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Trader Joe's has released a statement announcing an October 19th opening at their new Lower East Side store at 400 Grand Street. The company will celebrate with a grand opening event including "live music, food tastings, giveaways, and more,"

Another large-format chain store is about to open on the Lower East Side.

Robert James, the men's fashion designer, is fighting to keep his headquarters at 74 Orchard St. He launched a fundraising drive on GoFundMe, right on the heels of celebrating his 10th anniversary on the Lower East Side.

As you may have noticed, there's a lot of hoopla surrounding the 20th anniversary of "Sex and the City."

Here's something new: sneakers and ice cream together in one storefront.

As we head into the final week of Christmas shopping, why not keep it local? You can, of course, shop at Lower East Side independent businesses any day of the week, but here's something to mark on your calendar....

Our first attempt at using the Essex Street Market's new delivery service turned out well.

Sammy Gluck wants to set the record straight.

For decades, this storefront at 43 Essex St. was a home to G & S Sporting Goods, a boxing supplies store owned by the Zerling family. Now it's about to take on new life as I Love Kickboxing, a nationwide chain of fitness studios.

Look who we have here! That's Trash & Vaudeville's Jimmy Webb hanging out with his new neighbor, Andrew Chase of Cafe Katja, one of our favorite neighborhood restaurants. As we reported in June, Webb is opening I Need More (Rock...