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Editorial
Vote for Gerson at the polls Sept. 9
In the weeks before Lower Manhattan was attacked in 2001, there was a vigorous seven-candidate campaign for the Democratic primary for Lower Manhattan’s First City Council District. This time, the two-candidate Council primary has received much less attention.
Keen Berger for district leader
The biggest and really only competitive election on the ballot in Greenwich Village and a small part of southern Chelsea next week is the race for female Democratic district leader. Following Aubrey Lees’ decision to bow out after eight years and not seek reelection, the seat opened up.
Talking Point
Would nonpartisan elections empower the voters?
By Henry J. Stern
Mayor Bloomberg’s proposals for city charter revision have been presented, and the opposition has quickly formed: an alliance between Democratic Party organizations and the unions who comprise the N.Y.C. Central Labor Council. There is less difference between these two groups than may meet the eye, Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin, (Democrat of Queens) is chairman of the Central Labor Council and a potential candidate for the Democratic mayoral nomination.
Editorial cartoon
By Ira Blutreich
Letters to the editor
Second thoughts
By RICHMOND JONES
News in briefs
Police blotter
Vesuvio reopens after renovation
Villagers win prizes at outdoor art exhibit
Got slice, tried to slice workers
Back to school
Expanded gay high school becomes lightning rod
By Lincoln Anderson
For most students and teachers returning to school is hopefully a pleasurable experience. However at the Hetrick Martin Institute at 2 Astor Pl., which is being expanded into the Harvey Milk School, the start of the new school year has been marred by controversy.
L.R.E.I.’s new principal says school just felt right
By Lincoln Anderson
After 21 years at the Collegiate School for boys on the Upper West Side, as a student, math teacher and academic dean, Dr. Tony Fisher is moving down to the Village to become principal of Elisabeth Irwin High School on Charlton St.
‘Dr. G’ looks forward to a new year at P.S. 20
By Albert Amateau
A Lower East Side school whose student population reflects the astonishing diversity of the neighborhood, P.S. 20 is one of the great success stories of the city’s public school system.
Unclear when city will have new councils in place
By Elizabeth O’Brien
The city might not meet the state’s December deadline for the elimination of community school boards and their replacement by parent-led district councils, according to a state legislative leader.
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Photo by Q Sakamaki
Above, Liberian government soldiers. Below, Q Sakamaki crouches for cover while photographing war in Liberia.
Photographer seeks out conflict
 By Lincoln Anderson
Q Sakamaki is a small, elflike man with a moustache and a twinkle in his eye. He’s unfailingly courteous. Though he might not fit the stereotype of the macho war photographer, he regularly puts himself in harm’s way in the planet’s most dangerous combat areas. And he’s quite good at what he does.
 3 candidates vie for female district leader
By Lincoln Anderson
In one of this year’s most competitive and closely watched races, three candidates, Kathleen “Keen” Berger, Cynthia Smith and Lois Rakoff , are vying for Greenwich Village female Democratic district leader.
Bella statue plan deferred
By Albert Amateau
The movement to erect a monument to Bella Abzug in Washington Sq. Park is being deferred in favor of a living memorial to the feisty former congresswoman who died five years ago after a lifetime of devotion to progressive causes.
 Smoke and fire in Council race: Gerson vs. Gleason
By Josh Rogers
Is politics about finding simple answers to simple questions or developing solutions that address the subtle complexities of a problem?
Swinging vinyl on the dial — deejay Danny Stiles takes listeners down memory lane
By Sharon Hartwick
Every Saturday, Danny Stiles shows up at the WNYC studios in the Municipal Building at the end of Chambers St. to tape another trip back in time to the era of great American music. Sitting in his office, he fingers through rows of well-worn LPs, preparing for the evening’s program.
City Planning Commission gives Noho East District final approval
By Albert Amateau
The City Planning Commission on Aug. 27 approved the designation of the Noho East Historic District along Bleecker St. between Lafayette St. and Bowery.
OBITUARY
Stephen Rudy, N.Y.U. professor
of Russian and Slavic languages
Stephen Rudy, 54, associate professor of Russian and Slavic languages at New York University and a Village resident, died of head injuries after an accidental fall at home on Aug. 11.
How they like their men
By Jerry Tallmer
Ida, a nurse in a Los Angeles hospital ward for severely ill children, likes passive men as bedmates. Monnie, her best friend, a top-flight court stenographer in Los Angeles, shares Ida’s tastes in almost everything except men: she likes them rough, aggressive, dominant.
Koch on film
By Ed. Koch
Step into Liquid (+)
There is no improving on what the Brown family, father Bruce and son Dana, did 37 years ago in “Endless Summer.” That movie was unique and took the country by storm. I still remember it as though it were yesterday.
Four bold women in Belfast
By Davida Singer
Scottish writer Rona Munro’s recent film credits include the Golden Globe nominated “Aimee and Jaguar.” Now a new production of her award-winning play, “Bold Girls”, about the lives of four women in Belfast, marks the opening of the fifteenth season for 29th Street Rep.
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