Health Department Launches Calorie Education Campaign To maintain a healthy weight, most adults need no more than 2,000 calories a day “Read ‘em before you eat ‘em,” the Health Department advises in a new campaign to help New Yorkers make the most of the city’s calorie-posting rules. The new campaign is designed to help New… [Read more…]
October 8, 2008 by illoquentgent
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The legacy of Clara “Mother” Hale rests on her unwavering dedication to provide a refuge for babies born to drug-addicted mothers during some of the most tumultuous times of a neighborhood scourged by the crack wave and the AIDS epidemic. [NYDailyNews] Ashley O’Donoghue, a 25 year-old ex-convict turned grocery store owner and is trying to… [Read more…]
October 8, 2008 by Justin
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Earlier we covered the approval of a large mixed-use project on East 125th Street. Since then the project has won its City Council approvals and NYC’s Economic Development Corporation has selected a developer for the project. General Growth Properties the developer who runs South Street Seaport won the bid to build the complex with retail,… [Read more…]
October 8, 2008 by narmer
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Allies Share Uneasiness in Changing Term Limits [NYT] Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers [NYT] Drug companies: No cold medicines for kids under 4 [usatoday] Wall Street’s Tremors Leave Harlem Shaken [NYT] Elizabeth Edwards attacks McCain health plan [USA] Out-of-state scofflaws get free ride [NYDN] Paterson to seek a full term in 2010… [Read more…]
October 8, 2008 by narmer
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Hale House is no longer a home. Seven years after the fabled Harlem charity for abandoned babies was rocked by scandal, Hale House has shuttered its residential program and is focusing its efforts – and dwindling dollars – on more traditional community services. Gone is the orphanage for babies founded in 1969 by Mother Clara… [Read more…]
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October 8, 2008 by narmer
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