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M.V. students head to national debate fi nals
New vintage store Feels opens on Myrtle in R’wood
BY MARK HALLUM
MHALLUM@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Clothing, vinyl and ceramic
goods are the standard fare at
Feels, a new vintage store off
Myrtle Avenue to feed Ridgewood’s
novelty shopping desires run by a
husband-wife team who are making
the most out of the little storefront.
Shoppers can find records from
their favorite contemporary artists,
Incausa incense, Saipua soaps and
work from local artists at the 59-
17 71st Ave. location established
by Christine Costello and Patrick
Noecker in December 2018.
Costello said the objective is
not just sell vintage items but
also to create a space that feels
good, promotes art and offers
goods at a price point that people
in the traditionally working-class
but up-and-coming community
can afford.
“We’re trying to make a place that
makes people feel good,” Costello
told the Ridgewood Times. “It’s a
reflection of our home.”
Noecker is a musician who grew
Members of the Christ the King High School Speech and Debate Team in Middle Village are heading to Wisconsin
for a national competition. Photo courtesy of Christ the King High School
up on a farm in Nebraska while
Costello has been in the city for
longer, but both have spent about 20
years in the Bushwick area where
they currently live.
The two initially gravitated to
the area for attractions such as
Sundown Bar on Forest Avenue
or Norma’s Corner Shoppe on
Catalpa before deciding on the 71st
Avenue Plaza as the location for
their first business.
Costello, who has worked in
retail for years, said the plaza is
a premium location for the shop
because of the hyperlocal foot
traffic around the triangle.
While Costello curates the
clothing, which she claims is always
in the best quality, Noecker makes
the inventory in record section of
the store pulsate.
The couple’s goal is to make
artwork accessible through events
and supply lasting items that will be
unique additions to people’s homes
for years to come, Costello said.
BUZZ
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Students from a Middle Village
high school will take on other
students from across the state
and country in speech and debate.
Members of Christ the King High
School’s (CTK) Speech and Debate team
not only qualifi ed for the New York
State Forensic League’s Championship
Tournament in April, but fi ve students
will go to the National Catholic
Forensic League (NCFL) National
Championships in May.
The students going to the New
York State Forensic League’s
Championship Tournament, which
will be held at Hofstra University
on April 6-7, are Ian Baksh, Diego
Espada, Gregory Jans, and Elvis
Soto in Intermediate Public Forum
Debate; Krystian Makocki, Kordian
VonCyga and Christian Wong in
Student Congress; and Joseph
Siguencia in Novice Lincoln D
ouglas Debate.
In addition to the state tournament,
Baksh, Espada, Jans, and Soto
will represent CTK in the Varsity
Public Forum Debate at the NCFL
National Championships. Makocki
will also represent the school in the
championship’s Student Congress
portion. All fi ve students will head to
Milwaukee, WI over Memorial Day
weekend to represent CTK.
“We could not be prouder of the
achievements of all our Speech
& Debate members,” said CTK
Principal Geri Martinez. “We are
very thankful for the support of
the moderators, Anton Jans, Kristen
Tully and Larry Reilly who have
helped and supported the team
this season.”
A look at Myrtle Avenue through the front window of Feels in Ridgewood. Photo via Facebook/Feels Ridgewood
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