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NYC Music Trail: Swing Street (with Slideshow)

July 18, 2012|Jake Neher
Once the Mecca of jazz music, now nothing but office buildings.

Today, 52nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues in Midtown...

NYC Music Trail: Erasmus Hall High School (w/ Slideshow)

July 17, 2012|Jake Neher
Famous alumni include Babs, Neil Diamond.

Brooklyn's Erasmus Hall High School in Flatbush has never been a special school...

Group says Christie Administration is Stalling Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

July 16, 2012|Kris Venezia
Medicinal Marijuana was legalized in the state in January 2010.

A group in New Jersey says the state's preventing the...

NYC Music Trail: Mandolin Brothers

July 16, 2012|Jake Neher
Staten Island store has sold instruments to Dylan, Springsteen.

When you walk into Mandolin Brothers music shop, you're...

Lawmakers and Veterans Cut Ribbon for New Memorial Grove

July 13, 2012|Kris Venezia
The site honors soldiers who lost their life in WWII and the Korean War.

 Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx has a new look...

French Soccer Invading the United States

July 12, 2012|Kris Venezia
Teams from Paris, Montpellier, and Lyon will square off in big apple.

New York French soccer fans are in for a real treat at...

ABC Introduces 'Good Afternoon America'

July 09, 2012|Connor Ryan
New daytime show will fill time slot until Katie Couric's talk show begins in September on ABC.

"Good Afternoon America"...

Some NYC Young Adults Getting Summer Jobs

July 05, 2012|Kris Venezia
City's Summer Youth Employment Program gives some students spending money.

Almost 32,000 New York City young adults will...

Contestants Get Set for Annual Nathan's Hot Dog Contest

July 03, 2012|Kris Venezia
Competitors weighed-in today at City Hall Park.

Contestants for the Nathan's annual hot dog eating competition took part in...

Food Boat Hits the Water for its Second Summer

July 02, 2012|Kris Venezia
Ship delivers drinks and munchies to sailors in Connecticut.

A one of a kind restaurant owner brings Connecticut boaters...