The dates displayed for an article provide information on when various publication milestones were reached at the journal that has published the article activities on preceding journals at which the article was previously under consideration are not shown (for instance submission All content on this site: Copyright © 2025 Elsevier B.V. Once upon a time, on winding Palisade Avenue in the once isolated Bronx neighborhood of Spuyten Duyvil there were three beautiful sisters—sister apartment buildings The oldest sister, the Villa Rosa Bonheur, was completed in 1924. Fancifully named after a 19th century French painter and with only seven apartments, this sprawling cottage featured gorgeous views of the Harlem River looking toward Manhattan—until it met the bulldozer in 2021 the Victoria continues to exude Tudor loveliness on a steep cliff with sweeping Hudson River vistas (third photo) Built in 1926 next door to the Villa Victoria the Charlotte Bronte is a romantic fantasy that features two twin buildings bisected by a central sunken courtyard high above the Hudson River It’s an enchanting apartment residence designed in a style New York had never seen before “Each wing is a carefully irregular composition of tiled roofs, protruding bays, balconies, and casement windows,” wrote David Bady on Lehman College’s Bronx Architecture website “Together they house seventeen apartments The Charlotte Bronte has been described in various ways: like an Italian villa, Gaudi-esque “The exterior is made from stucco, featuring brick and stone ornamentation and multi-colored tiled roofs,” according to a writeup on Curbed Each apartment had a wood-burning fireplace and varying views of the river; landscaped paths and walkways thread the villa into a cohesive unit were built not to lure Manhattanites to the Bronx but to keep the “city ugly” of Manhattan from spoiling Spuyten Duyvil when residents of this formerly sleepy enclave became alarmed by the encroachment of urban development The pace of urbanization in Northern Manhattan and the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx was swift and the community realized that Spuyten Duyvil could be the next area to be carved up and sold to speculators Residents pushed back on urbanization, “lest it should jump the Harlem and Spuyten Duyvil Creek and spoil the romantic spot where nature still ran riot among the trees and flowers,” the New York Times reported in 1910 some residents began buying up lots themselves and laying out plans for “houses of a more expensive character,” per the Times The goal was to put up new residences (and turn a profit) while keeping the small-scale charm and character of Spuyten Duyvil One of these residents, lawyer and businessman John J. McKelvey, had lived in Spuyten Duyvil since the 1890s. At first, he tried his hand at building and selling individual homes, according to Christopher Gray in a 2006 New York Times article It was McKelvey who built the three sisters and gave them their delightful names They are considered to be the first apartment houses in Riverdale but ‘villas’ made up of individually owned duplex and triplex ‘studio homes,’” wrote Bady Architect Robert Gardner made unusual design choices for the Charlotte Bronte that distinguish it from the hundreds of elegant yet cookie-cutter apartment buildings lining Manhattan’s upper class avenues in the 1920s you have to go down two flights toward the Hudson then turn right and go up two flights to the front door Another front door is behind a small arched grotto,” explained Gray high-flying concrete walkway with a skinny iron railing cantilevered out over a long and nasty drop to the railroad tracks below.” At first, the sister buildings attracted elite tenants; one newspaper listed some of the “well known” New Yorkers who planned to make the Villa Victoria their home McKelvey lost Villa Victoria in foreclosure and the Rosa Bonheur co-op failed in 1941,” wrote Gray The Villa Rosa Bonheur held on for decades as a private home then in the 2010s was sold to a developer who tore it down—inciting much anger from the community the Villa Victoria appears to be a rental building while the Villa Charlotte Bronte remains a spectacular co-op residence with rarely available units Spuyten Duyvil gained some apartment towers over the years but much of this hilly enclave retains a small-town feel high above the bluffs Two apartments in the Charlotte Bronte actually came up for sale in 2023. A New York Post article captured the historic interiors of each Upcoming Tours and Events 2025!Exploring the Gilded Age Mansions & Memorials of Riverside Drive: Sunday May 4, 1-3:15 PM. Sign up here!The Gilded Age Mansions & Memorials of Riverside Drive: Sunday May 18, 1-3:30 PM. Sign up here! 1870-1910 Press Inquiries — Kara Thornton Black Dog & Leventhal — 212-364-0537 kara.thornton@hbgusa.com (EWING, NJ) -- Roxey Ballet is thrilled to announce the return of its beloved holiday tradition a favorite for residents and visitors alike Six performances will take place from November 30 through December 14 Join Clara and her friends as they embark on a magical adventure Audiences will be captivated by the stunning costumes and brilliant choreography that bring this heartwarming story to life making it the perfect way to usher in the holiday season A special treat awaits—Santa and his jolly friends will make a delightful appearance during the performance adding even more festive cheer for the whole family This production is known as the most fun-filled and accessible children’s show in the region Performances take place: Saturday, November 30th @ 2:00pm; Sunday, December 1st @ 2:00pm; Friday, December 6th @ 10:00am (Children’s Matinee); Saturday, December 7th @ 2:00pm; Sunday, December 8th @ 2:00pm; and Saturday, December 14th @ 4:00pm (Sensory Friendly Show). Tickets are available for purchase online The Villa Victoria Theater is located at 376 W Upper Ferry Road in Ewing Virtual Performances are also available for those who prefer to enjoy the magic from the comfort of home This program is made possible by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts * A Sensory-Friendly Performance for individuals with special needs providing a welcoming and supportive environment * A special School Show to engage and inspire young audiences * The chance to experience the magic in a more intimate way with Nutcracker Suites and Tea Party The Roxey Ballet began in 1995 as the Hunterdon Youth Ballet when professional dancers brought world-class professional dance training and performance opportunities to Hunterdon County Mark and Melissa both had distinguished careers with American dance companies including The Joffrey Ballet As the regional youth ballet company began to grow the trustees of the Hunterdon County Youth Ballet changed its name to The Roxey Ballet Company Inc to reflect its clear direction and development into an outstanding touring professional dance company with a superb roster of internationally recognized artists from all over the world Today audiences enjoy more than 70 repertory works and a wide range of  full-length ballets The company has performed extensively around the country including New York and Washington DC for the 2008 Inauguration of President Obama The company is currently experiencing  a major transition in its life cycle and is committed to procuring high-quality artists and original repertory works from emerging and established choreographers The Roxey Ballet's typical season includes performances from September through June of each year the holiday classic production of The Nutcracker and Children's Classic Stories spring productions The remainder of the season is spent conducting a variety of services and concerts The Mill Ballet School is the official school of Roxey Ballet 2024 at 8:40 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Seán Heely’s Celtic Band presents ancient melodies from Scotland while fusing original compositions and modern tunes PA — Audiences are invited to join a cast of nationally-acclaimed Celtic performers as they take a magical journey through Scotland and Ireland this holiday season when Bucks County Playhouse presents “Seán Heely’s Celtic Christmas” at Villa Victoria Academy in Ewing The one-night-only event will be held on Thursday The concert is part of the Playhouse’s Community Arts Series Seán Heely’s Celtic Band presents ancient melodies from Scotland The fiddle and bagpipes will sweep listeners away to Christmastime and Winter Solstice celebrations along with featured dancers from Scottish and Irish traditions that are sure to lift the audience's holiday spirits and warm the heart Kilts and tartan abound as the show travels through ancient Gaelic carols and songs tucked in perfectly with lively Irish tunes and familiar Christmas and seasonal melodies with a Celtic twist National Scottish Fiddle champion and Gaelic singer Seán Heely He is joined by acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and all-Ireland singing champion Kevin Elam champion fiddler Colin McGlynn and percussive dancer Agi Kovacs The band performs Scots Gaelic (Gàidhlig) songs pub songs and more from the rich Celtic folk tradition Bucks County Playhouse recently launched a Community Arts Series where the Playhouse is bringing arts programming into performance venues throughout the region Special rates are available for groups of 10 or more Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. an enduring symbol of Palma's elegance and social vibrancy has reclaimed its spot at the heart of the city with its grand reopening on 31st March the landmark hotel seamlessly blends its storied past with contemporary luxury reaffirming its status as the city's cultural and social hub the hotel was conceived as an exclusive extension of the legendary Gran Hotel in Palma it became a favoured retreat for both local and international elites hosting glamorous soirées and serving as a gathering place for artists and visionaries who defined Palma's golden era from the 1950s to the 1970s Backed by a €12 million investment from Victoria Hotels & Resorts Hotel Victoria Gran Meliá is poised to usher in a new era of sophistication once again setting the stage for timeless moments in the heart of Mallorca Every corner of the hotel has been meticulously restored by the renowned ASAH architectural firm to ensure the highest level of comfort and sophistication The hotel boasts 171 elegantly redesigned rooms each offering breathtaking views of Palma's port and cathedral. the revitalised Hotel Victoria Gran Meliá reaffirms its commitment to elevating Palma's luxury hospitality scene A key highlight of this renaissance is the launch of Victoria Grand Café a tribute to the Grand Hotel Villa Victoria This vibrant new dining space embraces the joy of gastronomy offering an all-day menu crafted from the finest local ingredients From leisurely breakfasts to light evening meals the café's inviting atmosphere extends to its beautifully reimagined terrace—an iconic social hub where locals and visitors can once again experience the charm of Palma's café culture Hotel Victoria Gran Meliá serves as a gateway to the city's dynamic cultural scene With panoramic views and a deep connection to its surroundings the hotel curates exclusive local experiences from contemporary art galleries and gourmet food tours to bespoke shopping itineraries Embracing its role as a cultural hub for both guests and residents alike the hotel has forged partnerships with local institutions further enriching Palma's artistic landscape Paying tribute to the hotel's rich history Gran Meliá has brought scenes to life from the 50s and 70s through the use of artificial intelligence The guest experience will honour Palma's golden age through capturing its essence from original photographs and archives elegance and enjoyment of all the pleasures from that period This is the first campaign from Gran Meliá to utilise the tool and the brand looks forward to implementing it moving forward This new chapter reaffirms Hotel Victoria Gran Meliá as more than just a luxury hotel—it is a living tribute to Palma's rich heritage where history and modern sophistication converge to create unforgettable experiences Hotel website Brand OwnerMeliá Hotels International Women and children who have suffered violence find refuge and hope in this undisclosed location the sanctuary needs your help to fulfil its vital role In the Alpes-Maritimes lies Villa Victoria a shelter run by non-profit ALC (Agir pour le Lien social et la Citoyenneté) The old building has become a haven for women and children fleeing violent situations the historic site is in need of