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22 hrs ago | NY Non-Profit Press

2009 Union Square Awards

Ten local nonprofits will be honored this evening at the 2009 Union Square Awards celebration to be held at Riverside Church in Manhattan.

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Wed Dec 02, 2009

New York Daily News

Kappstatter: Efrain may up-cop fed plea deal

Former state Sen. Efrain Gonzalez may be trying to withdraw his guilty plea to plundering $200G in state funding from local nonprofits.

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Mon Nov 30, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

B'way ticket availability through Sunday, Dec. 6

Broadway ticket availability and capsule reviews of shows as of Nov. 30. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available at the theaters' box offices for the shows listed.

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Sun Nov 29, 2009

NY Daily News

Woman claims St. Vincent's Hospital exposed her to HIV

A Manhattan woman says she got the scare of her life when a hospital snafu during a routine procedure exposed her to dirty equipment carrying the HIV virus.

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Fri Nov 27, 2009

Columbus Dispatch

Theater Review | In the Heights: Pleasing musical keeps the beat

Lilting melodies and likable characters lift the spirits of In the Heights . Lively performances onstage and in the pit orchestra bring out the sweetness of the well-cast national tour of last year's Tony winner for best musical.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

The Manhattan Times

New developments taking shape

Despite the economic recession, several new buildings in Northern Manhattan are well on their way to being completed, and a few projects are on the drawing board.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

The New York Times

Days After Hairstylist's Death, Her Baby Dies, Too

A makeshift altar at Jailina Salon Unisex in Washington Heights commemorates the death of Joselin Castro and her daughter, Monserrat.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

Dispatch.com

North Side Story

"The music reflects a mix of all the different influences I grew up listening to in northern Manhattan," said Miranda, 29.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

New York Times

When Death Visits a Popular Beauty Salon

Joselin Castro, eight months pregnant when she died, was mourned at Jailina Salon Unisex.

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NY Daily News

From hack to a big wheel in real estate

David Edelstein at the W South Beach, his latest development project. Designed by Anna Busta's Studio B, the Living Room at W South Beach has velvet curtains in eggplant purple and armchairs covered in white pony or slate velvet.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Real Deal

Vantage accused of tenant violations at Washington Heights building

Five Washington Heights residents have filed suit against their landlord for allegedly violating the Tenant Protection Act by intimidating, harassing and threatening them in order to force them out of their rent regulated apartments, according to the Indypendent.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Manhattan Times

Four people, four floors, one home

Not many people can say they moved to the neighborhood because of actress Marcia Gay Harden.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

New York Times

Offering Hope in Haircuts for the Jobless

It was clear that Sunday was shaping up to be a rare shot of Indian summer, the ideal day for wandering through a park or lazing around on stoops or eating outdoors.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

The Bowery Boys

History in the Making: Arches and Awards Edition

Cleaner days : Far East Village, namely 10th Street and Avenue D, in a 1937 photograph by the always reliable Berenice Abbott [link: NYPL ] Some neighborhoods change slowly but consistently throughout the decades.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Manhattan Times

Fatal police shooting follows car chase in Washington Heights

As officers approached the smashed up silver Cadillac on W. 188th that they had just chased through the streets and sidewalks all over Northern Manhattan on the evening of Wed., July 22, the driver, nicknamed Flaco, gunned the engine at an approaching plainclothes officer, who fired one fatal shot through the windshield, according to police.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Newsday

Medical examiner: Victim was alive during stabbing

Dr. Stuart Dawson testified that Joseph Odierno's torso had about 24 small stab wounds, but could not say whether the injuries occurred before or after he was shot in the head.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Belleville News

'In The Heights' opens Tuesday at the Fox

The Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning musical 'In The Heights' opens at the Fox Theatre on Tuesday, bringing a fresh, new type of musical.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"In the Heights" takes the stage

Rumba or Marcarena, cha-cha or salsa - everybody likes some kind of Latin music.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Norwalk Citizen News

Shakespeare on the Sound will present 'Othello' in 2010

In her gold shoes, Shakespeare on the Sound Artistic Director Joanna Settle had an air of ruby slippers' magic as she joined with board members, administrators, actors and supporters of the annual summer theatre to announce the upcoming season's play selection, "Othello." Starring in the lead role will be Ty Jones, who played Bottom in last year's ...

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

All Bronx News, All the Time!

A Celebration, Washington Heights Style

As Champagne celebrations go, the best one after the Yankees won the World Series might have been the one on the sidewalk of 191st Street in Washington Heights.

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