A Pollution Concern from Heating Oils
Last month’s expanded smoking ban may have irritated city dwellers, but environmentalists say that another pollutant continues to fill the air: the soot from the 9,000 buildings in Manhattan that use...
View ArticleA Street Workout for Spring
In time for spring, personal fitness trainer Al Kavadlo re-visits the scaffolding workout.
View ArticlePosing a Question: Can Yoga Be Owned?
Watch The Local's video about the lawsuit that Bikram Yoga brought against Yoga to the People, and tell us what you think.
View ArticleSwimming Pools in the East River? Maybe. But First, Marshes
Advocates hope vegetation along the banks of the East River will reduce sewage overflow and make the proposed Blueway more appealing.
View ArticleVideo: Rats Again Run Rampant at Former Guggenheim Lab Site
Cue "Return of the Rat" – the furry fiends are back on First Street.
View ArticleHe’s Not a Doctor, But He Plays One On 14th Street
On 14th Street, Bobby Byrd can be heard asking, "Can I take your blood pressure?" He's no doctor but he has been asking that same question to passersby between First Avenue and Avenue A for 16 years.
View ArticleFor Underage Piercings On St. Marks Place, Days Are Numbered
The controversial tradition will end in October, when a state law passed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo will make it illegal for people under the age of 18 to get a piercing without parental consent.
View ArticleStandard East Village Briefly Evacuated After Fridge Freakout
An old refrigerator caused some trouble at the Standard East Village today. A leaky refrigeration unit in the basement caused staff and guests to be evacuated from the building for over an hour.
View ArticleGarbage Day | A Shutterbug Fights Litterbugs
An East Villager photographs trash along the East River, and also helps clean it up. See some of the photos he has gathered in a book.
View ArticleRats Dig In at Sara D. Roosevelt Park
Lila Selim Lila Selim Kathleen Webster. Kathleen Webster has had enough of her unwelcome neighbors at Sara D. Roosevelt Park. She thinks the rat population has exploded since Hurricane Sandy,...
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