major renovations  “The renovation work will make the site safer improve the well-being of the people we protect and provide more places so we can accommodate more victims,” explains the ALC Villa Victoria is unusual in that it provides semi-collective accommodation who took refuge at the Villa Victoria with her three children after fleeing a violent husband says: “You have to have the courage to leave Thanks to the holistic support provided by Villa Victoria’s multi-disciplinary team Maria has been able to get back on her feet and find a job She and her children moved more than 200 km away to start a new life The major renovations will not only improve the conditions in which women and children are housed and protected they will also increase capacity to meet growing demand A promise of a better future after their ordeal The symbolic name was not chosen at random  “It was the women we worked with who chose the name as a victory symbol,” explains the non-profit A name that sounds like the promise of a better future after all the hardship has been working for over a century to protect and rehabilitate those who are vulnerable it needs your support to complete the crucial Villa Victoria renovation project Once a favorite retreat for Queen Victoria and described in one of the greatest works of Italian literature Villa Palmieri is steeped in history and can now be yours if you have more than €50 million (US$55 million) Nestled in the hills on the outskirts of Florence, the villa sprawls languidly over an area of ​​almost 4 square meters, and its garden covers nine hectares, making it the second largest park in the city. write CNN The villa dates back to the 1454th century and was originally owned by the Fini family before being bought in 1760 by Matteo di Marco Palmieri when it was bought by the third Earl of Cowper and was subsequently owned by the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres The gardens of the villa occupy 22 hectares It was during this period that Queen Victoria first visited the villa and stayed there for a month in 1888 before returning in 1893 and 1894 Plaques commemorating her stay there can still be seen on some of the trees in the garden Guests can arrive at the grounds via the helipad and there they can already enjoy the tennis court Inside the house there are 23 bedrooms and 19 bathrooms all with exquisite interiors and arranged around a courtyard Queen Victoria stayed at the villa three times Victoria made sure she had all the comforts of home during her stay at the villa as well as two portraits of her late husband "The Queen greatly appreciates the complete seclusion of the villa and the perfect monastic silence it affords," the newspaper added 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All rights reserved EmailAby Rivera-Ortiz sits with other teens at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts (Courtesy Robert Torres)In a classroom-turned-music studio at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts in Boston’s South End The catchy baseline to the group’s new song “Won’t Get Paid” — a cautionary tale about the consequences for slacking at work — starts to play some students write in their notebooks while others sketch quietly in the back They're all preparing for “50 Portraits of Villa Victoria,” opening on Thursday, Dec. 20. It is a multidisciplinary art show featuring paintings, drawings, photographs, poetry and music for the 50th anniversary of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) at Villa Victoria. Art Program Director Elsa Mosquera says Villa Victoria's constancy is important for Boston’s Latinx communities. “We give voice to Latino artists and Latino themes,” she says. “That is important because they are underrepresented, under-heard and under-seen.” For the teens, IBA provides space to take creative risks and build relationships. One of the young contributors, Aby Rivera-Ortiz, who will be sharing a poem and painting at the “50 Portraits” showcase, remembered how sharing her poetry with friends became a turning point in how she thinks about relationships. “Something I had a hard time with that made me feel more confident and better in my own skin was speaking out my story to the people I knew and grew up with,” the 16-year-old explains. “I spoke about how I survived. … And they took it like a real friend would, and it built our relationships.” Pedro Cruz, the interim director of youth development and a longtime Villa Victoria community member, envisioned the exhibition a year ago as “50 Portraits” honoring IBA’s legacy. That legacy is displayed through portraits of the community as seen through the eyes of young people. Although Cruz presented IBA’s history to the teens, he never asked them to illustrate the story for the exhibition. “It’s not like we told them draw a picture of that,” he says. “It’s more like now that we taught you that, now that you know that, feel empowered because those people did what they did to have this space… If what that means is draw a picture of the sunset, then do that. Or if it means writing a poem about the revolution then do that.” Portraits of students at Villa Victoria: William Lopez, Jarell Knox, Sebastian Canales and Ciel Vazquez. (Courtesy Robert Torres)For Cruz, the exhibition marks a shift for youth programs — from arts for social justice to arts as healing. "We want to start from within,” says Cruz. “Instead of focusing on the problems that are out — within the community, within the government, within the system — let’s first fix the problems that are within you … and then let that healing spread into the community.” Unlike past performances at Villa Victoria, “50 Portraits” will feature a new creative medium: music. Under the direction of Devin Ferreira, Villa Victoria’s artist-in-residence, the teens recorded original songs. Ferreira’s goal was to get teens to step out of their comfort zones. He broke down challenging skills like lyric composition by asking them to shout out words that represented their community. Then, they worked together, creating lyrics from a word bank of their own making. Through collaborative sessions like these, students found their grooves as beat makers, lyric writers, performers and more. As a result, “Won’t Get Paid” is just one of the many musical offerings created for the showcase. “My goal as a guest artist,” he says, “is to just help bring to life what is already there.” A celebrated history, dedicated staff, artist-in-residence and youth creativity are the key parts of “50 Portraits of Villa Victoria.” And, for Aby Rivera-Ortiz, the exhibition opened a door for her to reflect on her own identity and her feelings about her community. “Here they teach you about your roots,” she reflects. “There’s a lot of history that goes into your identity, and I feel like a lot of people don’t know that. So now that they gave me that kind of perspective of history and how it reflects to my present day. I have a different perspective on how people act around me, how people do their thing, how people decide what they want to decide about how they want to treat others.” Ariana Lee Arts WriterAriana Lee is a writer brothers Nelson and Olmedo Monroy were onboard an Italian cruise ship thousands of miles from the New Jersey town of Brick The Monroys were working alongside another pair of brothers and a fifth man, all from Colombia. At sea people who would ultimately find them jobs at a restaurant back home in the Garden State and Ciro Bojaca began their work as busboys Seven years later, the floodwaters of superstorm Sandy rushed into the kitchen. Last summer, a fire gutted their restaurant. things changed for the better and the men's American dream was renewed when Villa Vittoria reopened its doors disheartening year for Nelson and his partners as an accidental fire ripped through their restaurant But one week after the sign outside changed from "Opening soon" to "Now open," it was clear Villa Vittoria was back Cooks bustled in the in the gleaming new kitchen wait staff readied the restaurant for the day sent to congratulate the owners on the reopening More: Bon Jovi's Red Bank Soul Kitchen to host charity dinner president of the Brick-based Restaurant Equipment Club which helped Villa Vittoria get back on its feet after both the storm and the fire That's what separates them from other places it took four months to rebuild the restaurant Nelson and his partners took the opportunity to redesign the dining room it was discovered that the building been put together bit by bit Nelson credits his patrons with pushing him through when the weight of rebuilding became too much.  while waiting for Villa Vittoria to reopen.  More: Toms River Ale house now open He recalled a family that dines at Villa Vittoria one day a year: Valentine's Day When the family's young daughter heard of the fire who sat int their car while the owners went to pick up their certificate of occupancy the day the restaurant reopened It would take about an hour, they were told adding that the most time-intensive dishes are on hold for now.  The owners may host a grand reopening eventually they are happily accepting reservations from diners waiting to order stuffed artichokes and plates of zuppa di pesce "What is behind is not as important as what's ahead," Nelson said.  Villa Vittoria, 2700 Hooper Ave., is open for lunch and dinner Mondays through Fridays, dinner on Saturdays, and brunch and dinner on Sundays. Call 732-920-1550 or visit www.villavittoria.com.   Is the Target boycott working? Artist Robert B. Stull has died at 58 City reaches out to entrepreneurs of color to apply for liquor licenses The South End is in many ways a study in contrasts A neighborhood where subsidized housing developments abut luxury condo buildings and where Black and Latino Bostonians have deep roots but where few have pockets deep enough to afford rents “There are two South Ends,” said Pedro Cruz a political activist and city worker who grew up in the Villa Victoria public housing development “The high-end side and the low-income side You have kids leaving the Villa to go to school A race to fill the South End-based 9th Suffolk District House seat recently vacated by Jon Santiago is surfacing those contrasts two contestants have submitted the signatures needed to secure a spot on the ballot: Amparo “Chary” Ortiz a lifelong resident who grew up in the Cathedral public housing development and who directs Boston University’s external relations department; and John Moran Pennsylvania native who’s lived for 24 years in the South End and who is an associate director at the biotech firm Biogen Moran’s campaign blasted out a press release noting more than $54,000 in campaign contributions in the first 23 days since he filed papers with the Office of Campaign and Public Finance (OCPF) Add to that $10,000 that Moran loaned his campaign and it’s an impressive haul for a first-time candidate Ortiz’s campaign has yet to log a single donation with OCPF Four other would-be candidates opened OCPF accounts the 9th Suffolk District has included most of the South End along with parts of Roxbury and the Fenway and has been represented by left-leaning legislators of color: Mel King from 1973-1983 Byron Rushing from 1983-2019 and Jon Santiago from 2019 until March 1 when he was appointed secretary of veterans’ services in the administration of Gov Back when the district was drawn into its current South End-based configuration it corresponded to the center of the city’s Black and Latino communities as Blacks and Latinos moved south and the South End has gentrified In the most recent re-drawing of district lines the 9th Suffolk dropped a section of the Fenway neighborhood and picked up a precinct in Back Bay and the Polish Triangle section of Dorchester The district’s population is now 49.2% white It has one of the highest concentrations of public housing of any legislative district in the state Ortiz says her experience growing up in public housing gives her a perspective that would inform her work advocating on behalf of the district “The representative should be someone who understands the struggles and challenges that low-income people and working families face in getting the resources that they need,” she said who rents a three-bedroom apartment with her 16-year-old daughter says her income has risen over the 25 years she has worked at Boston University but she still earns just enough to afford living in the South End “You work hard to get to an income level where you can support your family I’m only able to stay in the South End because I’m still receiving a subsidy to stay in my apartment.” Ortiz says she wants to