"He let people know that he was just as red, white and blue as John McCain is," said Linda Drigant, who hosted a gathering of longtime Democratic volunteers at her Inwood apartment.

Published by New York Post on August 29, 2008.

Katherine Pergantis, a Marble Hill resident, died on Sunday. She was 87.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 28, 2008.

Just several hundred feet from where Mayor Bloomberg was proclaiming that the renovated High Bridge Park in Washington Heights is now safe, a parks advocate yesterday said he stumbled upon two drug addicts shooting up.

Published by New York Post on August 27, 2008.

The neighborhoods that counted the most conditions last month range from leafy Bellerose, Queens, to boisterous Inwood, Manhattan. Those with the fewest included midtown and Gramercy Park in Manhattan; Crown Heights in Brooklyn; Kingsbridge and Riverdale in the Bronx and Astoria in Queens.

Published by New York Daily News on August 24, 2008.

The Fire Department says nine firefighters have been taken to hospitals after an apartment building blaze in upper Manhattan, but their injuries appear to be minor.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 23, 2008.