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Saint Augustine School in New City, N.Y. (file / credit: Saint Augustine School)

It’s Last Week For 26 Schools In New York Archdiocese

As the Archdiocese looks to consolidate and streamline for long-term viability, 45 percent of the some 4,000 displaced students will reportedly not return to Catholic schools.

36 mins ago

Serpentine Road in Demarest, N.J. (file / credit: Google Maps)

Demarest Parents On Edge After Alleged Luring Attempt

Demarest is a quiet, well-to-do suburb where children walk to and from school under arching shade trees along some streets that don’t even have sidewalks. But Monday afternoon, a 12-year-old girl had to run home.

24 hours ago

Food scraps (file / credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Mayor Bloomberg Poised To Expand Food Scrap Composting Plan

In the coming years, New York City is looking at building a plant that would turn table scraps and egg shells into biogas to generate electricity.

2013/06/17

A BJ's Wholesale Club shopping cart. (credit: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)

Measles Warning Issued For Recent Visitors To BJ’s Store In N.J.

Measles is easily spread through the air when an infected person talks, coughs or sneezes, health officials said. People can also get sick when they come in contact with mucus or saliva from an infected person.

2013/06/14

St. Patrick's Cathedral - June 13, 2013 (credit: Sean Adams / WCBS 880)

Workers Removing Scaffolds From Spires At St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Decades of dingy grime have been gently erased from the stately twin spires of the cathedral. You can now see the top of the north spire, WCBS 880′s Sean Adams reported Thursday morning.

2013/06/13

Tiffany's Necklace Thief

Necklaces Valued At Nearly $100,000 Stolen From Tiffany’s On Fifth Avenue

A thief walked into Tiffany’s on Fifth Avenue a well-dressed man, and walked out a wanted man.

2013/06/11

New Jersey Turnpike (file / via Wikipedia)

New Jersey Police Warn Of Carjackings By Fake Cops On Turnpike

New Jersey State Police don’t want the public to be alarmed, but they say there have been recent carjackings by people posing as undercover cops along the New Jersey Turnpike.

2013/06/11

Otha Williams (credit: Ramapo Police Department)

Police: Shots Were Fired But Rockland Co. Party Guest Was Killed With A Knife

Police are now trying to find Otha Williams, 20, of the Bronx as a person of interest in connection with the case. Police believe he may still be in Spring Valley/Hillcrest area.

2013/06/10

AmeriCares relief supplies (credit: AmeriCares)

Stories From Main Street: Stamford-Based AmeriCares Helps Those In Need Around The World

Whether it’s a tornado in Oklahoma, a tsunami in Japan, or an earthquake in Haiti, whatever the disaster is, chances are that many of the relief supplies came from a 50,000-square-foot warehouse in Stamford, Connecticut.

2013/06/10

Rendering of the LG building rising above the tree line of the Palisades (credit: Scenic Hudson via Protect the Palisades)

Former N.J. Governors Join Fight To Save Palisades From LG Headquarters

When Michele Byers, head of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, asked four governors to implore LG Electronics not to build a tower that would soar above the tree line in Englewood Cliffs and mar the vista, they didn’t even blink.

2013/06/07

A car boot - Chicago, IL - Aug 1, 2002 (credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Report: NYC To Boot More Cars By End Of Summer

There is some good news and some bad news out this morning for those who rack up lots of unpaid parking tickets.

2013/06/06

Sign outside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. - Dec. 14, 2012 (credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Conn. Lawmakers Pass Bill To Keep Sandy Hook Photos Private

The negotiated bipartisan legislation came after days of closed-door talks and speculation about whether an agreement could be reached before the Wednesday’s midnight adjournment.

2013/06/05

Silverball Museum Arcade in Asbury Park (file / credit: Silverball Museum)

One Tank Trips: The Silverball Museum Arcade In Asbury Park

Every Wednesday, we’ve been taking you to destinations close by in our series One Tank Trips and now we’re moving from Connecticut to New Jersey.

2013/06/05

Cars are covered in debris following an explosion at Nyack College on June 4, 2013. (credit: CBS 2)

Gas Leak Eyed After 7 Hurt In Explosion At Nyack College

The explosion happened just before noon at a building known as the Sky Island Lodge on South Highland Avenue.

2013/06/04

Con Edison worker (file / credit: Con Edison)

Con Ed Plans $1 Billion In Post-Sandy Improvements For Westchester

For electric customers north of the city, your utility hopes to be better and keeping your lights on. But it will cost you.

2013/06/04

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