Harlem’s Schools Need Sports, Say Superstar Visitors
Famous faces came to Harlem to play soccer on Friday, but the serious matter of sports programs for deprived kids was the real agenda.
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Risky Girl Power: Outreach Workers Try to Counteract Female Crews
“Young women are filling the prisons faster than young men!” says the founder of Harlem Mothers Stop Another Violent End.
HIV Awareness Groups Take a New Approach
Social media and interactive marketing campaigns are popping up around Manhattan targeting HIV prevention in young, black men, gay or straight.
November 2, 2011 | Posted in Community | Read More »
East Harlem Garden Opens After Getting the Bette Midler Treatment
Twelve years after the New York Restoration Project took over the plot on East 103rd Street and Park Avenue, the newly renovated garden finally opens to the public.
Prison Activists Work to End Racial Bias in Justice System
Prison activists have recently caught the attention of uptown residents, with several popular events raising provocative issues.
October 31, 2011 | Posted in Community | Read More »
Migrating Monarchs Visit Uptown Parks
Millions of monarch butterflies are making the annual trip south to Mexico for the winter, and many stop in uptown parks to fuel up for the rest of the journey.
What Lies Beneath: Harlem’s Crypt Chapel
The Church of the Intercession’s Crypt Chapel is a popular movie location and plays host to jazz sessions.
Uptown Haunts: Ghosts Stories of Inwood and Washington Heights
Discover Uptown’s haunted happening this Halloween and witness ghostly apparitions in the neighborhood’s old mansions and cemeteries.
Suspect Arrested in Connection with Wagner Houses Killing
Police have arrested Gregory Velez, 35, in connection with the killing of Julia Hernandez.
October 27, 2011 | Posted in Community | Read More »
Elderly Woman Found Dead in East Harlem Apartment, Suspect Sought
A 73-year-old woman was found dead in her East Harlem apartment after someone broke in and stole her flat-screen television.
October 26, 2011 | Posted in Community | Read More »
