The saxophonist’s Masters of Jazz Award has rarely gone to anyone as strongly identified with fusion and its challenge to the mainstream.

At the 25th annual New York Wine and Food Classic, wines from the North Fork producers Bedell, Paumanok and Peconic Bay Winery won top awards.

At high school graduation ceremonies across the country, soon-to-be soldiers are being recognized alongside the academic stars of their classes.

The winning journalism covered a broad range of topics but largely steered clear of those that had most dominated the national discussion in 2009.

The reporting prizes recognized work from the print and broadcast media and singled out video footage showing the death of a young protester in Iran.

Proclamations written by the five borough presidents can be dismissed as bureaucratic pomp, but the stories behind them provide a portrait of the city.

As a Coast Guardsman, Mr. Wittek helped battle a fire that threatened New York Harbor, an act of bravery that was recognized six decades later.

As a Coast Guardsman, Mr. Wittek helped battle a fire that threatened New York Harbor, an act of bravery that was recognized six decades later.

In the Canyon of Heroes, teenage revelers stomped and hollered, horns blared and paper fluttered everywhere in the wind.

As the Yankees’ Nick Swisher put it, getting up at 6:30 a.m. was not hard because “you know someone is going to be cheering for you all day.”