Archive | March, 2009

Golden Gloves Knockout

By: Tracy Chimming, Maria Clark, Indrani Datta, Jeanmarie Evelly & Jessica Wakeman Boxing fans gathered Wednesday night in Brooklyn to watch 14 young hopefuls battle it out to advance in the famous Golden Gloves competition. Held at Thomas Jefferson High School, the event was just one in a 10-week series of bouts before the final […]

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Tamil-Americans Protest Sri Lankan Mission in NYC

Nearly 100 Tamil Americans gathered outside of the Sri Lanka Mission to the United Nations in Midtown Manhattan on March 16, chanting for a cease-fire in the war torn northern region of Sri Lanka. In recent weeks, the Sri Lankan military has made significant advances on the Liberation Tiger of Thamil Eelam (LTTE), an ethnic […]

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"Green" Day

The 248th annual (yes, you read right, two-hundred and forty-eighth) St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City gives the world permission to be Irish for a day. The Parade’s first march up Fifth Avenue was in 1762, and this year in 2009, the day is still as special. People came all the way from […]

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The Battle For Asser-Levy Park

There have been news about Marty Marcowitz wanting to build an amphitheater in Asser-Levy Park. I put together a slideshow about it.

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Opening of new South Ferry Station

by Xiomara Martinez-White and Sergey Kadinsky The South Ferry loop on the 1 train opened in 1905, allowing a one-seat ride between the Staten Island ferry and Harlem. By 1946, subway trains were expanded to 8 cars, and the station became obsolete. Without room for growth, its tight loop forced passengers to move to the […]

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Real Estate Fears in NYC

By Lois DeSocio, Jacqueline Linge, Maureen Sullivan, and Brian Winkowski. The New York City real estate market is no longer immune to the real estate drop that is hitting the rest of the country. Home values and sales have decreased throughout the metropolitan area, according to the Real Estate Board of New York. As a […]

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AIDS Activists Flunk New York City Health Care Services

D. D-minus. F. Those are the grades that HIV and AIDS advocates gave to New York City’s health care services.

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The Big East Experience: Basketball, Fans and Scalpers

The Big East Tournament has come to Madison Square Garden, and along with it throngs of fans, bands, teams, and of course ticket scalpers.

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High school seniors need college cash

Reporting by: Amber Benham, Rachel Senatore, Jessica Simeone and Nicole Turso Teenagers these days aren’t just thinking about love and movies; they’re worried about how they’ll pay for college in a recession. For these seniors, saving money is the goal. Ivan Collado Ivan got accepted at the University of Michigan, but there’s a nearly $15,000 […]

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The Green Economy, a work in progress

and Aisha Al-Muslim, Damiano Beltrami, Anastasia Economides, and Kate Zhao New York entrepreneurs are figuring out how to get the green by being green Green businesses are popping up all over the city—from Flatbush Avenue in downtown Brooklyn to the Bowery in Manhattan. But the term “green business” is somewhat amorphous. Entrepreneurs who are striving […]

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