ensure that low-income people have the resources supports they need who spent part of his childhood in Scranton living in public housing wants to press for more funding for affordable housing “There’s an economic divide in the South End,” he said “You see people in million-dollar condos and other people struggling to get by.” He says his work on the District 7 advisory council organized by Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson inspired him to run for office and work to increase diverse housing opportunities “We have to make sure we’re building all types of housing including housing middle-class people can buy into and build wealth,” he said Moran says his campaign has knocked on more than 3,300 doors in the first few weeks of the campaign “We’re going back to do it again,” he said the race will likely be decided in the May 2 primary as no Republican or independent candidates have yet turned in nomination papers The candidates are now facing a three-week sprint to reach out to voters he won with 2,236 votes out of a total of 4,465 But this year’s contest will likely involve a lower turnout a South End resident who is a member of the Ward 4 Democratic Committee and Progressive Massachusetts said turnout among white voters has traditionally been higher than that of the neighborhood’s Black But the contest won’t likely hinge on race alone “You have a number of white voters who are used to voting for candidates of color,” he said King and City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson whose Roxbury-based District 7 includes parts of the South End says the district’s history of representation by people of color should matter to voters “Given how few people of color there are in the State House if there’s a district with a people-of-color majority it would be a real loss if that didn’t continue,” Cohn said “Mel King’s recent passing hangs over this seat This is a district where representatives have traditionally championed civil rights issues.” building new spaces around them and altering their setting mostly choosing renowned landmarks of various cities tatzu nishi creates a new room for these iconic sculptures ‘engel’ | exterior view of the artwork at the cathedral of basel switzerland image © serge hasenböhler (also main image) some of the artist’s other work is shown below switzerland image © serge hasenböhler ‘engel’ | interior view of the artwork image © serge hasenböhler ‘engel’ | photography of the sculpture before the project image © serge hasenböhler tatzu nishi presenting ‘engel’ at the singapore art biennale 2011 image © designboom ‘villa victoria’ – liverpool UK (2002) the monument of queen victoria before the project image © tatsurou bashi ‘villa victoria’ | exterior view of the artwork image © nick hunt ‘villa victoria’ | interior view of the artwork image © alistair overbruck ‘villa victoria’ | interior view image © alistair overbruck ‘villa victoria’ | hotel reception – interior view image © alistair overbruck tatzu nishi discussing the ‘villa victoria’ project image © designboom ‘untitled’ – hamburg (2009) image © tatzu nishi ‘untitled’ | exterior view of the artwork image © carsten gliese ‘untitled’ | interior view of the artwork image © carsten gliese ‘untitled’ | interior view image © carsten gliese ‘heroe’ – guatemala city (2010) | exterior view of the artwork image © tatzu nishi ‘heroe’ – guatemala city (2010) | interior view of the artwork image © tatzu nishi ‘reihe’ – denken sie sich einmal an meine stelle – berlin (2002) (left): image © tatsurou bashi (right): image © carsten gliese ‘reihe’ – denken sie sich einmal an meine stelle image © carsten gliese AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style March 27, 2020JPEG March 30, 2021JPEG Mexico is experiencing one of its most widespread and intense droughts in decades. Nearly 85 percent of the country is facing drought conditions as of April 15 Large reservoirs across the country are standing at exceptionally low levels The mayor of Mexico City called it the worst drought in 30 years for the city The images above, acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 show one of the major water supplies to Mexico City The right image shows the reservoir on March 30 the best recent cloud-free Landsat overpass The left image shows more typical levels on March 27 shows water levels have continued to decline Villa Victoria is filled to about one third of its normal capacity or how much water is evaporating from the land surface and from the leaves of plants Based on variations in land surface temperatures the ESI indicates how the current rate of evapotranspiration averaged over twelve weeks from early February to April 30 in this map Negative values are below normal rates and indicate plants that are stressed due to inadequate soil moisture April 30, 2021JPEG According to Mexico’s National Meteorological Service, the northwest and northeast have recently moved from severe to extreme drought. Agriculture analysts project some crop production to suffer, such as white corn in Sinaloa (Mexico’s largest corn producer) From October 1, 2020 to April 18, 2021 (during dry season), the meteorological service reported the country experienced around 20 percent less rainfall than normal and southeast of Mexico also hit temperatures above 35°C (95°F) Wet months in 2020 also received low rainfall, in part due to the recent La Niña event Unusually cold water in the eastern Pacific Ocean inhibits the formation of rain clouds and results in less precipitation over Mexico and the southern United States Mexico is approaching one of its worst widespread droughts on record drought conditions covered 95 percent of the country and sparked famine in Chihuahua State the country experienced its worst drought on record and suffered huge crop losses forecasters hope warming waters could provoke much-needed rain but primarily over states with mild drought conditions Mexico’s meteorological service states the rains may not fully arrive until rainy season in June NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and Evaporative Stress Index data from SERVIR. Story by Kasha Patel View this area in EO Explorer Nearly 85 percent of Mexico is experiencing drought Rising global temperatures and long-term rain and snow deficits have parched many states Drought conditions in 2018 are extreme over the Four Corners region of the United States More than 64 million people are directly affected by drought in the Southwest and Southern Plains and far more are indirectly affected because of the vast number of farms and ranches that supply the rest of the United States Temperatures across much of the region in 2018 have been well above the norms while precipitation has been well below—a recipe for struggling farmers and concerned forest fire managers A cell of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel attacked a Michoacán town with drones carrying explosives spreading terror through the community before the National Guard responded and drove the attackers out of town The incident occurred Tuesday night in Villa Victoria, the municipal seat of Chinicuila, west of Coalcomán and east of the state border with Colima Villa Victoria residents were awoken by gunshots and explosions as cartel hitmen moved into the town The newspaper El Universal reported that some families fled while others hid in bedrooms and bathrooms Drones armed with C-4 explosives targeted homes causing substantial damage to buildings in the area Security footage shows gunmen shooting at homes and kicking down doors Residents said gang members entered homes and beat the inhabitants but no deaths or serious injuries have been reported “All those houses belonged to innocent people … they kicked down all the doors just people [who were] beaten,” one witness said The National Guard responded and drove gang members out of town but were unable to detain any of the aggressors The gunmen reappeared and attacked the National Guard forces in the morning and the ensuing conflict lasted at least two hours With reports from El Universal and UnoTV ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC The owners have such an amazing story and have been through so much Before I get into what this special restaurant has been through...let's start with the important info: Villa Vittoria in Brick is now open for dining under tents in the parking lot at 2700 Hooper Ave (they will valet park your car.) Dinner only Villa Vittoria has been through so much but is such a landmark and beloved restaurant and I have been going there since the '80s I have so many wonderful family and friend memories there back when it was owned by the Salpietro family It all started in the 1950s as an ice cream parlor called "The Shack" then it was turned into a pizza place called "The Chimney" before it was purchased in 1988 by the Salpietro's from Sicily They transformed it into a beautiful Italian restaurant named Villa Vittoria Then a really cool 'American Dream'-type story happened Some of Giuseppe Salpietro's employees who had worked side by side with him for years were able to purchase the restaurant from him in 2004 a fire in 2016 that they had to rebuild from every worthwhile dream comes with its challenges Diana the bartender and Hector the server (pictured here) and the rest of the staff....here's to you and some wonderful meals to come Meanwhile my heart goes out to all of the other restaurants who have been trying to hang on waiting for indoor dining to reopen because some of them just can't make outside dining happen for various reasons I know you are fighting for your lives and we don't want to see any of you have to close permanently!! Read More .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Cristina Rojas | For NJ.comEWING -- Villa Victoria Academy is closing its lower school as part of a plan officials say will allow them to reallocate resources to the middle and high school grades where there is more demand The all-girls Catholic school currently has a lower school for students in grades kindergarten through six and an upper school for grades seven through 12 But this school year will be the last for kindergarten through fourth-grade students Villa Victoria will only be a six- through 12th-grade school The decision was made in December by the board of directors after months of research enrollment for the lower school decreased by half -- from around 100 in 2009 to 50 in 2016 wanting to know whether it was a trend or blip hired a marketing company and a consultant and formed an internal committee "What our research showed was that the market was just not there for the lower grades," she said "We found families want to pay tuition for the middle school and high school That's where their priority is for a tuition-based school." This year's total school enrollment is 150 "There's sadness certainly that the lower school is closing but our parents understand that this has been several years in the making," White said "They understand why it's necessary for the institution going forward Our resources will be allocated where there's the demand." the upper school will transition into a middle school for grades six-eighth and a high school for grades nineth-12 "We'll have a true middle school," White said "Those middle school students need something different Tuition next year is $11,250 for grades fifth and six and $13,800 for grades seven-12 White says Villa Victoria will also focus its efforts on making facilities and technology upgrades and expanding its course offerings and programs with an emphasis on the fine and performing arts "The school's focus and mission have and always will be about providing the best educational environment for the success of our girls," said board chairman Chuck Machion Villa Victoria was founded in 1933 and is the oldest all-girls Catholic school in New Jersey It is owned and operated by the Religious Teachers Filippini and draws students from Mercer Hunterdon and Middlesex counties and Bucks County Cristina Rojas may be reached at crojas@njadvancemedia.com. 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It was developed as part of the Regional Initiative for Latin America Free of Child Labor (RILAC) with the support of ILAB’s MAP 16 project Mexico is the first country in the region to adopt the new model the project provided training to officials on how to implement the MIRTI building their capacity to carry it forward Out of the 32,000 children in Villa Victoria 14,000 are at risk for or engaged in child labor are most at risk of dropping out of school to migrate to Mexico City for work or get a job locally selling goods or harvesting maize and potatoes many youth who reach the legal working age of 15 drop out of school to work but they often find themselves in precarious jobs leaving them vulnerable to poverty and labor exploitation.  