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Why I attended the No Kings demonstration | The Old Guy

Joan and I attended the No Kings demonstration on Oct. 18 right here on Victory Boulevard. The one in Manhattan looked jam packed and neither of us...

29.11.2025 2

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Staten Island secession: the good, the bad and the really, really ugly (opinion)

It’s that time again, time for Staten Islanders to start agitating about leaving the City of New York and standing on their own. The reason this...

26.11.2025 1

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Tom Wrobleski

They’re giving up their seats for me on the bus. What’s next? | The Old Guy

It’s official. Joan and I are old. Younger people open doors for us, give up their seats on buses and subways, let us ahead of them on line. It’s...

26.11.2025 3

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NYC DOT’s latest Silver Lake Park outrage (opinion)

And you thought you had the perfect shortcut. Ha! Drivers exulted when the city in its infinite wisdom decided to re-open Silver Lake Park Road to...

26.11.2025 1

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Tom Wrobleski

A message to those saying, ‘this is what I voted for’ |The Old Guy

Richard Nixon did not want John Lennon in America during Nixon’s second run for the office of president. He was too afraid that John, who was a...

26.11.2025 1

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Hochul ignores transformative Staten Island project in doling out hundreds of millions for repaving

Didn’t they forget something? As part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s election-year splurge, New York is going to spend $600 million to repave major...

09.11.2025 2

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Tom Wrobleski

I think we might be living in hell; here’s what we do | The Old Guy

A friend passed away, suddenly, recently. We had lost contact over the years but he was once a close friend. He was a good and righteous man, the...

08.11.2025 2

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6 key things that Staten Islanders need from Mayor Mamdani (opinion)

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is going to be the 111th mayor of the City of New York. It’s not an outcome that most Staten Islanders wanted....

05.11.2025 1

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Tom Wrobleski