Ray Alvarez, owner of Ray’s Candy Store in the East Village, is deeply in debt, and young people are trying to help.In the age of bailouts, rescuing some stores that provide neighborhoods’ fabric involves numbers that do not end in “illions.”

The Panel for Educational Policy voted unanimously to implement a policy that bans most bake sales but allows students to sell premade items including Pop-Tarts and Doritos.

Sunday’s football playoff was made for this East Village bar, which began to attract transplanted Saints and Vikings fans years ago.

Diners at Veselka, where on Dec. 24 and Jan. 6, the restaurant serves the Sviata Vecheria, a traditional 12-dish, meatless, dairy-free dinner.

During the holidays, the restaurant Veselka serves a traditional Ukrainian 12-dish dinner that is meatless and dairy-free.

The night after a deadly stabbing in a homeless shelter for the disabled, a group of residents gathered in the same dining room where fighting words had bounced off the lemon yellow walls.

In October, a couple started Tokyo Rebel, which is devoted to Japanese street fashion. But they kept their other jobs.

In October, a couple started Tokyo Rebel, which is devoted to Japanese street fashion. But they kept their other jobs.

In October, a couple started Tokyo Rebel, which is devoted to Japanese street fashion. But they kept their other jobs.

In October, Jeff Williams and his wife, Masayo Fukuda-Williams, of Valley Stream, N.Y., opened Tokyo Rebel, which is devoted to Japanese street fashion. But they kept their other jobs.

Christine Vachon heads home after a trip to the farmers’ market in Tompkins Square Park.An independent film producer spends Sundays with her partner and their daughter, either in their East Village home or on a journey in the city.