Most Read Stories of 2021
A story chronicling the confusion over COVID vaccines was the No. 1 story for Chelsea News readers online. But articles about rock legends occupied the No. 2, 3 and 5 slots among this top 10 list.
1. Boosters, Third Doses and the Vaccine Confusion
Sept. 3: “Different messages are coming from different places,” says a Northwell Health physician
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2. A Life of Chronicling Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll
Mar. 17: Photographer Bob Gruen’s memoir offers readers a wild ride
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3. Bob Dylan, 80 Year (Forever) Young – and Still Mr. New York
May 7: The ultimate New Yorker, in popular culture, over the last sixty years
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4. Still Not Taking Their Shot
Aug. 15: Why some New Yorkers are refusing the COVID vaccine
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5. Remembering the Concert for Bangladesh
July 14: Rock and roll’s trailblazing benefit concert underscored the Mecca status the city had in 1971
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6. The Spotted Lanternflies of Manhattan
Oct. 4: The Battery Park City Authority is trapping and trying to eradicate the harmful bugs
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7. The Clash at Carmine’s
Sept. 27: An encounter over vaccine proof becomes more complex after claims of racial profiling
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8. The Optimo-zation of a Chelsea Eyesore
Apr. 30: Graffiti artist’s painting on an abandoned property aims to connect the neighborhood
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9. Eli’s Final Chapter
June 4: A retired professor devoted his last days to writing about a 14-year-old executed by electric chair
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10. Grief on Campus at Columbia
Dec. 6: After grad student dies in stabbing attack and visiting scholar is wounded, police arrest suspect