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Early Addition: If you catch a mouse, there are meaner options than feeding it to a bird
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James Ramsay
Published Oct 21, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. ET
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Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where Central Park horse carriage drivers are making their last stand.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Some North Bronx locals and veteran journalists are hoping to revive the Norwood News, the local publication that was recently shuttered by its former owner, Montefiore Einstein Medical Center, which happens to be the borough's largest employer.
- "A bird could benefit from the mouse. We love the birds": City Councilmember Gale Brewer explained her Upper West Side office's decision to transport a mouse they trapped in a little cup over to the nearby Wild Bird Fund.
- NJ.com followed the trials and tribulations of three Jersey porta-potties for 123 days.
- Some fans of Los Tacos No. 1 aren't happy about the chainlet making a deal with a private equity firm to expand.
- In a new novel for adults, Samantha Parkington, the rich New York orphan from the American Girl doll series, is a 25-year-old suffragist fighting to reclaim her inheritance and find love.
- The Knicks lost last night but I thought the gold lettering on their jerseys was cool.
And finally, a green egg, for real:
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