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Walking towards hope – and creating a haven
To be diagnosed with cancer is a significant event, one that can rob many women of joy and energy. Steely determination is what is required...
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Bilingualism: Challenging, but worth it
Bilingüismo: Desafi ante, pero vale la penaCriar a un niño bilingüe no es una hazaña pequeña. En una sociedad en la cual estructuras académicas y sociales tienden a enfocarseen un...
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UC Recap – September 10 – September 15
That’s right folks, the long-awaited new book by Junot Díaz, “This Is How You Lose Her”, is finally available for purchase. The Pulitzer Prize-Award...
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Espaillat and Rosa defeat Linares ticket
The faces of the hopeful were omnipresent in Northern Manhattan this week. The protagonists seeking primary votes this past Thurs., Sept. 13th...
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Hon. Rita Mella wins as Surrogate Court Judge
Judge Rita Mella garnered 60 percent of the vote against Barbara Jaffe in the primary elections held this past Thurs., Sept. 13th to become...
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Linares concedes defeat, vows to continue to “work hard”
Speaking to a room filled with campaign supporters, staffers and volunteer workers, New York State Assemblymember Guillermo Linares...
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Uptown’s own Fashion Night Out
The next fashion star will not be coming via Spain or France or even the garment district. He is much closer than you think...
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Residents respond to soda ban passage
Residentes responden a la aprobación de la prohibición de sodaIn an 8-0-1 vote, the New York City Health Department voted on Thurs., Sept. 13th, to ban the sale of sweetened drinks larger than 16 ounces...
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The sound of music, just around the corner
El sonido de la música, a la vuelta de la esquinaA neighborhood always seems to find what it needs precisely when it needs it. When Richard Lissemore climbed over the bushes in 1999...
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Losing sunshine in the Heights?
¿Perdiendo luz solar en el Alto?Rita, residente en Washington Heights por 62 años, esta temerosa de perder su luz solar. Rita disfruta la vista desde la ventana de su apartamento...
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Capturing darkness and light: Faces of Hope
Capturando oscuridad y luz: ‘Faces of Hope’Roberto Vassilarakis, a quien le gusta ser conocido sencillamente como “Rob”, es un guerrero de esperanza. Es una identidad que ha adoptado...
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Get an education – on getting into and through college
Consiga una educación – ir a y a través de las universidadesTengo para mi hija muchos de los sueños que mi madre tenía para mí. El más grande de todos: que asista a la universidad. Recientemente...
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Dear Moms, Take a Break!
Estimadas madres, tomen un descansoKids are back in school, fall is quickly approaching and before you know it, the holidays will be here. It seems like we moms never seem to catch a break...
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Don’t forget to vote in this week’s primary elections on Thurs., Sept. 13th