officials in Villa Victoria didn’t have any reliable child labor data at the local level like this There were few reported cases of child labor Child laborers and their families could only receive support if they personally sought it out from the municipality.  “The MIRTI helped us quantify the number of child laborers and families at risk Before the MIRTI we didn't know how to best channel our limited resources to help our community,” says Laura Colin Santana Secretary of the Municipality of Villa Victoria The model uses existing survey and administrative data to develop maps showing vulnerability to child labor making it a cost-effective method to get information about child labor risk into the hands of policymakers at the local and other social supports to vulnerable communities and families.  Ana Alejandra is familiar with the challenges facing families in the municipality In her role as a census volunteer for the MIRTI she interviews children and families and gathers data on child labor in Villa Victoria.  “I never imagined there were so many children working,” Ana says She always asks child laborers why they are working to try to identify alternative solutions for them and encourages them to stay in school While the municipality lacks the resources to meet the needs of all vulnerable kids and families the MIRTI is helping make the child labor problem more visible which in turn helps Villa Victoria secure more resources from the state to support children and families there is more work ahead and more families to serve “If we have data on child labor at the local level all we have to do is channel our resources and join forces to make a difference in the community,” says Isis Gutiérrez Salmerón Honorary President of the Municipal System for Integral Family Development one of the municipal agencies partnering with the MIRTI the supermodels associated with the lingerie brand visit some pretty incredible locations for photo shoots and events — and this past week has been no exception The Angels have been hanging out at what the brand has called its "private Beverly Hills hotspot" dubbed "Villa Victoria" — and it's pretty stunning the villa's grounds seem to be decked out with loads of flowers The video below shows the finishing touches being put on one of the flower displays While details from the brand have been minimal the week at the mansion appears to have been made up of brunches and friends of the models all making appearances VS models Sara Sampaio and Sadie Newman (pictured above) hosted an event called "Logo-A-Gogo" at the villa on Tuesday The villa's pool was decked out with pink lights.. ...and the "Bombshell" cocktails were also pink "13 Reasons Why" star Ajiona Alexus was one of the celebrities who made an appearance Villa guests were treated to a "Spa Day" on Wednesday — click the arrows below to see the luxurious setup They were dressed in white "Bombshell" robes and enjoyed poolside massages founders of multi-million dollar fitness brand Tone It Up hosted a "Slay Then Rosé" workout alongside VS model Jasmin Tookes The morning also involved an impressive-looking brunch spread by the pool.. The evening brought a "Summer Soiree" hosted by VS Angel Martha Hunt Personalised jean jackets were being made on site.. Bachelorette star JoJo Fletcher made an appearance at the villa on Thursday.. ...Alongside a number of other celebrities and bloggers who appeared throughout the week There was certainly no shortage of photo backdrops.. Sign up here to get INSIDER's favorite stories straight to your inbox. (Greg Cook/WBUR)“I’ve been walking through the neighborhood this whole month and everybody’s like You’re doing it?’ ” José Rodriguez tells me Many days of the week, Rodriguez is a hotel maintenance engineer (“basically I fix anything in the hotel that breaks”). But when the Greased Pole Tournament at Villa Victoria’s annual Festival Betances rolls around in Boston’s South End (this year, it's on Sunday, July 16, from 1 to 2 p.m.), he’s a champion, one of the Boricua All Stars. “I’ve been the champ now for 12 years. I’m usually the one who goes all the way to the top and grabs the flag.” Well, one year they got beat by their arch rivals from Cathedral Projects — but let’s not talk about that. The competition held adjacent to the O’Day Playground, between Aguadilla and San Juan streets, involves a tall metal utility pole, slicked with grease, with Puerto Rican flags at the top. It used to be that the first team of people — standing on each other’s shoulders — to grab the flag won. Teams of men, of women, of youths attempt to reach a flag. In recent years, "They put five flags up at the top. So each team gets a chance to get it. Now, it’s the team that gets it fastest." The Festival Betances version — with a vertical pole and teams of people climbing up onto each other’s shoulders, then hugging the pole, as another person climbs on top, and another, until one is able to grab the flags — is based on competitions held in Puerto Rico. “Puerto Rico does it very differently from here,” Rodriguez notes. “Out there they put the flag out at the top, they grease up the pole like we do it, but it’s a smaller pole. And there’s just one guy who’s got to climb to the top. No ropes. No nothing. ... It’s almost impossible. But these guys, they do it.” Rodriguez first competed in 2005. Right in the middle of the tournament, one team was short a person to reach the top. So the announcer called out, “Anybody in the crowd willing to try it? They need one more guy.” The Greased Pole Tournament at Villa Victoria’s Festival Betances in 2010. (Greg Cook/WBUR)Rodriguez recalls, “My dad looked at me. ‘You want to do it?’ ” He was wearing new clothes and reluctant to get them dirtied with grease. But someone in the crowd loaned him some shorts. “I took off my shirt, my socks, my pants and put on the shorts.” And he clambered right up and grabbed the flag — becoming a champion. So he became part of the Boricua All Stars. (Boricua is a traditional name for Puerto Rico.) Rodriguez grew up in Boston’s South End, in Villa Victoria, where his grandmother was one of the first teachers in the early childhood program there, and he still lives in the neighborhood. The festival and competition have been part of his whole life. What is the Boricua All Stars’ winning technique? “In the old days, [teams] used to practice,” Rodriguez says. But their team doesn’t. “We go [to the pole] the day before and look at where they put the flags." They they count how many guys they’ll need to stack up on each other’s shoulders to reach them. They show up at the competition the next day “and we just go.” “It usually takes five or six guys,” Rodriguez says. The Boricua All Stars is six-person team, but “one of the guys, he hasn’t gone up for like 10 years. We usually do it with five guys because we’re all tall.” Under the old tournament rules, when the first team to grab the flag won, the Boricua All Stars angled to go first or as close to first as they could. Because once any team took the flag, it was over, no matter how fast you could be. But now that the competition is decided by time, Rodriguez says, “our strategy is to let everyone go first. Because it doesn’t matter if you go first. We let them go first because they take off all the grease for us. We go last.” The Boricua All Stars maintain a set order for which guy climbs when, dictated by how many people each guy can support on top of him. The person at the bottom, supporting everyone else’s weight, is called the “tronco” or trunk, Rodriguez says. “Like the bark of a tree. Because you’re basically building a tree to go up. That’s what’s holding everything.” Then, Rodriguez explains, “We all make sure we have belts on. We have these big gym belts, to support your back.” They use the belts like a ladder. He grabs the belt of the guy above him and puts his foot on the belt of the guy below him, repeating until he reaches the top. “I go up pretty fast. Our record is 37 seconds.” Many competitors like to wear hoodies: “It helps you because if you touch the grease with your bare skin, it’s more slippery than if you touch it with clothes,” Rodriguez says. “Once you put that hoodie on, you put your face right on the pole and you get stuck right on it. Some people do it for safety, so you don’t get [the grease] in your eye.” Load YouTube videoAnd then ... victory. "We basically get bragging rights for the whole year. We get the money,” Rodriguez says. The prize money increased last year from $500 for the winning team to $750, and may be even more this year. Sometimes there are plaques or trophies. “We aren’t doing it for the money. We’re doing it for the tradition, to grab [the flag] for the neighborhood. If they don’t grab it, it stays up all year,” he says. “I do it mainly to see the glory in the people’s faces.” Greg Cook Arts ReporterGreg Cook was an arts reporter and critic for WBUR's The ARTery which provides water to Mexico City and the State of Mexico According to the National Water Commission (CONAGUA) the system will reach minimum operating levels this coming June 26 the system will be unable to pump any more water Specialists concur that the problem began decades ago because people didn’t understand that freshwater is a scarce and finite resource “People weren’t thinking about using it more efficiently or taking steps to instill water culture. There’s also the matter of population growth. As Mexico is becoming more urbanized, demand has risen so much that local resources are no longer sufficient,” explains Aldo Ramírez, Director of the Tec’s Water Center Ramírez says that urban development never considers the water available in an area as a criterion for construction land value is always established as the chief reason This leads to us having to build water systems spanning more than 100 kilometers such as El Chuchillo that supplies Monterrey or the Cutzamala System itself with 322 kilometers of routes for distributing water Ramírez says that one of the greatest aberrations is that we continue to use high-quality drinking water to flush toilets “This is water that had a cost of extraction from water wells We definitely have to review this situation,” he explains According to María Eugenia García Agua para la Vida (Water for Everyone: Water for Life) the problem lies in thinking about water as a commodity and not as a natural resource whose priority use should be domestic “In terms of the number of water permits, there were 2,000 permits in 1992, and there are 564,000 permits today This leads to water being concentrated in just a few hands,” says the activist citing figures from a survey made in 2020 by the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) says that current legislation continues to allow the granting of permits that are not supervised by CONAGUA The activist says that solving the water problem with infrastructure costing millions of pesos to extract water from distant places is short-term thinking. Her legal reform initiative, Agua para Tod@s. Agua para la Vida contemplates measures such as restoring groundwater flows and basins recognizing indigenous peoples’ water rights and achieving the creation of sustainable municipal and metropolitan water systems Current technology has enabled us to reach Mars and reconstruct the molecules of extinct animals but it can’t help us much with the water crisis This is the opinion of Tec researcher Sebastián Gradilla he used to think that technology could solve any problem he now believes that the water problem is systemic Even when we have the technology to treat it water is involved in different aspects that have to do with the productive sector There are many interests at stake,” he explains He says the problem is not that there is less water “Although technology and science can show us how to generate better strategies we have to be in permanent dialog with those who shape public policy and people in the industry,” he says Tec Research Institute for the Future of Education Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing Institute for the Future of Education Center for the Future of Cities Water Center for Latin America and the Caribbean oriGen Project Research Data Hub Tecnológico de Monterrey Rankings Tec Science Summit Rómulo Garza Award Tec Science Divulgation Researchers at Tec de Monterrey Faculty of research professors Research Groups with a Strategic Focus TecSalud Research Competitive and Technological