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Madison Square Garden will be rocking this playoff season with both Knicks and Rangers in the hunt for a championship. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The road to a championship is fraught as the Rangers try to bring home Lord Stanley’s Cup for the first time since 1994 and the Knicks attempt to bring home the NBA championship for the first time since 1972.

As Rangers and Knicks Start Post Season Journey, Can Either Win a Championship?

19 Apr 2024 | 01:27

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New York sports fans haven’t experienced this kind of rapture from their hockey and basketball teams since 1994. That year, the Rangers won the Stanley Cup, and the Knicks took the Houston Rockets to seven games in the NBA Finals.

Now, both of Madison Square Garden’s teams are on the verge of possibly...

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It’s all in the shorthand. Just as a baseball player would used RBI instead of “run batted in” after a hit enabled a runner on his team to cross home plate, nutritionists also have a language all their own. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

How to Make a Nutritionist’s Word Salad a Little More Digestible

19 Apr 2024 | 01:15

Every profession has its own verbal shorthand. Cops abbreviate unknown suspects to “perps” short for...

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There is a fine art to building a campfire as campers at the Nature Place Camp in Chestnut Ridge in Rockland County discover. This camp here will not find competitive sports, loudspeakers, or screens. Instead, campers get outside, explore, create, cooperate, play, and wonder. Photo: The Nature Place

The Best Way To Prepare Your Kids for Summer Camp

19 Apr 2024 | 12:20

With just a few months to go until the school year ends and summer vacation starts, you want to make...

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Spring Arts Guide 2024

17 Apr 2024 | 04:08

Ten Must See Exhibitions For the Spring ‘24 Season

“An American Craftsman” Offers Handmade Wares with...

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Jean-Marie Haessle, who arrived in NYC 56 years ago from France, passed away this week, shortly after conducting what turned out to be his final interview with our reporter. Photo: Lorriane Duffy Merkl

Noted Artist Who Vowed to Paint ‘Until My Last Breath’ Dies Shortly After Final Interview

18 Apr 2024 | 04:45

“I was going to be the next Van Gogh, but I found my own way.”

Famed 84-year-old expressionist artist...

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NYC Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch (left) and City Council Member Erik Bottcher preparing to unveil a new–and hopefully rat-proof–trash can on the corner of 9th Ave. & 43rd St., which is within Bottcher’s Hell’s Kitchen district. ( Photo by Jack Ahern )

Erik Bottcher and Sanitation Comm. Tisch Unveil Anti-Rat Trash Bin At 43rd & 9th

17 Apr 2024 | 06:25

Purportedly rat-proof public trash cans are still coming to the corners of Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood,...

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When Anna Meshcheri arrived in the US from Russia, she thought she’d land a 9-to-5 office job, but when that didn’t materialize, she turned to creative pursuits and now is a fashion photographer with a studio in Times Square. Photo: Times Square Photo Studio

She Combines High End Fashion Work with Keepsake Photo Shoots for Tourists

15 Apr 2024 | 04:26

Since Anna Meshcheri was once a tourist in Manhattan, she now loves offering vacation photoshoots to...

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The road to a championship is fraught as the Rangers try to bring home Lord Stanley’s Cup for the first time since 1994 and the Knicks attempt to bring home the NBA championship for the first time since 1972.

As Rangers and Knicks Start Post Season Journey, Can Either Win a Championship?

How to Make a Nutritionist’s Word Salad a Little More Digestible

The Best Way To Prepare Your Kids for Summer Camp

Spring Arts Guide 2024

Noted Artist Who Vowed to Paint ‘Until My Last Breath’ Dies Shortly After Final Interview

Erik Bottcher and Sanitation Comm. Tisch Unveil Anti-Rat Trash Bin At 43rd & 9th

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