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Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is known as a major African American cultural and business center
Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is known as a major African American cultural and business center
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NYC OK's cultural center and housing development
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced plans for a housing, retail and cultural center in Manhattan. The development project in East Harlem was approved by the City Council on Tuesday. Officials have selected a partnership to build the $700...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Michael Bloomberg, Manhattan (New York City), Culture, Cultural Development
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Bette Midler opens another New York urban garden
Bette Midler will be partying in East Harlem. The star entertainer is expected to help open a community garden Wednesday on East 117th Street _ complete with music and dancing. The Target East Harlem Community Garden is part of a network of gardens...Tags: New York, Bette Midler
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Local Education Fund To Track Progress Of Hartford Schools
Courant Staff WriterAs Hartford's school system settles into a major transformation this year, a new nonprofit entity created to oversee the changes is also getting under way. The Local Education Fund, an independent group of corporate and community members, hired its first...Tags: New York, Metro Hartford Alliance, Heads of State, Academic Progress, Bronx (New York City)
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Why diss 'SNL'?
In her piece on Amy Poehler's departure from 'Saturday Night Live,' Julie Gordon pithily notes that Poehler is 'practically the only funny cast member left on the late-night NBC show.' I have to wonder if Gordon's actually bothered to watch the show...Tags: Saturday Night Live, Amy Poehler, There Will Be Blood, Daniel Day Lewis, NBC
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Activist spent career pouncing on injustice
Chicago Tribune reporterRev. Donald Benedict spent 366 days in prison for resisting the draft during World War II, the first chapter in a long career as a civic activist who saw injustice on many fronts and took action. Rev. Benedict, 90, died Thursday, Sept. 4, in Pittsford,...Tags: Ethics, Logan Square, Protestant, Hyde Park, Vermont
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Bearing witness to MLK's 'Dream,' Obama's reality
olivia.winslow@newsday.comOn Aug. 28, 1963, Bishop R.W. Harris, prelate of Grace Cathedral in Uniondale, was 20 years old and living in East Harlem when he boarded an NAACP bus bound for the Washington Mall to hear what became the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a...Tags: National Government, Georgia, Slavery, NAACP, Government
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The New York bodega fights for its life
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe 7 a.m. sun gleams off the windows of this East Harlem bodega, as its owner, Julio Pimentel, unlocks the door and steps behind the counter that separates him from customers. He switches on a fan and tunes the radio to a Spanish station, and merengue...Tags: Pennsylvania, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Migration, Rentals, Baby Products, Games, and Toys
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Hillary Clinton roll-call vote unlikely at convention
dan.janison@newsday.comIn the end, it would make little sense to push a symbolic roll-call vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in three weeks as some suggested - especially since she's now due to deliver the keynote address, several of her...Tags: Elections, New York, David A. Paterson, Kemp Hannon, Political Candidates
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On the town: Gov's guys hit Rao's in E. Harlem
Spin CycleWas that really Gov. David Paterson???s top aide, Secretary Charles O???Byrne, and Deputy Secretary for Public Safety Michael Balboni, among the half-dozen seated one of the 11 tables at the famously exclusive Rao???s restaurant in East Harlem Thursday...Tags: David Paterson, Murder, Lance Armstrong, Madonna, Crimes
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Public to MTA, Yanks: Enough already!
mnaanes@am-ny.comNew Yorkers have heard it all before and they say they've heard enough. When big-ticket projects around the city are facing cost overruns, delays or funding difficulties, outstretched hands tap the public coffers. Somehow, some way, New Yorkers feel...Tags: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, David A. Paterson, Executive Branch, Clinton Hill, Astoria
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Big financial commitments waning in economic downturn
mnaanes@am-ny.comStephanie Gueldner stopped padding her 4-month-old son's college fund a couple months ago when New Yorkers' desire for flowers wilted with the economy and hit her Chelsea floral design business hard. "We'd like to save for college right now but things...Tags: New York, Family, Manhattan (New York City), Windsor Terrace, Floral Design
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Nabe groups battle to save affordable apartments
MNaanes@am-ny.comDecrepit apartments and cramping are a common trend among the city's immigrant families struggling to afford housing, particularly in gentrifying neighborhoods. In a city that is losing about 60,000 affordable units a year, everyone in New York is...Tags: New York, Apartments, Labor Legislation, Condos and Houses, Wages and Pensions
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