Straus Media President and Publisher Jeanne Straus with incoming Editor in Chief Keith J. Kelly. Photo: Christina Scotti Straus Media Names New Editor in Chief of Local News Group Straus Media announced that it has hired New York Post veteran Keith J. Kelly to be the next Editor in Chief of its Manhattan-based... News 14 Dec 2022 | 01:23
Left to right: Contributor Michael Oreskes, Honoree Dr. Dave Chokshi, Editor in Chief Alexis Gelber, President and Publisher Jeanne Straus, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Honoree Laurie M. Tisch, Honoree Julie Menin. Photo: Steven Strasser Back in Person: The 2022 OTTY Awards For more than 20 years Our Town has proudly hosted the OTTYS – the Our Town Thanks You Awards – as a way to honor remarkable... News 13 May 2022 | 10:57
A positive home test. Photo: Michael Oreskes The Case of the COVID Chronicler It had to happen eventually, right? I tell myself that, in any case. After more than two years of chronicling COVID-19 in... News 15 Apr 2022 | 02:59
‘He Will Be Cartooning in Heaven’ Peter Pereira, an artist, illustrator, photographer and cartoonist whose work brought wit and whimsy to Straus News Manhattan’s... News 19 Nov 2021 | 02:04
The Open Streets plan includes West End Avenue from 87th to 96th Street. Photo: Alexis Gelber 5 Positive Pandemic Changes 1. Clean Subways: For the first time in its history, NYC’s subway system shut down at night for cleaning and disinfecting,... The Way Forward 04 Sep 2020 | 11:52