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Lin-Manuel Miranda 10” deceMBeR 30 - januaRy 05, 2016 • Vol. 16 • no. 52 washington heights • inwood • haRLEM • EAST HARLEM NORTHERN MANHATTAN’S BILINGUAL NEWSPAPER EL PERIODICO BILINGUE DEL NORTE DE MANHATTAN NOW EVERY WEDNESDAY TODOS LOS MIERCOLES Person of Persona Milito Peralta the Year del año p12 p12 Illustration: Photos: EAbreuVisuals.com Lin-Manuel Miranda 10” Juntos, podemos mantenerlo saludable y disfrutando la vida Con el Plan ArchCare Advantage HMO Special Needs usted obtiene todos los beneficios de Medicare además de valiosas prestaciones adicionales sin costo extra más allá de sus primas de Medicare habituales. $600 al año para gastar en artículos de salud de venta libre* Visitas al médico con bajo copago o sin copago Cobertura total de medicamentos con receta Cuidado preventivo para mantenerle fuera del hospital Su propio gestor personal ★★★★ ArchCare Advantage ha recibido una calificación general de 4 ESTRELLAS (superior al promedio) de Medicare. 11.5” Estamos aquí para ayudarle. 800-373-3177 TTY/TDD: 800-662-1220 de 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Juntos, podemos siete días a la semana Planes de salud y Alternativas para cuidado de ancianos | Cuidado en el hogar | Cuidado de enfermería especializada | Rehabilitación | Vivienda asistida | Cuida- www.archcareadvantage.org do especializado | Cuidado paliativo | Hospital para enfermos terminalese ArchCare Advantage HMO SNP es un plan de Salud Coordinada con un contrato con Medicare. 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H1777_Print Ad_SP_2016_Accepted 2 december 30, 2015 • manhattan times • www.manhattantimesnews.com Going for the globes. The event hosted over 160 schoolchildren and guests. The will of winter he unseasonably moderate Members of the Mount Sinai Urgent Care Focusing on the popular movie Frozen also enjoyed treats from the hot chocolate temperatures would not deter Inwood team hosted a “Magically Frozen as the event’s theme, there were stations and cookie bar. The Urgent Care facility is T Inwood Winter Wonderland” this past Fri., at which attendees could create ice cream located at 5030 Broadway, at the corner of them. Dec. 18th. cone ornaments; build mini Popsicle 214th Street. More than 160 students and parents from sleds; make snow globes and crowns; and It was winter they wanted, and winter they Good Shepherd School; P.S. 98; and P.S. pose for photos with cut-outs of the film’s For more information, please call would conjure. 310 Marble Hill stopped in. protagonists Elsa, Anna and Olaf. They 212.651.9978 or visit http://bit.ly/1mMMaRo. Voluntad invernal as inusuales moderadas temperaturas Lno los disuadieron. Era invierno lo que querían y el invierno evocarían. Miembros del equipo de atención urgente de Mount Sinai de Inwood organizaron una “Magically Crissaris Sarnelli, MD, especialista en atención Frozen Inwood Winter Wonderland” el pasado de urgencia, a la izquierda, y Judah Fierstein, viernes 18 de diciembre. MD, director médico del sistema de salud Más de 160 estudiantes y padres de la Escuela de atención de urgencias de Mount Sinai. Good Shepherd; la P.S. 98 y la P.S. 310 Marble Hill, pasaron. Centrándose en la popular película Frozen de la barra de chocolate caliente y galletas. El como el tema del evento, hubo estaciones en las centro de atención de urgencia se encuentra en que los asistentes pudieron crear ornamentos de el No. 5030 de Broadway, en la esquina de la helado de cono; construir mini trineos de paleta; calle 214. hacer globos de nieve y coronas y posar para fotos Para más información, por favor con recortes de los protagonistas de la película: llame al 212.651.9978 o visite http:// Elsa, Anna y Olaf. También disfrutaron de golosinas bit.ly/1mMMaRo. El tema fue construido alrededor Alguien de la realeza descansando. de la película Frozen. december 30, 2015 • manhattan times • www.manhattantimesnews.com 3 ¿SABÍA USTED? DID YOU KNOW? 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Kindergarten Application Period is Avenue NYC Application Period is Open Open for City Fiscal Year 2017 Through January 15, 2016 Applications are due via email to Families can apply for their children [email protected] by 11:59 p.m., to enroll in Kindergarten now through Sunday, January 24, 2016. January 15, 2016. All applications submitted A NYC Department of Small Business Grant before the deadline will be treated equally Program, Avenue NYC funds Community- - the application process is not first come, Based Development Organizations (CBDOs) first serve. Apply online, over the phone in low- to moderate-income communities (718.935.2400), or in person at a Family across the five boroughs to implement Welcome Center. commercial revitalization activities that For more information about NYC benefit businesses and local residents. 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Any treatment decisions are between you and your licensed healthcare professional. 4 december 30, 2015 • manhattan times • www.manhattantimesnews.com COMMUNITY NEWS estos recorridos son accesibles en silla de Baby Story Time ruedas, algunas personas pueden encontrarlos Bring your tiniest ones to the Inwood desafiantes debido a muchos caminos empinados Public Library on Thurs., Jan. 7th at 10:30 del parque. Los invitados se encontrarán en el a.m. for a morning of songs, rhymes and Jardín Heather, ubicado en el bulevar Cabrini y stories. Afterwards is playtime, a great time la avenida Fort Washington, dentro de Fort Tryon to meet fellow neighbors. Seating is limited Park. Para más información, por favor llame al 212.795.1388. See COMMUNITY p17 Figure and Form Figura y forma Visit El Museo Del Barrio for its latest Visite la más reciente exposición del Museo exhibit, “Figure and Form,” a selection of del Barrio, “Figura y forma”, una selección recent acquisitions to El Museo’s permanent de las últimas adquisiciones de la colección collection. Among the pieces of art on permanente del Museo. Entre las obras de arte display will be a large painting by David en exhibición estará una gran pintura de David Antonio Cruz titled Puerto Rican Pieta, Antonio Cruz titulada Puerto Rican Pieta, un a portrait of the artist and his mother. It is retrato del artista y su madre. Es acompañada accompanied by another large-scale self- por otro autorretrato a gran escala de Alessandra portrait by Alessandra Expósito and a set Expósito y un conjunto de esculturas de yeso del of body cast sculptures by artist Rigoberto artista Rigoberto Torres (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Torres (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, 1960).
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