Welcome to The Uptowner, an online newspaper covering Harlem, Hamilton Heights, East Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood. From stories on sports and politics to education and the arts, we provide a voice for upper Manhattan communities that other news outlets miss. Stories appearing on the Web site are reported and produced by graduate students at the Columbia University School of Journalism.

**The Uptowner is now on hiatus and will be back in its original form in fall 2010.

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