Miss Alyse Yolanda Brandt, age 14, daughter of Pauline Spinelli-Brandt of East 65th Street, has been selected as a state finalist in the Miss New York American Jr. Teen Pageant to be held August 5-6 at the New York Marriott at the World Trade Center. More...

More than 100 young men, ranging in age from 16 to 21, from Brooklyn, Long Island and New Jersey, took to the American Legion baseball fields at Seaview Avenue and E. 102nd Street on Tuesday to show off their baseball abilities for a couple of major league scouts - Tommy Tanous and Ed Fastaia - representing the Milwaukee Brewers. Fastaia (second right), a New York/New Jersey area scout tells some prospects about the drills they'll be put through to be evaluated. Neil S. Friedman More...

My family, friends and I are paining from two recent tragedies in our lives More...

By Anthony Breznican More...