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GED-ing Ahead: Students Struggle With Testing System
Unemployed and undereducated adults uptown seek better career prospects by taking the GED. But they face more than difficult exam questions.
La Marqueta Tries New Recipe for Success, Once Again
On a regular weekday, the stretch of Park Avenue between 111th and 116th Streets in East Harlem is all but deserted, with four passers-by at most. Blocks away from the newly opened Costco, two brightly painted buildings sit under the Metro-North railroad tracks. Only one is open, welcoming visitors with a sign spelling La Marqueta [...]
Getting By, One Can at a Time
Hundreds of can collectors rummage through trash on uptown streets, hoping to trade aluminum, plastic or glass for cash.
Uptowners Witness Crime Rates Falling
Uptowners prove to be more perceptive than the average American in assessing crime rates.
Harlem Rokku Mi Rokka: One Block, A Trove of West African Music
African music has percolated into indie rock; three stores on W. 116th Street spread the sound.
Uptowners, Police Clash Over Quality of Life Complaints
34th Precinct residents say police don’t respond to minor neighborhood crimes; police claim that’s not true.
Overage Students Gain Ground with Personalized Programs
About 65 percent of the city’s high school droupouts were overage when they began ninth grade, according to a 2008 study from the Office of Accountability in the Department of Education.
Homeless Vets Struggle with Housing Scarcity Uptown
Veterans face another tough battle in finding housing uptown.
Stand Clear of the Closing (Jail) Doors: Subway Bandit Suspect in Custody
Police have arrested a homeless man after a spree of 14 subway robberies.
