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Court rules against Chelsea Hotel in tenant dispute

WABC New York City News

A court has ordered the new owner of the Chelsea Hotel to clean up asbestos contamination. The New York Daily News is reporting that a court has ordered the new owner of the Chelsea Hotel to clean up asbestos contamination. A group of 34 permanent tena... »

City Bakery’s 20th Annual Hot Chocolate Festival Starts Wednesday

WCBSTV Local Business

It was 1992 when City Bakery first turned February into a Hot Chocolate Festival. This year, they'll celebrate 20 years of the tradition with 25 different flavors of hot chocolate - and a few are definitely worth it to stop by for. »

Boys & Girls Club of Garfield Alumni Miles Austin to join in honoring The Garfield Junior Boilermakers..

The Paramus Post

On a beautiful Saturday Fall Day at Dumont High School, the Garfield Junior Boilermakers of the Boys and Girls Club of Garfield found Super Bowl success, when their Senior Team ... led by Coach Jon Szucs, the power running of Avion Irving, and the hard... »

Remainders: Skepticism about school size, ed tech silver bullets

GothamSchools

Andy Rotherham: Much of ed technology amounts to distracting bells and whistles. (School of Thought) Leonie Haimson lists seven reasons to be skeptical of MDRC’s small-schools report. (NYC P.S. Parents) The founders of the city’s School of One launched... »

At turnaround schools, wide range in college readiness rates

GothamSchools

Click on the chart for an expanded view. A handful of the high schools the city wants to “turn around” are already doing a better-than-average job at preparing students for college. The schools all posted graduation rates below 60 percent two years ago... »

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Apple’s Siri-enabled iTV already being tested by potential partners, report claims

MacBklyn

Prototypes of Apple's upcoming HDTV are already being tested by multiple potential carrier partners Apple is trying to woo, The Globe and Mail reports. The Canadian paper calls the iTV "a product that has the potential to revolutionize TV viewing by tu... »

Free & Cheap Upper West Side Events: 2/6/12

My Upper West

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Monday, February 6th, 2012… 2012 Winter Restaurant Week Reservations Numerous UWS & NYC Restaurants $24.07 for lunch; $35.00 for dinner Now through 2/10 Food: Special Diet Vendor Night Whole Foods, Columbus ... »

8th St. Hypergentrified

Jeremiah's Vanishing New York

For some time, 8th Street has been a ghost town. The once-plentiful shoe stores and other small businesses that lined it have dropped like flies in recent years. Trendy restaurants have tried to get a foothold and failed. It's ripe for "revival" and no... »

Coney Island Birds

The City Birder

I don't know why, but I keep ending up back at Coney Island. I suppose part of the draw is in the unexpected. Over the last few years I've seen some very unusual birds along this section of coastal Brooklyn, such as, Western Grebe, Gray-hooded Gull and... »

Year End Polls for Emerging Artists - Final Results are in!

The Deli Philly Scene

Chicago results HERE. DC Area results HERE. Nashville results HERE. New England results HERE. NYC results HERE. Philly results HERE. The Deli's Staff »

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