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Community News Dumping old subway cars into the ocean may seem like bad news for the environment. But by all accounts a Metropolitan Transportation Authority program doing just that is greatly improving sea life along the eastern seaboard. READ MORE
Community News  Driving down W. 181st Street is a slow, terrible experience. Besides pedestrians crossing in the middle of the street, buses and double-parked cars entering traffic without regard to other drivers, there’s something else to watch out for – cops waiting to ticket cars stuck in the intersection. READ MORE
Community News The plucky video rental store on Pinehurst Avenue near W. 181st Street is calling it quits at the end of December, exhausted after fighting the economic downturn over the last year that slowed customer traffic. READ MORE
Community News Although it’s halfway across the world, and only the size of Massachusetts, the African nation of Rwanda has always had an inexplicable attraction to Kathleen Malu. “People ask: ‘What’s with you and Africa?’” said Malu, 58. “I just can’t seem to escape it.” READ MORE
Real Estate When your cell phone rings, you don’t think about how that call got to you. It most likely came from an antenna mounted on the roof of a private building. The panels, scattered on rooftops across the city, bounce the calls and text messages that are part of daily life from phone to phone. However some of the residents of 165 Pinehurst Ave. are concerned that there are too many antennae on their building, weighing down the roof and sending too many electrical waves into their homes. READ MORE
Money & Success
Some middle school students at I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School are preparing to take on what would make some adults feel powerless: the everyday technical glitches that foul up computers and printers. After several months of training, the student-staffed technical support team is offering its after-school assistance to the Wadsworth Avenue school’s teachers and staff. The students take on all sorts of tasks, like hooking up Internet connections, printing school IDs, creating the school’s yearbook and overseeing the sound, lighting and technical aspects of the school’s performances – presentations like its Pie Day, spring dance performance and holiday show. READ MORE
Uptown Dining I’m a sucker for anything that purports to be the “world’s greatest” anything – especially if it’s cheap. That’s why for the last month I’ve been thinking about the white cardboard sign hung in the window of New Caporal Fried Chicken on Broadway and W. 157th Street. I spied it in early December after Community League of the Heights lit its Christmas tree. The sign read: “World’s best chicken sandwich: $2.00” in black marker. READ MORE
Health & Fitness Each year as the ball drops, New Yorkers resolve to improve their health and wellbeing. Of all the challenges you could take on next year, which ones would do you the most good? Here are the Health Department’s top five picks, based on real data about sickness and health in New York City. Because changing old habits can be hard, our rundown also includes online resources that are available 24 hours a day to help you thrive in 2010. READ MORE
Opinions A couple of weeks ago, Rep. Luis Guiterrez and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus joined by several allies, presented its proposal for comprehensive immigration reform entitled Comprehensive Immigration Reform As Soon As Possible (no that's not the real name but I appreciate the pun). READ MORE
Opinions Writers are a big part of the artistic expansion and growth of Northern Manhattan with Inwood and Washington Heights’ blogs showcasing some of the brightest work. These sites are prime examples of how the wordy ones are using the Internet to wrangle their writing. READ MORE
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