Intelligence (ICTI) Technology Transfer Offices Science Connexion Divulgation Articles Amateur Science Editorial Team Editorial Committee Previous editions Do you want to request a coverage or a banner? Do you want to propose a story for TecScience? Tecnológico de Monterrey Terms and conditions Privacy notice Contact us Rankings Tecnológico de Monterrey Tec Science Summit Premio Rómulo Garza Tec Research TECSCIENCE, year 1, July 25, 2023, is a daily publication by Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), whose registered address is at Av. Eugenio Garza Sada No. 2501, Col. Tecnológico de Monterrey, C.P. 64849, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Website: https://tecscience.tec.mx/. Editor-in-Chief: Karina Rodríguez. Email: karina.rodriguez@tec.mx All Rights Reserved to use the title TecScience under Certificate No both issued by Instituto Nacional de Derecho de Autor (National Institute of Copyright) Editor Responsible for the last update of this site: Karina Rodríguez Martínez The articles published herein represent the personal views of their authors which are not necessarily the same as those of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Full or partial reproduction by any means of the contents of TecScience in any of its formats without written authorization from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education is strictly prohibited The banks of the Villa Victoria reservoir are exposed due to low water levels in the state of Mexico The capital’s reservoirs like Villa Victoria are running historically low following a “too dry” summer Gabriel Bejarano and his son Leo stand on his grandfather’s farm on the banks of the Villa Victoria reservoir in the State of Mexico but it’s the lowest in recent years,” said the veterinarian at least since he moved back onto his grandfather’s farm in 2013 The banks of the Villa Victoria reservoir are exposed in the the State of Mexico Locals wash clothes on the banks of the Villa Victoria reservoir in the the State of Mexico Emilia Segura fills containers with water at a free public well in Pueblo Santa Cruz Acalpixca has been selling water daily for over a decade with the help of her four donkeys The system which provides the capital with over a quarter of its drinking water is 44% lower than it should be and have set a new record and authorities have begun cutting water to the city Cattle graze next to the Victoria reservoir where its banks are brown due to low water levels and her daughter Cecilia Rivera Segura arrange containers after filling them with water at a free A boat is tied to the shore of the Villa Victoria reservoir in the state of Mexico Emilia Segura pauses for a portrait as she walks with her dogs and four donkeys carrying water she collected at a public well in Pueblo Santa Cruz Acalpixca MEXICO CITY (AP) — On a bank of Villa Victoria reservoir where in other years boats might have used them to anchor but that was before severe drought dropped the reservoir to the lowest level that Gabriel Bejarano has seen since he moved back to his grandfather’s farm a decade ago “The water is supposed to come up to here,” Bejarano said as he pointed toward a fence a hundred yards back from the reservoir’s edge on a recent morning The dipping level on the north shore of this lake near Toluca is a major problem for Mexico City about 77 miles (125 kilometers) to the west Villa Victoria — about one-third its usual level this time of year — and two other drought-depleted reservoirs make up most of the Cutzamala system which serves more than 20 million people and is at a historical low for this time of year Even more worrisome: Mexico’s rainy season is just about over and its departure will end any realistic hope of refilling the reservoirs before next year The Mexican National Water Commission on Tuesday announced water restrictions equivalent to about 8% of the Cutzamala system’s flow and millions of users in Mexico City and Toluca fear even greater restrictions over the winter Mexico City gets more than a quarter of its water from those reservoirs Most of the rest is drawn from the Valley of Mexico’s increasingly depleted aquifer Neighborhoods without as many wells — thus more reliant on the reservoirs — will feel the shortages first and most acutely The drought hasn’t been limited to the valley Seventy-five percent of Mexico is currently in drought according to the most recent data from the country’s National Meteorological Service including “extreme” drought across much of Central and North Mexico and some “exceptional” drought in the states of Durango and San Luis Potosí The government has distributed emergency water by truck in Durango throughout the summer plus almost 40 million liters of water across eight other drought-stricken states known for iconic Day of the Dead celebrations in the western state of Michoacán risk drying up with increasingly low water levels But that pattern was disrupted this year as El Niño conditions created a wind shear over the Gulf of Mexico an oceanography professor with the Ensenada Center for Scientific Research in Baja California “The idea is that drying climates tend to get drier and wet climates get wetter,” said Adams The window for rain to replenish the system is quickly closing an urban planner and urbanism professor at the National Autonomous University’s Institute of Social Research The best of the rainy season is already over; Mexico’s November and December rainfall is typically less than a tenth of what falls in summer months “I’m sure we’re going to have a shortage problem and I’m sure the city will get less water and many inhabitants will suffer from that,” Perló said Fixing Mexico City’s notoriously leaky water system would help in times of drought Academics at the National Autonomous University in 2018 calculated the system leaks 5,680 gallons (21,500 liters) per second tried to address the leakage while mayor but progress has been slow Perló said fixing what he called the world’s “largest and most complicated sophisticated infrastructure for access to water” will be expensive “We shouldn’t be facing these kinds of situations,” he said “We have enough water and we’re not using it efficiently.” Some advocates have suggested restoring Mexico City’s last remaining natural watercourse but that would have to contend with pollution along the river’s entire length from its source west of the capital Much of the city relies on wells that tap into the valley’s groundwater the government said it would drill new wells But it may be hard to find enough water that way especially as less water is returned to the valley’s overexploited aquifer “Mexico City is a monster; it’s a beast,” said Adams all the plastic in the gutters means that water disappears It never enters the system” by reaching the aquifer The government is also working on a new water treatment plant at the Madín reservoir which will add 132 gallons (500 liters) per second to the Cutzamala system “That’s not a medium- and long-term solution,” said Perló “We cannot be living on the edge all the time.” Another solution could be local-level water capture Working with Mexico’s Environment Department a group working to improve water access in the city has installed 10,000 rain collection systems house-by-house across the traditionally underserved southern boroughs of Tlalpan and Xochimilco filter and treat rain falling on a building before storing it in a personal tank said such rainwater harvesting could “permanently change the water access situation” in the face of climate change aging infrastructure and government inertia But a lasting solution needs institutional changes there are thousands of houses being built — more and more extractive,” said Becerril Perló’s department at the university built a four-hectare rain capture system into a playground in the southeast borough of Iztapalapa in 2018 Last month Mayor Martí Batres proposed to build thousands of rainwater harvesting systems into schools across the capital a program Perló hopes doesn’t succumb to the same money issues as previous government water plans Becerril also wants to see wastewater reuse and new infrastructure to separate stormwater from waste: an idea even he admits straddles the line between “hopeful” and “delusional.” It’s the first year I personally have seen that clearly,” said Becerril the veterinarian living on the edge of the Villa Victoria reservoir said he worries less about water for his grandfather’s farm and more about younger generations like his son who wore a Sonic the Hedgehog hoodie as his father carried him around the property in one arm By providing your email address, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Let us know what you are looking for and we’ll help you find the home of your dreams We’ll provide current market comps and connect you with a trusted expert By providing your email address, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.You can unsubscribe at any time This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.comEWING - Villa Victoria Academy celebrated the high school's graduation Sunday at the school's campus in Ewing Quoting from what she referred to as her graduating class's favorite song "Jesus Take the Wheel," Salutorian Meghan Maureen Murtha read out loud "Take it from my hands It was that sentiment of reliance on God and one another that Murtha chose to highlight as a lesson learned by the small closely-knit group of 13 young women in the Villa Victoria Academy class of 2015 Valedictorian Kathryn Royce Schronk would end her remarks proclaiming to her classmates the world will be in the palm of your hand." The commencement was officiated by Monsignor Thomas N Vicar General & Moderator of the Curia independent school founded in 1933 and owned and operated by the Religious Teachers Filippini Today's coverage is the kickoff to The Times' 2015 high school graduation series The Times is sending photographers to dozens graduations this month and posting photo galleries online from each event To purchase these photos, visit The Times photo sales Zenfolio page or look for a link in the photo caption to purchase the picture and you'll have the ability to order prints in a variety of sizes Be sure to check out our complete graduation coverage at nj.com/graduation Follow The Times of Trenton on Twitter @TimesofTrenton. Find The Times of Trenton on Facebook 2016 at 10:07 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Brick the Italian restaurant that has been a fixture on the corner of Cedar Bridge and Old Hooper avenues for decades was destroyed by a fire on Monday afternoon Firefighters were called to the restaurant after 3:30 p.m. and the call quickly escalated to a three-alarm fire Smoke was seen billowing from the roof in videos shared with the Brick Patch firefighters had to open multiple holes in the roof of the restaurant to battle the flames Patrons and employees safely evacuated from the restaurant The fire was reduced to putting out hot spots by about 5:30 p.m. Old Hooper Avenue was closed in both directions at Cedar Bridge while the fire was being fought leaving residents of nearby Cedar Bridge Manor with limited access to their neighborhood "No one is allowed in or out of our neighborhood," reader Erin Geist said A number of readers expressed sadness at the loss "Hope it comes back," reader Bill Strong wrote "Nice to have a place that is not part of a chain in this town." "Oh no!!! That's awful. I love that place," Deborah A. Walton wrote Several readers commented that they had held special events at the restaurant over the years "We are so sad this has happened," reader Mark Bellini wrote "Truly a tough circumstance to cross on a day as special as today or any other day... but these are the bumps we face in life," Brian Segura said a post on the Brick Patch Facebook page "Thank the stars that everyone is ok and no one has been hurt.. material things are replaceable but not the people we work with and the people we welcome in every day." "A million thanks for everyone's support and God bless the the men and women helping defeat the fire," he said in the post Brick Patch reader Frank Giacolone shared video of the fire: Brick Patch reader Roxanne Bridget Quinlan shared these photos of the fire Reader Ritch Ritter supplied these photos: And reader Russell Geist shared this view of firefighters battling the blaze Sign up for Brick Patch newsletters and news alerts by clicking here Smoke rises from the back of the Villa Vittoria restaurant in Brick Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. The Villa Victoria Center for the Arts building which was originally built