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A strong thunderstorm hit Port Washington this past Sunday, causing damage and power outages for many in the area.

Ladies and gentlemen, The Bronx is burning - but in a good way. And the South Bronx might have the requisite heat to get people to move to the area.

The Bronx version of the Nike Air Force 1 sneaker, which is retailing at $135. It's ChristmasA in July for sneaker freaks who want to wear their neighborhood pride on their feet.

The Throgs Neck Bridge was closed to all traffic for more than 1 1/2 hours Thursday morning after police discovered a "suspicious vehicle" under the span on the Queens side, officials told Newsday.

The mean streets of Riverdale are getting a little friendlier for bicyclists. The Bronx section of the East Coast Greenway, with signs and painted bike lanes from Bronx Park to Van Cortlandt Park and down Tibbett Avenue, was completed in April.

Body of Stevenson Blackett is removed from the scene of a homicide at 1086 East 86 Street in Brooklyn.

There will be a youth summer festival in Seton Park, located at 232nd Street and Independence Avenue, from noon to 5 p.m. The organizations presenting the festival are Grassroots Artist Movement, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, The Bronx Council of MoveOn.

That's how a New York City judge ruled in throwing out a summons issued to a man wearing low-slung pants that exposed his underwear.

THE KINGSBRIDGE Library, at 280 W. 231st St., presents "Nutrition and Arthritis," a special lecture and discussion for adults, on Thursday, Aug.

The Daily News reports this morning that Bronx Democratic Committee chairman Jeff Dinowitz won't move to oust Pedro Espada, Jr.

The new Willis Avenue Bridge is home. This photo - with the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline in the background - shows the span concluding its 110-mile journey along the Hudson and East rivers yesterday.

Co-op City is charging shareholders up to $1,500 if they need to have an exterminator for the removal of bedbugs from their apartments, the News has learned.

I lived in the Bronx and its environs on and off for almost thirty years. I like the Bronx.

New York Gov. David Paterson will not face criminal charges for calling a woman who later dropped domestic violence charges against a top aide, though the aide could still face prosecution, according to an investigative report issued Wednesday.

New York Gov. David Paterson will not face criminal charges for calling a woman who later dropped domestic violence charges against a top aide, though the aide could still face prosecution, according to an investigative report issued Wednesday.

It's enough to turn your stomach. A new study of health violations at the nation's 107 sports venues find some gross oversights, and New York establishments are among the worst offenders.

Jonathan Thymius and Mike DeStefano , who grew up in the mainland borough, are 'still standing' on NBC's hit reality show, "Last Comic Standing." Jonathan Thymius , who was born in Orange, New York, yet took his first steps in The Bronx, and likes to think of himself as a "Parkchester kid," was first comic to learn he earned enough votes to ...

A Brooklyn resident surveys the storm damage on his street on Aug. 8, 2007. The Bronx isn't Kansas, but yes, Dorothy, that was a tornado that sent trees flying and utility poles crashing on Sunday afternoon.

Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced the seizure of more than $1.5 million in cash and a large quantity of heroin during the execution of 15 search warrants and dozens of arrest warrants for alleged members of a lucrative heroin distribution ring in the Fordham section of the Bronx.