In changing LIC, stores struggle to keep up
By INGRID CURTIS Clara Robles is glad that in the new Long Island City, customers still come to the old drugstore where she works. Vernon …[read more]
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Brooklyn’s Little Pakistan grows; young adults stay
By FARAZ T. TOOR Two girls of Pakistani descent walk into Raheela Beauty Parlor at 1117 Coney Island Ave. They’re teenagers, and are dressed differently …[read more]
Got raw milk? It’s more popular, despite warnings
By LAUREN KEATING Long gone are the days of finding fresh, thick and creamy bottled milk at your doorstep. But now some New Yorkers are …[read more]
Healthy food helps smokers quit
By LAURIE CHERENFANT “That doesn’t belong there,” the doctor said as he looked over the PET scan results. “It’s in your lungs. “Get it out,” …[read more]
Parole: `It has issues’
By ANNA SPIVAK After a brisk walk with his girlfriend on a late night in January, John Molina, 20 years old at the time, returned …[read more]
NYC’s boom in gluten-free foods
By LAUREN KEATING New York City has seen a rise in gluten-free restaurants and bakeries, along with wider selections in supermarkets. Shopkeepers say that eating …[read more]
For Chinese parents and kids, obstacles to life in U.S.
By ELIZABETH COLUCCIO Lim Quing is a soft-spoken mother of two sons, aged seven and one, whose older son attends P.S. 69, an elementary school …[read more]
Three Mexican Women Transition into America
BY ELIZABETH ELIZALDE Growing up, I was forced to lie about my identity my ethnicity, my culture…everything that has helped to make me the woman …[read more]
Community Schools Model Serves Students and Families
BY LAUREN KEATING Many schools offer more than just academics. But at a “community school,” like the Salomé Ureña de Henríquez campus schools in Washington …[read more]
High Risk of MRSA in Bronx
Slideshow: How to prevent infection from MRSA. (Janurie Ulett) By JANURIE ULETT Bronx mother Michelle McKoy, 26, squirted an abundance of Purell sanitizer into her …[read more]