as a Lutheran church in 1898 has been completely taken down and all that remains is debris that is being removed from the site the nonprofit organization Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción had used the former church building as a community center and hub for Latino arts and cultural programming But the structure had fallen into such a state of disrepair that it became too expensive to save the chief executive of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción said in 2017 the nonprofit planned to do major capital improvements to the building in two phases But those renovations had to be put on hold when significant structural problems were discovered The decision to demolish the former church and construct a new building was not taken lightly IBA officials said over the years millions of dollars had been put into maintaining and making improvements to the property was originally called the Jorge Hernández Cultural Center in honor of a Puerto Rican community leader who served as executive director of IBA for many years In 2009 it was renamed the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts The building was a familiar landmark in the neighborhood to be honest,” Calderón-Rosado said in a recent telephone interview “When we started three years ago with our dream of renovating the building ever foresaw that we were going to be taking it down But the cost of the necessary fixes were “astronomical” and repairing the building not a viable option Calderón-Rosado said the two-phase renovation project was supposed to cost only $11 million; to make those necessary repairs to save the building would have cost $24 million “We have been very open about the troubles with the building.. the city deemed the building so unsafe in fall 2019 they ordered us to shut down the building completely,” she said “It posed a risk to the community and obviously to the people coming in and out of the building.” “The most economical option for us was to remove the building and build a new building,” she said and it’s expected to take two to three months to remove all the debris from the site the newly constructed Villa Victoria Center for the Arts could open in 2025 We’re now excited about the possibility of what will happen there.. and now we’re coming to a more aspirational phase and we’re dreaming of what will happen at the property.” The new building will give the nonprofit additional square footage and more flexibility So while residents and users of the building are experiencing a sense of loss at seeing the old church come down “It’s a big part of our community,” she said Emily Sweeney can be reached at emily.sweeney@globe.com. Follow her @emilysweeney and on Instagram @emilysweeney22. Home Delivery Gift Subscriptions Log In Manage My Account Customer Service Delivery Issues Feedback News Tips Help & FAQs Staff List Advertise Newsletters View the ePaper Order Back Issues News in Education Search the Archives Privacy Policy Terms of Service Terms of Purchase Work at Boston Globe Media Internship Program Co-op Program Do Not Sell My Personal Information Now you could say this is just the story of one pizza shop in Montclair But when the pandemic began and businesses were forced to close by executive order many people talked about the different kind of body count that would come from the shut down and the very human spirit on which America was built So this is not just the story of Villa Victoria Pizzeria I could have just as easily written thousands of businesses She has been running Villa Victoria for 23 years She has worked incredibly hard and put everything she had into it This is how she took care of the most important people in her life And Villa Victoria Pizzeria is about to close When the mandatory shut downs came she survived how she could And no doubt the hope that just one more month and things would get back to normal By the time things were finally getting back to what passes for normal she had to deal with what in my opinion was the failures of the Murphy administration which caused this epic pandemic labor shortage And even when businesses were re-opened and they were plenty of jobs to be filled the governor kept on with $300 supplements to unemployment All this made it financially more feasible to stay at home and do nothing rather than to take what’s there and be a productive member of society Perhaps one of the most inexplicable things he did was to maintain the policy that you no longer have to prove you were even looking for work But instead of enabling businesses that have been through so much he was enabling the people who suddenly were demanding $25 an hour for entry level unskilled jobs He was enabling them to sit at home and do nothing if they didn’t get their way When we needed a grown-up in the room instead we had a child running the preschool And the result of those policies for thousands of business owners like Eida Arito is that she couldn’t maintain a proper business because she couldn’t find people to take the jobs Like so many other restaurants she had to close down several days at a time simply because she couldn’t find anyone to work for her Who could have believed the governor would botch this so badly She put everything she had back into the business hoping this nightmare would soon be over and she has no way to take care of her family This business was all she did since the 1990’s You don’t hear much about them because they are not the types to make demands and demonstrate in front of the state house They’re too busy working and finding a way And now they’re at the end of the road Murphy will tell you this was a road paved with good intentions Too bad his intentions can’t feed Eida Arito’s kids The post above reflects the thoughts and observations of New Jersey 101.5 talk show host Jeff Deminski Any opinions expressed are Jeff Deminski's own Villa Victoria Pizzeria is about to close.\nRead More And Villa Victoria Pizzeria is about to close See it larger. Source On April 25, 1968, South End residents held a sit-in at what was then a Boston Redevelopment Authority office in an old fire house on Warren Avenue in the South End, to protest the authority's large-scale South End urban-renewal plans that would force thousands of residents to move The former fire house (on the right) and the neighboring building with one of the area's wholesale florists the BRA designated pretty much the entire South End as an "urban renewal" district and planned to buy up property - and move out up "1,730 families and 1,820 single person households" - to eliminate what the BRA called "severe conditions of blight traffic congestion and incompatible land uses" to create a nirvana of "neighborhood But as in the even more completely urban-renewed West End the Community Assembly for a United South End took over the office the BRA had set up to handle relocation of South End residents and businesses to protest the way all the new construction would displace the neighborhood's residents in favor of people with a lot more disposable income Mayor White had had enough and drove over from City Hall to try to get the protesters to leave president of CAUSE (Community Assembly for a United South End) blocked the mayor from entering the office area I'm going through," White said in strong tones White looks out over protesters (source): After school let out at the McKay, students peered inside (source): Cops lined up in case of trouble that never came (source): The protesters finally left in the evening perhaps winning a battle: The South End was not bulldozed the way the West End was and many of the buildings planned for demolition were instead rehabbed But with a few exceptions, such as Villa Victoria and the Cathedral housing development the South End today is the epitome of an upper-income Boston neighborhood Photos from the BPL Brearley collection posted under this Creative Commons license Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution By BostonDog Thu If Boston was to propose a similar widespread demolition of the South End to build large multi unit buildings with the goal of reducing pressure on the housing stock replace 50 existing condos and apartments with larger 500 unit buildings It would be a lot of mostly wealthy and/or long time residents tossed out but far more people would have a chance to live in the city Follow up question: In 75 years would people be mourning the loss of the old South End if this occured By ScottB Thu Since all those million-dollar-plus condos are funding a big chunk of the city budget Keeping property scarce ("pressure on the housing stock") keeps property values high and maintains the tax base I'm not even sure they could build at a price point that would be considered "affordable" and the cost of condemning the properties would be very high since the wealthy folks can afford lawyers and would have the city's own property assessments to back them up on valuation Since most of the South End is a protected landmark district (and has been for 40 years) one presumes it might be missed in future although perhaps not for the retail and restaurants FWIW the preservation of the South End likely helped lead to its gentrification once the city became less undesirable It just needed to become cheap enough for the gays to want to start moving in and fixing up all those old neglected brownstones By cden4 Thu largely because the South End is built in such a human-scaled way with traditional architecture that is rarely repeated or achieved with today's construction While I do think that we should be replacing low-rise buildings with larger ones I think there are plenty of places in and around Boston with much less historical architectural significance than most of the buildings that currently remain in the South End (particularly buildings built in the late 1800s and early 1900s.) I would suggest replacing single story retail with ground floor retail with housing above replacing single story industrial buildings with multi-story residential and mixed use and even replacing unremarkable triple deckers with larger buildings before we start to even consider touching older buildings in older neighborhoods such as the South End These older buildings that have been here for hundreds of years are a large part of what makes Boston so unique and special While we do indeed have a housing shortage I think we have enough places to build that we don't have to sacrifice the older buildings By JohnAKeith Fri I don't understand your question completely but I find it intriguing nonetheless Taking people's private property isn't something that governments typically do The situation in the 1960s (and into the 1970s) was such that land-taking seemed the only solution to those "in power" They had an easier time of it because many of the buildings that were demolished where owned by small-time out-of-town investors who had no desire to fight City Hall and preferred to receive a check when their properties were taken through eminent domain Many buildings were empty and the owners were just paying property taxes - or not most buildings in the South End are made up of individual condominiums with many different owners You wouldn't get many to agree to giving up their homes without a fight The South End has plenty of private moderate-sized housing developments the housing stock is in good shape and is being actively used (and enjoyed) by owner-occupants So the same situation doesn't exist as it did in mid-20th century Boston There is plenty of fallow land in Boston on which to build dense housing so there's no need to destroy what's already there Re: your question about "would we still be talking about this 50 years from now if we tore it all down now" and it's valid to consider whether or not we should be talking at length at what happened in Boston 50 years ago in the past Lessons can be learned but times are different and there's very little today that relates in any way to what was happening then had done more damage to the City by pushing residents out destroying historic buildings and turning real neighborhoods upside down Boston no longer has any character of its old self unlike other New England large cities By John Costello Thu One of the people we were with was from out of country She loved the neighborhood and I explained to her that this building up until the mid-80's had been abandoned for years I told her the two busiest businesses in the area in the early 90's were the two packies between Clarendon and Dartmouth along Tremont I walked into the DeLux and nothing much has changed except the bartenders were in kindergarten when I used to go there off and on I walked back to my car and lamented that Laskers is gone Glick Florist is gone and the laundry where my wife used to clean her clothes is now a high end butcher shop They had heard about "the ghetto" on tv and wanted to see it My dad took them to the corner of Clarendon and Tremont Think about that compared to what it is now High and East Berkeley was almost out of The Road Fair play to these people to stand up to the BRA The coolest kids in my high school mostly came from the South End Stopping the BRA allowed a lot of creative people to flourish and then in turn make gobs of money selling the neighborhood into the sanitized stroller palace that it is now I'd rather have the largest Victorian row house area in America preserved over making the area another West End That section of the South End had a mixture of schools It had a different construction type than say Pembroke Street By KevinS Thu If you want to see what those buildings looked like before Villa Victoria By cybah Thu in an effort to figure out where this was.. I found this neat gem about the development and how it came to be https://archive.revista.drclas.harvard.edu/book/creation-villa-victoria By JohnAKeith Thu By Don't Panic Sun It was a Puerto Rican and LGBTQ+ (did I get that right?) stronghold So basically low income: Landlords were not happy By blues_lead Fri Was this related to the protests that led to Tent City such as Villa Victoria and the Cathedral housing development the South End today is the epitome of an upper-income Boston neighborhood."