Archive | November, 2011

VIDEO: Restaurants Urge Diners to Save Half for Later

VIDEO: Restaurants Urge Diners to Save Half for Later

The Save Half for Later Campaign wants to help shrink northern Manhattan’s waistline, and more and more restaurants are joining the cause.

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VIDEO: East Harlem Taste Trolley Highlights New Neighborhood Flavor

VIDEO: East Harlem Taste Trolley Highlights New Neighborhood Flavor

Once a month, the East Harlem Taste Trolley titillates Northattan’s taste buds, taking 45 hungry diners on a tour of the area’s gourmet restaurants.

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AUDIO: Dominican Community Reacts to Terror Suspect’s Arrest

AUDIO: Dominican Community Reacts to Terror Suspect’s Arrest

Dominicans in Washington Heights were dismayed by the news that a plot to bomb post offices and other targets in New York City was being hatched in their midst.

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Dominican Northattan Resident Faces Terrorism Charges

Dominican Northattan Resident Faces Terrorism Charges

Jose Pimentel, a 27-year-old Dominican from Washington Heights, arrested on charges of plotting to make and detonate bombs in New York City.

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AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Nature’s Helping Hand at Harlem’s Hair Expo

AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Nature’s Helping Hand at Harlem’s Hair Expo

Harlem’s first-ever Hair Expo wants women to love their hair, the natural way.

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VIDEO: An Agile Sport Takes Root Uptown

VIDEO: An Agile Sport Takes Root Uptown

“Parkour is just training your body to overcome obstacles,” says “Vert,” who teaches the acrobatic discipline four times a week in Fort Tryon Park.

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Ydanis Rodriguez Demands Investigation of OWS Evacuation

A day after he was arrested as part of the city’s crackdown on Occupy Wall Street, City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez demanded that New York City authorities investigate police treatment of the protesters who were cleared from Zuccotti Park early Tuesday.

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Occupy Wall Street Update

Occupy Wall Street Update

As New York City police moved in to evict Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park, Northattan reporters were there to report the eviction and the aftermath.

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Posted in East Harlem, Economy, Fort George, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, Inwood, Manhattan Valley, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, Politics, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights0 Comments

Zuccotti Park Eviction

Zuccotti Park Eviction

To occupiers at Zuccotti Park, Monday night seemed like any other during their two-month-old live-in protest; that is until they were awakened by bright lights and loud ruckus just after 1 a.m. Tuesday morning.

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Bringing Books to El Barrio

Bringing Books to El Barrio

Despite the area’s rich cultural heritage, places to enjoy literature are hard to find in East Harlem. But now one woman has raised over $70,000 to open a new Latino bookstore for the community.

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