The modernist refectory of Manhattan power dining threw open its modish doors — free! — to the sprout set.
Wed 25 Aug 2010
Wed 18 Aug 2010
Filed under: Bilingual Education, Parenting, Language and Languages, Children and Youth, New York City — @ 9:00 pm
Popular parenting Web sites indicate that a growing number of New York City parents are looking for caretakers to help their children learn a second language.
Sun 15 Aug 2010
At sleep-away camp, it comes down to this: Color War, a four-day, two-team frenzy of competition and camaraderie.
Sun 8 Aug 2010
The city’s most frequently opened hydrant, in Inwood.Opening a fire hydrant on a hot day now requires new levels of sophistication and mischief.
Sat 7 Aug 2010
Buster Woskoski at the hydrant he opened in Mapleton.His neighborhood has changed, Felix Woskoski acknowledged, after opening a hydrant and waiting in vain for boys and girls to come running.
Thu 5 Aug 2010
Filed under: Mexican-Americans, Immigration and Emigration, Port Richmond (NYC), Port Richmond High School, Muggings, Gangs, Children and Youth, Blacks, Race, Hispanic-Americans — @ 5:20 am
A series of attacks against Mexican immigrants in the past four months has drawn attention to Port Richmond and raised questions about divisions there.
Mon 26 Jul 2010
An 18-month-old girl was shot in the leg, apparently caught in the crossfire of a shooting in a Coney Island housing project.
Sat 24 Jul 2010
Filed under: Jamaica (NYC), Administration for Children's Services, Jewish Child Care Assn, Little Flower, Safe Space, Harlem-Dowling West Side Center for Children and Family, Child Care, Foster Care, Budgets and Budgeting, Children and Youth, Harlem (NYC), Nonprofit Organizations, Mattingly, John B, Layoffs and Job Reductions, New York City — @ 7:03 am
A mistake by the city in evaluating groups that help children and families has thrown the organizations into confusion.
Sat 24 Jul 2010
Filed under: Jones, C J, Psychology and Psychologists, Staten Island (NYC), Children and Youth, Murders and Attempted Murders — @ 4:10 am
After a boy, 14, is accused of killing his family and himself on Staten Island, the question lingers: Could someone so young be so skilled in what criminologists call “family annihilation”?
Sat 24 Jul 2010
Filed under: Logging Industry, Paul Smith's College, Adirondack Mountains (NY), Forests and Forestry, Children and Youth, Colleges and Universities — @ 4:06 am
A two-week program at Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondacks teaches skills like logrolling, felling trees with axes and making fires without matches.