Fares Deli-Grocery has been seized by the State Department of Taxation and Finance for nonpayment of taxes, and it isn’t the first hurdle it has faced recently.

Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong continue sorting through their archives of punk-era concert footage as it’s digitized for the Downtown Collection at N.Y.U.’s Fales Library. Today: footage from a benefit for late Dead Boys drummer Johnny Blitz.

The Local’s daily roundup of East Village news from around the web, including more on Molecule, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver going rogue, and a dead pigeon on an air conditioner.

The Cooper Square Mutual Housing Association is planning to raise the rents of its 25 commercial tenants to pay for renovations of apartments. As a a result, La Sirena has announced it will close.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved two additional floors and a recessed penthouse at 45 Great Jones Street.

After years of rumors, a sale of Mary Help of Christians church is said to be finally in the works. The flea market on 11th Street may close at the end of summer.

The men are suspected of attempting to rob two spas, one of which is in the East Village.

Jose “Cochise” Quiles talks about entering the gang world at 13, forming the Satan’s Sinners Nomads, going to jail for 18 years, and coming out determined to fight violence in the neighborhood today.

A roundup of today’s news, including a changing of the guard at a local synagogue, restoration of service along the M9, and the Paris Review’s support of the bookshop.

They’re showing up in droves for guest chef Ivan Orkin.

One of the boomerang buildings will be four stories instead of 11.

Has Mercat followed Hung Ry in closing on Bond Street? Plus: a new barbecue joint in the old Vandaag space.

Itchy greenthumbs say a nearby stalled construction site is a breeding ground for the bugs.

The beekeeper who handled that recent Bowery swarm gets a cameo in a new movie starring Mira Sorvino and Tammy Blanchard, set in Union Square.

The odor-eating ventilator unit could be inspected today.

A roundup of today’s news, including a crackdown on ice cream and a new “water cafe.”

Neighbors say that the odor-eating ventilation unit makes a loud noise 24-seven.

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The latest ramen news, including a guest chef at Momofuku Noodle Bar tomorrow.