[/i] the South End has more income-restricted housing than any other Boston neighborhood except for Roxbury and Chinatown https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/20... The problem (to me) is that low-income residents were "warehoused" instead of remaining members of their community The South End is such an amazing story that it deserves as much attention as it can get By John Costello Fri You have a much better chance of having your own parking space if you live in a Resident Owned Co-op such as Methunion Mannor or Castle Square than you do owing a $1.5M unit on Hanson Street The south End does not have housing for the middle class If you like what we're up to and want to help out please consider a (completely non-deductible) contribution Copyright by Adam Gaffin and by content posters.Advertise | About Universal Hub | Contact | Privacy HOUSE-hunters never tire of visual narratives “Before” and “after” images are especially pleasing What better way to showcase improvement than to capture it in black and white Pictures are the tangible proof of what a property used to look like before sleeves were rolled up the Irish Examiner can assist the reader who might enjoy seeing what it looked like before it changed hands three years ago "Before" image of the entrance hall As it previously featured in these pages in 2020 the “before” pictures are still in our archive We include some in this spread to help you gauge the level of change No 3 before it underwent substantial renovationNo 3 Park Villas was crying out for investment when the current owner bought it in early 2021 a couple of months ahead of the unveiling by O’Callaghan Properties (OCP) of a dauntingly ambitious plan for the redevelopment of the nearby docklands If No 3’s Victoria Road location made it hot property then it’s ostensibly even more so now as phase one of the docklands project has the potential to create in the region of 5,000 new jobs when fully developed This planned new development is in addition to the considerable rejuvenation that has taken place on the nearby city quays in recent years eg Navigation Square where anchor tenants are hedge fund specialists Clearstream owned by the bluechip Deutsche Borse Group Penrose Dock is home to more bluechip firms will be transformed into apartments and offices as part of an O'Callaghan Properties plan Picture: Larry Cummins So too is Horgan’s Quay where tech giant Apple is the anchor tenant in a new office block and where work is underway on the construction of c 300 apartments It’s all go in the docklands and genteel Victoria Road is nicely positioned within this newly emerging city quarter While the docklands project – which has government backing - represents development at a macro level No 3 Park Villas stands as a beacon of what can be achieved in more micro terms The fatigue that had set in when the current owner bought it has been eradicated It’s fair to say that it’s in the shape of its c 150-year-old life Bespoke kitchen at No 3 Key to No 3’s transformation was Kuros Mohammadi’s KJM Construction by heating and plumbing specialists Glenview involved installing new underfloor heating on the ground floor “We had to go down four or five feet to install the pipes,” the owner says New radiators were installed throughout the three-storey Victorian home they conduct heat faster and use less energy than the traditional steel rads Their recyclable nature also makes them environmentally friendly The plumbing work extended to new bathrooms including a WC at the rear of the entrance hall and a separate bathroom and shower room on a half landing between the ground and first floor.  Main bathroomBoth are models of good taste The luxurious bathroom has a standalone bath and sliderobes for storage; the shower room has a double-size tray and the dinkiest bespoke sash windows Munster Joinery replaced sash windows throughout the original house and they retain the traditional pulley/cord/weight system A extension to the rear is fitted with Crittall-style windows and patio doors Rear extension It’s a graceful space where dining takes place under a roof lantern and a kingsize window custom-made cushion that came from Kiev at the start of the Russian/Ukranian war The dining space is open to a rear living room where natural light is channelled through three floor-to-ceiling Crittall-look windows  A wood-burning stove keeps things cosy and some clever shelving confines the TV to the sidelines  Carpenter Tom Hartigan of Douglas-based Hartigan Kitchens had the idea for the shelving and also came up with plenty of creative ways to improve storage in the kitchen and adjoining utility which has external access. “I went out to him with the size of the kitchen and told him I wanted fitted units and a Belfast sink He was great to work with,” the owner says No space is wasted in the sage-green kitchen There are little pull-out larder units in the most unexpected of places; built in shelving for cookery books and a warm Cedarwood breakfast bar atop a kitchen counter Tom also built the window seat in the dining room and the shelving either side of it as well as shelving in the top floor library room The top floor library room which could be a fourth bedroom Built-in storage units in the elegant front sitting room – which opens via sliding doors to the kitchen/dining/living area – are his handiwork too "Before" image of sitting roomWork on making the late 19th century home fit for 21st century living began in August 2021 and finished in time for Christmas the following year Frank Kelly of Tipperary-based Dundrum Nurseries was drafted in Plain lawn bordered by trees and hedging was replaced by expertly chosen flowers and the long rear lawn was split into tiers "After" image of the garden“There was lean-to to the rear we discovered it was built up against a lovely old stone wall,” the owner says That lovely old wall underpins a raised bed cut through by steps from the patio up to a higher level from where a winding gravel path leads past a circular paved seating area a greenhouse and another large flower bed.  The icing on the cake is the favourable south south west aspect It’s a very large back garden for a home so close to the city centre (five minute walk to City Hall) and the entire site  Parking will never be a problem thanks to a very long driveway where an EV charger is installed for those interested in more sustainable lifestyles Redbrick pillars at the entrance have been cleaned and wrought iron railing repaired and everything is nicely packaged and ready-to-go as the owner prepares to relocate A buyer will need to stump up the bones of €1m as No 3 has a guide price of €995,000 and all the signs on the road – which joins Blackrock Road - are that it will make that and more having come to market with auctioneer Andy Moore for €750,000 Tirano came to market for €750,000 and sold for €980,000 No 3 is in even better shape and a buyer need have no concerns about further investment with a magnificent main first floor bedroom where two large sash windows look straight across at leafy Kennedy Park Main before before renovationsSelling this extensively renovated and superbly insulated home (stunning A3 energy rating) – which last sold for €515,000 when it was estimated in these pages that a minimum of €250,000 would have to be pumped into it – is Michael O’Donovan of Savills A lot of the activity around upmarket homes is currently coming from buyers relocating from overseas “They are relocating from Dublin and the UK and we are seeing a lot of them coming back to Cork city,” the agent says adding that No 3 “has to be seen as a real family home” “With so much on the doorstep and so many good schools close by there’s going to be strong interest from families trading up,” Mr O’Donovan says they will not only have the city centre and Kennedy Park on their doorstep they’ll also have almost instant access to the Marina which has improved exponentially in recent years walkways and hugely expanded/landscaped green areas Beyond the Marina is pretty Blackrock village Kennedy Park is across the road from Park VillasVERDICT: A tremendous amount of quality work has ensured the future of this fine Given the hot location/buoyancy of house prices in the general area expect bidding to be as competitive as an All-Ireland Final From as little as €1 a week with our digital introductory offer Already a subscriber? Sign in © Examiner Echo Group Limited, Linn Dubh, Assumption Road, Blackpool, Cork. Registered in Ireland: 523712. in Spanish means “typical” and denotes that something in itself is traditional of a culture but there is nothing typical about the alto sax virtuoso’s 10th album Zenón combines roots music from his native Puerto Rico with the complex polyrhythms of modern jazz, but his infectious melodies and lush landscapes make his music accessible to non-jazzophiles as well as to aficionados. This Friday, Feb. 10, he’ll be performing at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts in Boston’s South End I use my music as a platform to express my interest in Latin music within the filter of jazz,“ says Zenón from his New York City home I listen to a lot of music that could be considered folkloric I was able to kind of put the two together and create an idea of what I wanted my music to be.” Bill Pierce, who was Zenón’s instructor at Berklee College of Music from 1994 to 1996 and his musical trajectory before he stepped onto the world stage: “Some people you can sort of see a light I knew he was going to be somebody of note “His music is seamless," says Pierce who has performed with Art Blakey and Wynton Marsalis I listened to his music and without analyzing it It's the organic confluence of different genres of music that has been the hallmark of Zenón’s sound garnering him fellowships from both the MacArthur and Guggenheim foundations Zenón takes his talent for blending music to a new level on “Típico.” Load YouTube videoFrom the catchy opening piano riffs of the first track ”Academia,” (the above promotional track above) to the ethereal and atmospheric “Ciclo” and the introspective and moody “Las Ramas,” the album embraces both the avant-garde improvisation and thematic shifts he’s become known for The arc of “Típico,” replete with prodigious musicianship which was epitomized by Nobel Prize-winning author and fellow Caribbean Drawing inspiration from the same folkloric music and Latin American mythology he uses the language of music to provide contemporary social relevance and context whose stories embrace hybridic themes such as opposites as urban and rural Zenón’s diverse thematic spectrums offers a modern musical parallel Berklee is hardly the only association Zenón has with Boston The 40 year old is also on the part-time faculty at New England Conservatory and Boston was my first time living outside of home I think about Boston with a certain air of nostalgia playing at Wally’s [in the South End] and developing this fellowship with the musicians there This city kind of made me who I am as a human being and musician.” While he’s a fan of many different kinds of music “and I was familiar with specific languages of Puerto Rico and Latin American music Jazz was like learning a second language and discovering it Load YouTube videoWhile composing “Típico,” Zenón relied heavily on his relationship with the band With more than a decade’s worth of chemistry this airtight quartet features Luis Perdomo on piano Hans Glawischnig on bass and Henry Cole on drums “I was specifically thinking about our band about how to feature them in things that they do well to try and write things to feature those qualities It has a lot to do with the relationship you have with people you’re playing with onstage I try to listen to personalities within the musicians that I can grab onto to allow my personality to be able to co-exist.