••• From a reader: “What’s going on with Il Mattone? It hasn’t been open since Sandy hit. I know that the owners live on Staten Island.” Anyone know anything? (Um, I just realized I could try calling… The outgoing voicemail message said that the restaurant is indeed closed due to Sandy and will reopen “in a new location.”)

••• I emailed White & Church a couple of days ago and never heard back…. Has it closed? The voicemail still works, so I left a message (although I called at a time when it should be open….)

••• From the PS/IS 276 (Battery Park City School) PTA: “Our Overcrowding Committee has launched an online petition that asks Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Walcott to limit the number of kindergarten students that will be admitted for the 2013-2014 school year to three classes (a maximum of 25 students in each class for a total of 75 students) in order to save our highly regarded science, music, art, and Pre-K programs.”