https://www.ourtownny.com/features/healthy-manhattan/tomato-is-revered-today-but-it-was-once-feared-as-poison-apple-YY6098427 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-08-07T18:46:23-04:00 Tomato Is Revered Today But it Was Once Feared as “Poison Apple” https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/woman-eating-a-tomato_4-10991876_20260807184222.jpg If she was in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, she would not dare eat that tomato which was given the feared nickname “poison apple.” In the modern era, not only is it revered as as a tasty and versatile food, the tomato has serious and newly discovered health benefits. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/new-lawsuits-filed-over-harlem-legionnaires-outbreak-YY6098256 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-08-07T18:50:56-04:00 New Lawsuits Filed Over Harlem Legionnaires’ Outbreak https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-08-07-at-5-16-48-pm_4-10991856_20260807171850.png New York City is facing new lawsuits related to last year’s deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak in Harlem, with the support of Ben Crump (right) and the Reverend Al Sharpton (right). At an August 6 presser, June Cooley (above, center) said that her family has “PTSD” over her mother’s infection. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-08-07-at-5-17-25-pm_4-10991863_20260807171854.png Nunzio Quino, a construction worker who sued a contractor tied to the outbreak last year, says that “people try to hide when there’s something wrong.” https://www.ourtownny.com/news/traffic-chaos-continues-days-after-water-main-bursts-in-east-village-MJ6092187 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-08-08T14:38:43-04:00 Traffic Chaos Continues Days After Water Main Bursts in East Village https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/day-one-of-water-main_4-10991935_20260808143901.jpg Steam was still billowing from mid-block on Aug. 3 after a water main break at the intersection of First Ave. and East 14th Street earlier that afternoon. Traffic would remain snarled for days as the intersection could remain closed. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/night-work_4-10991936_20260808143901.jpg City workers were still laboring into the evening on Aug. 7 trying to repair the roadway at the intersection of East 14th Street and First Avenue. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/3e0a7556_4-10981524_20260808143902.jpg Construction and Con Edison workers were at the scene excavating the roadway two days after the Aug. 3 water main break. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/3e0a7552_4-10981518_20260808143905.jpg NYPD and NYC Transit officials stood by the enclosed entrance to First Avenue on 14 Street, redirecting vehicles away from the zone. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/3e0a7557_4-10981525_20260808143908.jpg Traffic is being stopped and redirected westbound on East 13th Street towards Second Avenue. Outside the intersection closure, there was honking and congested movement of vehicles. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/crime-watch/elder-assault-on-lexington-ave-man-who-raped-ues-nurse-sentenced-IM6097318 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-08-09T01:29:35-04:00 Elder Assault on Lexington Ave.; Man Who Raped UES Nurse Sentenced https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/elder-assault-on-lexington_4-10991972_20260809012802.jpg Elder Assault on Lexington Avenue suspect: do you recognize him from the morning of July 30? https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/lexington-ave-elder-assault-man-who-r_4-10991975_20260809012905.webp Donovan Murphy in the vicinity of First Avenue and East 92nd Street, September 2024. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/le-petit-parisien-bakery-on-east-78th-street-suddenly-closes-BM6097672 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-08-09T10:19:54-04:00 Le Petit Parisien Bakery on East 78th Street Suddenly Closes https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/3e0a7569_4-10991833_20260807164208.jpg Le Petit Parisien, a French bakery and restaurant located on the Upper East Side, is shutting down permanently after four years of business. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/3e0a7564_4-10991836_20260807164211.jpg As the venue is moving out of the location, a sign is placed by the entrance door for customers. Two locations remain in Manhattan, one in Lenox Hill and one in the East Village. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/3e0a7572_4-10991704_20260807164214.jpg The cafe offered authentic French sandwiches, pastries, salads, main dishes, and coffee and tea. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/legionnaires-disease-some-city-council-members-blame-mamdani-DF6052126 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-08-09T18:42:21-04:00 Legionnaires’ Disease: Some City Council Members Blame Mamdani https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-22-at-2-24-17-pm_4-10942901_20260727142754.png City Council Speaker Julie Menin (center), who represents an UES district, stands with council members including Harvey Epstein (far left), Virginia Maloney (second from left) and Queens Council Member Lynn Schulman (third from left) to discuss the city’s response to a Legionnaires’ outbreak.