Hopes fading for Brooklyn’s very own Whole Foods on the banks of the Gowanus Canal Prospects are dimming for a Whole Foods on the banks of the Gowanus Canal. Now, even company officials concede they have no clue if they’ll ever build a store along the polluted waterway. On again, off again, on again, off [...]

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Colm Toibin Takes Costa Book Awards Fiction Prize – NYTimes.com Irish writer Colm Toibin was named novelist of the year Monday in Britain’s lucrative Costa Book Awards for his emigrant saga ”Brooklyn.” The judges praised Toibin’s ”poised, quiet and incrementally shattering” story about a young Irishwoman in the 1950s caught between a new life in [...]

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A Long Island couple hit the jackpot – literally – and claimed their $162 million Mega Millions jackpot on January 4th.  Trying to avoid the usual press that accompanies such a win, they drove up to the state lottery office in Fishkill to claim their amazing prize. This prize, which will come to about $100 [...]

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Macy’s in Manhattan’s Herald Square got a little more excitement than they were counting on yesterday.  A fire started under an escalator near the Broadway end of the building between the second and third floors.  At first, they only evacuated the third and fourth floors, but soon decided to empty the entire store.  It took [...]

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Struggling from their slumping profits at both their theme parks and their film studio, Walt Disney Co. is setting their sights on an interactive store in New York’s Time Square.   Those who love Disney will enjoy this new location; parents will have fun bringing the kids to an interactive Disney Princess castle and a new [...]

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The Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University just found in a recent study that New York City’s charter schools are boosting reading and math scores far more than are regular public schools.  They looked at 49 charter schools and evaluated data from 2003 through 2009. The study found that, while 33% of [...]

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If you haven’t had a chance to enjoy the culinary delights in New York yet in 2010, it’s time to get moving!  There are many newly revised and delicious places to enjoy throughout the city.  Here are a few quick and tasty suggestions: The Four Seasons Last year, the amazingly talented chec, Fabio Trabocchi, lost [...]

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New Yorkers may need to brace themselves for a difficult real estate winter.  In November of 2009, the number of buyers who purchased previously owned houses took a sharp dive.  Real estate experts say that this is often a sign that sales will be low over the course of the winter. The National Association of [...]

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The New York Health Department is looking to make some interesting changes that will influence New York restaurants – and your dining experience.  The Board of Health is expected to vote in March on a measure that would require restaurants to prominently display letter grades that they have received from their inspection. They would post [...]

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A near horizon whose sharp jags
Cut brutally into a sky
Of leaden heaviness, and crags

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