via New York Daily News
Lunch Lessons at East Harlem School
An executive chef was tapped to create a new cafeteria menu using only fresh ingredients.
Place: Manhattan
Putting ‘Cycling’ in Recycling
Thomas Porter of Porter Cycles pieces together old bicycle parts into custom-made new two-wheelers in his Bushwick shop.
The Fragile Art of the Egg
Sofika Zielyk makes Ukrainian Easter eggs, known as "pysanky," in her East Village studio.
Young Immigrants Dare to Dream
Immigrant rights advocates, unbowed by the Dream Act's failure in Congress, are waging the fight state-by-state – including in New York.
via New York Daily News
Local Help for Ivory Coast
A Harlem mosque is leading efforts in New York to aid those in the strife-torn West African nation.
via New York Daily News
Snapshots of Lives in Progress
Intimate glimpses of life in the Manhattanville Houses were captured in pictures snapped by residents as part of a new program slated to expand to other city housing developments.
via The Villager
Schools Find New Life in Shared Space
St. George and La Salle academies — separate schools with long histories in the East Village — recently began sharing space to relieve financial pressures that had threatened each institution.
via New York Daily News
Rugelach King’s Sweet Reign
Alvin Lee Small's Harlem bakery has earned a dedicated cadre of customers who launched a social media campaign to save his business.