More than 20,000 students in both affluent and needy Westchester and Putnam districts will need extra help next year to rank as 'proficient' on the state's English and math standardized tests.
ATLANTIC CITY A block from the boardwalk, where Gov. Chris Christie was detailing a plan to clean up Atlantic Citys casino district, the girls were walking a district of their own. In broad daylight, on a perfect beach day....
New York vacations can include a lot more than just the bright lights and fast pace of the Big Apple. For a very different kind of vacation, get out of the city and head north.
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland Louis Oosthuizen still remembers getting together with other kids from the Ernie Els Foundation to watch highlights of their hero winning the British Open at Muirfield in 2002.
Whether you're in the market for a new washing machine, or want to upgrade to a smart phone, there are plenty of product reviews ready for your perusal. But how do you know whose consumer reviews to trust? Guests explain how to be a savvy consumer of consumer reviews.
WASHINGTON - Black church leaders from around New York offered cautious support Tuesday for a new federal housing program that would give local governments, faith-based groups and other community organizations the first chance at purchasing and renovating homes foreclosed on by the Federal Housing Administration.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO Outside Serra Chapel at the Mission, about 35 classic cars, some with flames licking down their sides, lined the road side and packed a parking lot Tuesday morning. Inside the chapel, about 250 people, many dressed in Hawaiian...
This spy kid is now an orphan. First, Juan Lazaro Jr. learned his father had a secret Russian name and was living a lie -- and that his mom was in cahoots. Then the moles of Yonkers copped a plea to avoid prison for espionage and left the 17-year-old piano...
Executives with NAI Friedland Realtys Industrial Division recently participated in a roundtable discussion on the state of the industrial real estate market in Westchester and Bronx counties in 2010 and identified some of the key issues the markets will face going forward.
YONKERS The stench of rotting garbage had Sedgewick Avenue residents wrinkling their noses and keeping their windows closed for the past week.