Charlie’s Pumpkin + Mattress Bugs Starbucks Strike | NYC Patch Exclusives

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Charlie’s Pumpkin + Mattress Bugs Starbucks Strike | NYC Patch Exclusives

NEW YORK CITY – Here are this week’s exclusive stories from the New York City Patch.

A Park Slope dad always makes a big splash with his Halloween pumpkins, but this year he overdid it. And he plans to continue doing so in the future.

Workers at the flagship Reserve Roastery at 61 Ninth Ave., the first unionized Starbucks in New York City, went on strike Tuesday.

Photo by Kathleen Culliton

“Houses can be repaired at some point,” said Fran Streich. “The story of people who have died and our children is lost again and again.”

Clyde and Animal Project NYC got back together after the cat was snatched by a UWS Petco in early October.

Bayside High School graduate Matthew Fertig aims to raise $15,000 by running from Montauk to Manhattan next month.

Courtesy of Jessica Chrustic, NYPD (inset)

Months after the dog Moose was beaten in Prospect Park, the 78th Precinct captain said Patch officers are refocusing their investigation.

The carriage-style building is converted into a multi-story residential tower after a landlord moves in to evict its remaining tenants.