SALE

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Dozens of City Island Clam Diggers and Mussel Suckers, as wall as and those from outside the island lined up and waited outside Ed Sadler's home on Ed Sadler Way for an internet posted and long awaited estate sale early this morning.

City Island Images spoke with Kathleen from Mt. Vernon, who works for Consumer Reports, also Alice and Regina from City Island and from Massachusetts, who both work in the health care industry.

DEADLY CRASH THIS MORNING

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2 Dead, 3 Injured following a car crash. Multiple vehicles were.involved in the early morning accident on Orchard Beach Road.

Although the cause of the deadly crash has yet to be determined, two individuals have lost their lives and three others were injured in a Hutchinson River Parkway car crash. One of the people injured was in serious condition, according to FDNY.

LEGAL ACTION TO STOP A NEW BRIDGE

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A judge grants a temporary injunction to block construction of the City Island Bridge after NY State Senator Jeff Klein and City Island residents filed a law suit against NYC to stop an updated design.

The proposed bridge to replace the existing 100 year + bridge is a steel-cable structure, which many feel is out of place because of its modern looking high tower.

MONSTER STORM

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Officials fear that more than 10,000 are dead in typhoon onslaught in Philippines, with Vietnam and China next. Millions of people are being slammed by Typhoon Haiyan.

Typhoon Haiyan blasted the Philippines much harder than Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Making landfall with sustained winds of 195 miles per hour, it's stronger than Katrina at landfall in 2005.

Creativity Of Expression Theater Workshop

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THE CITY ISLAND THEATER GROUP & CITY ISLAND NAUTICAL MUSEUM PRESENTED A FREE WORKSHOP ENTITLED LIFE ON THE ISLAND AND WAS CONDUCTED BY MARGO BROOKS.

THE TWO HOUR SESSION EXPLORES TALENT, CULTURE, & ISSUES ON CITY ISLAND

AFTER 15 YEARS OF PERFORMING FOR CITY ISLAND, CITG IS OFFERING FREE WORKSHOPS WHERE RESIDENTS AND LOCAL ARTISTS CAN TELL THEIR STORIES, GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, AND SHARE THEIR TALENTS. THE ISSUES THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO SCREAM.

TWITTER FLIES OUT THE GATE

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(TWTR) took off from Wall Street and flew fast to a fabulous frenzy. The social network debuted as a public company by soaring more than 72% above its initial public offering price.

Like Amazon, Facebook and Google have become Internet Utilities, so too has Twitter. Twitter chose the best time to go public, while the stock market is surging due to the extraordinarily easy monetary policies from the Federal Reserve.

FEW WEEKS LEFT BEFORE BLOOMERG IS OUT

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That translates to one less day every day and once the new NYC Mayor takes office, Bill de Blasio will have two months to plan his first budget.

One he gets sworn in, his first challenge is retroactive pay increases from public sector unions that could cost New Yorkers around $5 billion.

There's stop-and-frisk, a Bloomberg-era police tactic which led to racial profiling of young black and Latino men, then there are the campaign platforms like income inequality, jobs... etc.

SO LONG, MIKE... BYE BYE BLOOMBERG

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NYC voters have finally elected their new Mayor. His name is Bill De Blasio and his victory signaled that the public was anxious to say goodbye to Mike Bloomberg's era.

Mayor Mike is a billionaire technocrat whose amazing wealth often made him appear insensitive to the plight of those struggling to make it in the Big Apple.

Bloomberg's popularity began to significantly sink after taking on a bully pulpit attitude and buying himself a third term by shoving a law down the throats of New Yorkers, which allowed Mayor Mike to skirt previously set term limits.

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

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Voters in The Garden State have decided to re-elect their heavy weight Republican Governor. Chris Christie cruised to a NJ victory and now appears focused on a 2016 GOP Presidential candidacy.

The NJ Governor's victory underlines his support from Democrats, independents as well as minorities. Similarly, George W. Bush was re-elected as governor in Texas back in 1998. . This month, Christie will assume the chairmanship of the GOP Governors Association, giving him a solid platform for his national campaign.

After 12 years of independent Mike Bloomberg in office, New York City voters have elected Democrat Bill de Blasio. His victory comes as a severe disappointment to Republicans and their light weight candidate Joe Lhota. This election signals a leftward shift for the city after the long and highly paid for Bloomberg re-elections.

This means that Democrats are back in control of the nation’s largest city for the first time in two decades. The 1,200 polling places throughout NYC experienced a lower than usual turnout according to city election officials.