It's safe to say no other neighborhood organization does "photo ops" quite as well as the Lower East Side Girls Club. Today, however, was a special occasion. This morning, Girls Club supporters came to 101 Avenue D to celebrate...
Supporters of P.S. 184, the Shuang Wen School, have launched a major offensive against New York 1, which aired a report earlier this month raising questions about the school's celebrated after school program. A non-profit organization affiliated with the...
Earlier this week, NY1 aired two reports raising questions about Shuang Wen, the highly regarded LES dual language school. Education reporter Lindsay Christ said the Department of Education is investigating the school's recent decision to charge students for after-school...
Hester Street Collaborative is an organization that believes in improving public spaces in our neighborhood any way it can. Yesterday leaders of the LES non-profit gathered with city officials and four talented artists to unveil "Mall-terations," a temporary exhibition...
On Sunday, NYC International Pickle Day celebrates its 10th anniversary on the Lower East Side. A short time ago, we received an updated list of vendors from the New York Food Museum, which co-sponsors the big event with the...
District 1's Community Education Council (CEC1) is looking for a few good parents interested in helping to improve the Lower East Side's public schools. There are 12 members on the council (9 parents selected by parent associations, 2 members...
For more than a year, we followed the saga surrounding Girls Prep, the charter school that fought to expand its middle school on the Lower East Side. Gotham Schools notes it's one of two schools that performed particularly badly...
Liberal groups hoping to narrow the "enthusiasm gap" with the Tea Party and other conservative organizations before Election Day are mobilizing for a big rally in Washington D.C. on Saturday. Donna Elleby, president of CoDA (Coalition for a District...
If you haven't seen the documentary, "The Lower East Side: An Endangered Place," there's another opportunity to catch it next week.
It will be part of a program this coming Tuesday night at the Museum of the City of New...
Have you got a computer, a television or, maybe, a cell phone to unload? Luck would have it the Lower East Side Ecology Center and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver are sponsoring an e-recycling event on Sunday. You can drop...
