Miles Wu at the competition’s Public Day, where the projects were judged, and the general public could attend and have the projects presented to them. ( Photo: Lisa Fryklund) UES High School Student Wins National Science Prize Miles Wu of Hunter College High School, who combined origami (the Japanese art of paper folding) and physics to optimize... Home 07 Nov 2025 | 06:27
Steuben Day preview at Foley Square, Sep. 19 (inset); and the parade proper on Fifth Avenue the next day. ( Photos: Brian Berger) 1000s of Jolly Germans March Up 5th Avenue: Auf die Freundschaft! Fifth Avenue came alive to the sights and sounds of the annual German-American Steuben Day Parade on Saturday, Sept. 20,... News 29 Sep 2025 | 09:08
The brilliant but wanted Jian Wu on the Brooklyn Heights promenade (upper Left); Above: Headquarters of hedge fundTwo Sigma at 100 6th Ave in SoHo where Wu worked before apparently absconding. ( Photos: LinkedIn, Google Maps) UES Finance Executive, Now a Fugitive, Indicted for Massive Hedge Fund Fraud Jian Wu was a brilliant but apparently flawed Ivy league computer and mathematics genius, originally from China, who lived... News 24 Sep 2025 | 08:38
Victims of stolen car wheels ring: July 24, opposite 130 East End Ave.; Aug. 14, near 418 E. 88th St. ( Photos: LanaGet Next Door; Subtantial_Zebra_14 Reddit) Cops to UES: Crime Wave Targets Auto Wheels/Tires The stories have been circulating on the internet for a couple of months now: a gang or gangs of skilled thieves stealing... News 17 Aug 2025 | 03:22
Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, who lived on the UES, was said to be planning a trip home to her native Ireland before she died. The 33-year-old fashion designer was found unconscious on board a boat at the tony Montauk Yacht Club in the early-morning hours of Aug. 5 and could not be revived. ( Photo: Facebook) Fashion Designer Found Unconscious on Boat in Montauk Yacht Club Dies Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, a 33-year-old fashion entrepreneur from the Upper East Side, was found unconscious aboard a boat... News 11 Aug 2025 | 03:43
Left: Lewis D. Reynolds, arrested for elder assault. Right: Lamont “Tip Dawg” Thornton, allegedly murdered by his son. ( Photos: NYPD, GoFundMe) Maniac Who Punched Senior at UES Apple Store Arrested; Patricide in Rangel Houses Unhinged and unhoused, a man suspected of socking a 94-year-old senior citizen in the face at an Upper East Side Apple Store... News 11 Aug 2025 | 01:01
The bathroom crack that became a crevasse. ( Photos: ByCarolynD TikTok) UES Woman Bugs Out After Bathroom Ceiling Collapse Unleashes Cockroaches An Upper East Side woman recently bugged out of her studio apartment after the collapse of wet ceiling board in her bathroom... News 10 Aug 2025 | 05:17
Wanted for attempted rape near Madison Avenue and East 109th Street. ( Photos: NYPD) Sexual Assault in East Harlem; Taxi Driver Stabbed in Yorkville The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the vicious fiend wanted in connection with a sexual assault... News 04 Aug 2025 | 11:04
Police investigate the aftermath of a tire theft on East 71st Street near York Avenue. ( Photo: Nextdoor) Wheel Bad: Tire Thefts Surge on UES and UWS A rash of tire thefts has hit both the Upper East and Upper West sides over the past several weeks, according to posts circulating... News 14 Jul 2025 | 03:58
Young attendee wears the craft project she created at the Museum Mile Festival on Fifth Avenue. ( Photo: Christine Butler for MCNY) Fifth Avenue Transformed into a Cultural Playground for Museum Mile Festival Fifth Avenue shut down to cars but came alive with art, music, and crowds on the evening of June 10 as the 47th annual Museum... City Arts 16 Jun 2025 | 04:46
Left: Wanted for robbery of Lululemon. Right: “Buddha and Attendants” frieze returned to Pakistan. ( Photos: NYPD, Manhattan DA) Store Robbed Twice by Same Man; Bragg Returns Antiquities to Pakistan NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying an individual wanted in connection with a 19th Precinct robbery... News 02 Jun 2025 | 11:50
Left: 1370 Fifth Ave., within King Towers NYCHA complex; Right: Wanted for forcible touching. ( Photos: Google Maps; NYPD) 15-Year-Old Shot on 5th Avenue; Buttocks Grabbed on Madison The rash of gun violence involving teenagers continues unabated. While Manhattan has been relatively insulated from the trend... News 23 May 2025 | 11:30
Walgreens located at 1191 Second Ave. is closing on June 24. ( Photo: Kelly Garreau) UES Drug Store Hit in Latest Round of Walgreen Closures Drug stores closures continue to plague Manhattan, with another one slated to close on the Upper East Side. Walgreens, which... News 22 May 2025 | 04:14
Left: Arrested for assault and other charges; right: Moche mask returned to Peru. ( Photos: NYPD (left), Manhattan DA) Supermarket Attack Suspect Arrested; Bragg Returns Antiquities to Peru The senior-shoving recidivist who attacked an 86-year-old woman in front of the Morton Williams at 1066 Third Ave. on Sunday,... News 19 May 2025 | 01:59
The Academy Award-winning director Robert Benton with our entertainment columnist Michele Willens. He passed on May 11 at the age of 92. ( Photo: Courtesy Willens family) Robert Benton Remembered The first time I met Robert Benton, I asked him, “Off the record, who’s the most difficult actor you worked with?” His response:... Voices 17 May 2025 | 04:12
