In 1930, the Bronx was 50% Jewish. It’s a statistic that always surprises me, partly because the intense Jewish nostalgia over the Lower East Side and Brooklyn overshadows the Bronx, ...

A historic capital project at Storm King will soon come to a close. The cultural staple in New York’s scenic Hudson Valley ...

The spy novelist Robert Littell spins a yarn based on socialist revolutionary Leon Trotsky’s brief 1917 sojourn in New York City.

Norah will be sadly missed by her brother John (South Wales), sister-in-law Nora (Kiltevna), nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours & friends. May her kind & gentle soul Rest In Peace Norah’s Funeral ...

There was movement aplenty with three teams losing in the Blue Star Media Elite 25 girls’ basketball rankings. With 22 teams ...

Kingston native John G. Stote III earned a reputation for producing a quality basketball when he invented The Rock in 1982.

When a devastating fire ripped through the Twin Parks apartment complex in the Bronx three years ago, leaving 17 dead and dozens injured and homeless, the Bronx Community Foundation sprang into action ...

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CC Sabathia will go into the Baseball Hall of Fame with a New York Yankees hat on his plaque. Sabathia learned of his election on Tuesday and soon after confirmed his intentions to go into ...

More than the king of lions, Mufasa: The Lion King also managed to pull out a last-minute win at the box office over the 4-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

The name we recognize today as one of the most powerful voices during the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., was originally not named “Martin Luther.” His father decided to change ...