Roaring blaze empties Sheridan Avenue apartment building
20 August 2010
A three-alarm fire tore through the top three floors of a six-story apartment building in the southeast Bronx on Friday afternoon.
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“Doing This by Yourself:” A Teenage Father, Now a Single Dad
19 June 2010
At 19, Travis Antonio Luciano is raising his two-year-old son as a single dad.
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INTERACTIVE – Clam Diggers and Mussel Suckers
19 May 2010
Hear what City Islanders have to say about the coastal community that they call home.
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City Island: A Coastal Community in the Bronx
19 May 2010
Take a look at the people and places that make up the Bronx's unique nautical community.
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Moshe Piller: How a New York Landlord Works the System
18 May 2010
After 18 months of rehabilitation for a broken hip, all that Eta Eckstein wanted was to go back home to her Brooklyn apartment. The 92-year-old Holocaust survivor had lived at 8750 Bay Parkway for 40 years, but when her son visited her apartment while she was still at the Shore View Rehabilitation Center, he found a red eviction notice on the door.
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Characters of softball, the real Bronx pastime
17 May 2010
In the 1980s, Bronx softball games could attracted crowds of hundreds and $10,000 worth of bets. One team was particularly adept at taking that cash: a crew known as The Bandits. Last year, they reunited.
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A Challenger Emerges for Bronx Senate Seat
14 May 2010
Soundview native (pictured left) is confident the voters will not hold his past life against him.
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