“ but about his place in the jazz firmament: “There’s a casual fluency in his playing in a superhuman quest for musical perfection The combination of artistic purity and earnestness This enormous un-ironic earnestness that is really refreshing.” He balances his time at home with his family sifting through fake news and sampling whiskeys from around the world A Week-Long Summer Essentails Styling Suite In Los Angeles several events were held in the home hosted by Victoria's Secret Angels where VIPs stylists and more were able to check out the latest collections: Kicking off with a cocktail party "Logo A Gogo" with Sara Sampaio and Sadie Newman "Bombshell Body Spa" appointments with facials "Slay Then Rosé" workout class with Jasmine Tookes and Tone It Up's Katrina Scott & Karena Dawn followed by a rosé lunch Concluding with a "Summer Soireé" with Martha Hunt where guests enjoyed an intimate dinner with special performance by Caroline Vreeland and had their dreams interpreted by Dr The T-Shirt Bra, Sexy Illusions, Dream Angels, Casual and Sexy Sleep, Bombshell Body, Bombshell Summer Fragrance and Victoria Sport collections are currently available in Victoria's Secret stores and Victoriassecret.com The new Dream Angels collection will be available on June 19 its more than 1000 Victoria's Secret Lingerie and Beauty stores the catalogue and VictoriasSecret.com allow customers to shop the brand anywhere http://www.Victoriassecret.com Victoria's Secret announced the launch of Atelier Victoria's Secret x Altuzarra the first in a series of limited-edition collections created.. Victoria's Secret announced the return of VSX – an all-new collection that is the intersection of performance Textiles Fashion Household, Consumer & Cosmetics Cosmetics and Personal Care Do not sell or share my personal information: (EWING, NJ) -- Roxey Ballet welcomes the holiday season with its long-standing community tradition The Nutcracker with four weekend performances at 2:00pm occur on Saturday and Sunday and a school/child matinee offered on Friday December 1 at 10:00am at Villa Victoria Theater in Ewing  Virtual tickets for watching at home are also available The premier professional dance company in the central New Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania regions Roxey Ballet’s 28th annual Nutcracker celebrates the values that lift us up during the season of giving with community participation and support Each year Roxey Ballet welcomes community members to participate in the production through dance Audiences are filled with families and supporters of the arts who include The Nutcracker in their holiday traditions schools from all over the region who enjoy a matinee performance and the special needs community who have the option of a sensory-friendly adapted performance Roxey’s Nutcracker features young dancers from throughout the region who are given the opportunity to dance alongside Roxey Ballet’s roster of world-class professional dancers The blend of students and company dancers inspires the community with a production full of world-class talent and familiar faces This year the dancers that are cast in the lead role of Clara The remainder of the cast is a blend of international professional dancers and local towns throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania including Hunterdon Roxey Ballet’s Nutcracker is directed by Mark Roxey co-founder of this acclaimed professional company and features over 200 costumes designed by Alicia Worden and Nilda Roxey with lighting by Jeffrey Goldstein Recognized as the most family-friendly production in the region and a beloved community tradition Roxey’s Nutcracker provides the perfect introduction to ballet for children of all ages and is a timeless holiday performance enjoyed by adults It is a magical spectacle created by Mark and Melissa Roxey founders of The Roxey Ballet Company and The Mill Ballet School Beginning Thanksgiving weekend and continuing into December The Nutcracker will be performed at Villa Victoria Theater in Ewing The story of The Nutcracker features Clara and her friends as they take you on an enchanting journey to meet magical mice Brilliant costumes and elaborate sets bring to life a heart-lifting magical voyage that ushers in the holiday spirit Four weekend performances at 2:00pm occur on Saturday and Sunday, November 25-26 and December 2-3, and a school/child matinee is offered on Friday, December 1 at 10:00am at Villa Victoria Theater. Tickets are available for purchase online and virtual tickets are also available Roxey Ballet will offer three Sugar Plum Story Times at public libraries during the month of December Join the Sugar Plum Fairy as she takes you on a journey through the magical Land of the Sweets with a reading and dance class given by professional dancers from Roxey Ballet These events are free and open to the public and occur on Wednesday, December 6 from 6:30pm-7:30pm at the Montgomery Library, Thursday, December 7 from 6:00pm-7:00pm at the Hillsborough Library, and Saturday, December 16 at 10:30am-11:30am at the Bridgewater Library. More details can be found here Performances of The Nutcracker will take place at Villa Victoria Theater Virtual tickets are available for all performances The Nutcracker “Suites” and Tea Party and the sensory-friendly Nutcracker will take place at Mill Ballet Visit roxeyballet.org/nutcracker for tickets and further details Mexico's air force began what is known as cloud seeding over the Cutzamala System a process of releasing silver iodine into clouds to stimulate condensation and ultimately rainfall.Air Force meteorologist and Second Captain Ricardo Torres told Reuters the strategy was "very successful" in the states of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas and will be employed until May 7 to try to restore the Cutzamala System's reservoirs.Mexico's constitution ensures the right of access to water who lives just a few minutes' drive from the Cutzamala System's water treatment plant and asked not to use his last name the constitution's promise is increasingly distant."In recent years things have become more complicated The water is more scarce," Israel told Reuters while filling a tank at his home with water he brought from a river to use for washing and household tasks."Before we didn't have to struggle so much with water."($1 = 18.1216 Mexican pesos)Reporting by Brendan O'Boyle Carlos Carrillo and Henry Romero; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle; Additional reporting by Stephen Eissenhammer; Editing by Josie Kao The fire that raged through Brick Township's Villa Vittoria restaurant Monday started when food cooking on a range top was left unattended according to Ocean County investigators who released preliminary findings this afternoon it will be up to building contractors and insurance adjusters to determine if any part of the building can be saved or if it will require total demolition and rebuilding rose to three-alarm status before firefighters began getting the upper hand and the worst was over about two hours later was considered a long-time institution in the neighborhood The Ocean County Prosecutor's Arson Investigation unit Brick Township police and the township's Bureau of Fire Prevention collaborated on the findings The fire that raged through Brick Township's Villa Vittoria restaurant Monday started when food cooking on a range top was left unattended Read More 2011 at 9:19 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}For mothers with children living in Villa Victoria Saturday’s violent is yet another painful side effect of the ongoing gang feud with Mission Hill a conflict some say has put their families at risk for more than 30 years Although District Attorney Daniel Conley said Sierra was not involved in gangs investigators have pinned the motive for his shooting on his address in Villa Victoria which has a long-standing rivalry with its Villa Victoria counterpart “They have been at war since I was 18,” said one Villa Victoria parent who asked that her name be withheld for fear of retaliation “I doubt that it’s going to stop anytime soon.” Mission Hill gang members have made it a habit in recent years to drive through the Villa Victoria community on bikes and in cars Some mothers are preparing to approach the city to ask for help stepping up security in the close-knit Puerto Rican community “All our teenagers around here want is respect and to be left alone They don’t want these guys coming in here drinking and smoking and throwing up gang signs.”  as a member of the Mission Hill gang and a friend of Arias’ when in fact he was raised in Villa Victoria and was associated with a gang there “If anything they were enemies,” she said of Maysonet and Arias She said she wanted the correction made public to protect those who were close to Maysonet The 19-year-old is currently banned from entering the Villa Victoria community and is on GPS monitoring system following his arraignment on Wednesday the South End continues to mourn the loss of Sierra who graduated from high school last year and was taking college classes “We just want the defenseless killing to end," one woman said someone who was doing something with his life.” Residents want the city to repair security cameras in the neighborhood and help trim branches to increase visibility Some pointed to the presence of a police station near the Cathedral Housing Project as a huge help in increasing security in that neighborhood "The security here is mind boggling," the woman said "I don’t want to lose a son or daughter just because they walked to the store." Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Villa is the first to qualify for the 2024 Wellness Olympia Written by Roger LockridgeLast updated on October 16th Victoria Reyes Villa has won the 2023 Ms. Lions Grand Battle Mexico Wellness show and Synara Silva rounded out the top three Teresa Maria Sina of Angola was on the roster but did not appear in the contest The final standings for the six athletes who did compete are below: [Related: Kamal Elgargni Withdraws from 2023 Olympia] A post shared by Sebastian Alvarez🇨🇴 (@sebastian_a22) [Related: 2023 Olympia 212 Contest Preview] Villa scored her second straight win and made a unique form of history. She was the final Wellness athlete to qualify for the 2023 Wellness Olympia in Orlando, FL, on Nov. 2-5, 2023, when she won the 2023 Legion Sports Fest Pro on Oct Villa became the first athlete to officially qualify for the 2024 Wellness Olympia The date and location of that event have yet to be announced as of this writing Villa received all first-place votes on the scorecards at this competition A post shared by 🇵🇷 EDDIE "BIG DOG" MORRIS 🇵🇷 (@bigdoge28) [Related: 2023 Mr. Olympia Preview] According to NPC News Online, this was Silva’s IFBB Pro League debut four years after earning pro status at the 2019 NPC Worldwide Amateur Olympia Brazil contest placing in the top three is a confidence boost for future pro contests There is no word on if or when she will compete again at the time of this article’s publication There was a second Wellness contest held on this same weekend The 2023 Fashion Street FitParade Pro was held in Budapest Mas also qualified for the 2024 Olympia thanks to that win Featured image: @victoriareyes_ifbbpro on Instagram Roger "Rock" Lockridge has been writing professionally for 10 years and has been training for 20 His work in the fitness industry has been seen in numerous outlets and has been a part of coverage for several events including the Mr He's also shared his own personal success story in several interviews and articles Lockridge lives in West Virginia with his wife and son The views expressed on this site may come from individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the view of BarBend or any other organization BarBend is the Official Media Partner of USA Weightlifting Copyright © 2025 · BarBend Inc · Sitemap