Upp was last seen at her Hamilton Heights apartment, fresh from the shower as she got ready for a day at nearby Thurgood Marshall Academy.

Published by New York Daily News on September 6, 2008.

Hannah Upp was last seen by a friend at about 2 p.m. last Friday as she was getting ready to leave her Hamilton Heights apartment for a school function at nearby Thurgood Marshall Academy.

Published by New York Daily News on September 5, 2008.

Family and friends of Hannah Upp are trying to determine the whereabouts of the Portland, Ore. native. Police say Upp was last seen about 2:30 p.m. Friday as she left her apartment in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 5, 2008.

This is life at 452 Fort Washington Ave., where tenants have waged a three-year battle with slumlord Dorothea Levine over remarkably decrepit conditions.

Published by New York Daily News on August 31, 2008.

"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.

The organization also expressed a preference for Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, a Democrat who represents the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. Mr. Espaillat, who was first elected in 1996, is being challenged this year by his onetime protégé, City Councilman Miguel Martinez.

Published by New York Times on August 29, 2008.

One of the greatest pleasures of living in Spuyten Duyvil was to pack a lunch and walk or cycle across the Henry Hudson Bridge to spend a few hours at Inwood Hill Park. In recent years the extension of the green space along the West Side Highway made it possible to cycle from Riverdale to Battery Park in relative safety. This recent development was a tremendous attraction for cyclists who desired a residence in Riverdale with a convenient cycling commute to Manhattan.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 28, 2008.

She said she got hooked on the Y’s shows when she lived in Washington Heights. She now lives in New Jersey but still comes back to catch the shows.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 28, 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.

A $60 million plan to reopen the city's oldest bridge moved closer to reality yesterday as Mayor Bloomberg unveiled a newly restored $4.2 million access path leading to Washington Heights's historic High Bridge.

Published by New York Sun on August 27, 2008.

Three other documentaries opened late last week at the Coliseum Cinemas, on Broadway and 181st Street in Washington Heights.

Published by New York Post on August 25, 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.

A Washington Heights soldier was mourned Sunday night as a hero and proud new dad who asked a comrade to protect his family while he was fighting in Iraq.

Published by New York Daily News on August 18, 2008.

In Upper Manhattan, the union has announced its support for Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, a Democrat who represents Washington Heights. Mr. Espaillat is being challenged in the primary by his protégé, City Councilman Miguel Martinez, in what has become one of the most hotly contested races in the city this year.

Published by New York Times on August 15, 2008.

Wexler was the quintessential Jewish street kid who found a home in black music. He was born in 1917 in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, just north of Harlem.

Published by WNBC on August 15, 2008.

Mr. Stone quotes Walter Arsenault, then the chief of the unit, reminiscing on his former colleague’s profound desire to clean the scourge of crack cocaine from Washington Heights.

Published by New York Times on August 15, 2008.

After 21 years teaching kindergarten through third grade students at the Muscota School in Inwood, Ms. Menken served as director and then principal of that school for 10 more years.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 14, 2008.

When Lucinda Martinez-Desir was a young girl growing up in Washington Heights, she'd often sit on the steps leading up to Sylvan Terrace and write poetry. Almost two decades later, she returned, moving into one of the cobblestone street's famed Colonial row houses.

Published by New York Sun on August 14, 2008.

A longtime Inwood resident, Ms. Menken comes to the school newly retired with 38 years with the city Department of Education.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 14, 2008.

Ms. Menken is a graduate of the city’s public education system, making her way through Washington Heights schools, George Washington High School and finally City College for both undergraduate and graduate studies.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 14, 2008.

Police are probing whether Roberto Gonzalez - a member of a notorious Washington Heights drug crew, the Jheri-Kurl Gang - was behind the Tuesday attack.

Published by New York Daily News on August 14, 2008.

A double-exposure image juxtaposing pedestrians and a paddler on the Harlem River, both in Inwood.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

Even in winter you’ll see New Yorkers of all stripes buying apples, root vegetables, breads, meats, dairy, even hothouse produce, at markets from Inwood to Fort Greene — hubs which, unlike supermarkets or bodegas, bridge communities.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

"How could you do that to a little kid?" said Justinian Difo, 16, of Inwood. "It's going to make an impression on how she sees herself. It's going to scar her."

Published by amNY.com on August 12, 2008.

Residents of 90 Pinehurst Street in Washington Heights said that neighbor Jessica Carter, 22, stepped onto the elevator, which gave out.

Published by NY1 on August 12, 2008.

Adriano Espaillat, a Democratic Assemblyman who took the mayor's endorsement today over his Democratic challenger, City Councilman Miguel Martinez, said he has Bloomberg's support because he is "a green candidate." Espaillat, speaking on his cell phone from his district in Washington Heights, said he supported congestion pricing and the mayor's garbage plan.

Published by The New York Observer on August 12, 2008.

Mr. Bloomberg endorsed Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, a six-term incumbent representing the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. Mr. Espaillat faces a strong challenge from his onetime political confidant and protégé, City Councilman Miguel Martinez.

Published by New York Times on August 12, 2008.

When Rabbi Elie Kaunfer and his wife, Lisa Exler, decided to move with their daughter to Washington Heights from the Upper West Side, they resolved to bring some of their friends with them.

Published by New York Sun on August 7, 2008.

Lynch told detectives he shot Odierno, 35, of Miller Place, L.I., and Santos, 22, a C.W. Post College student from Washington Heights, at his Middle Village home before cutting up their remains and burying them in plastic bags behind his parents' home on Long Island, cops said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 2, 2008.

"When my baby is crying and hungry, I can't wait to get home and feed him," said Bragg, a music teacher from Washington Heights. "I breast-feed on the subway, in restaurants, in parks."

Published by New York Daily News on August 1, 2008.

"It was a little jarring at first," said Dave Droxler, 28, of Inwood. "I had to do a double take - 'Oh, so that's how it works.'"

Published by New York Daily News on August 1, 2008.

Michels, a longtime resident of Castle Village on Cabrini Boulevard, was elected seven times to the Council, serving from 1978 until term limits ended his tenure in 2001. His district was modified by reapportionment to include parts of Central and West Harlem, but he carried the new areas as well as Washington Heights and Inwood, his traditional bases of support.

Published by The New York Observer on August 1, 2008.

Michels, a longtime resident of Castle Village on Cabrini Boulevard, was elected seven times to the Council, serving from 1978 until term limits ended his tenure in 2001. His district was modified by reapportionment to include parts of Central and West Harlem, but he carried the new areas as well as Washington Heights and Inwood, his traditional bases of support.

Published by The New York Observer on August 1, 2008.

"I used to baby-sit him when he was a child," said Vargas, 59, who last saw him about three weeks ago in their apartment building in Washington Heights. "He greeted me warmly, like always."

Published by amNY.com on July 30, 2008.

Barbara Gonzalez, the chairwoman of the Centro Altagracia de Fe y Justicia, a Catholic advocacy and social justice organization based in Washington Heights and Inwood, offered a strong testimonial of her faith.

Published by New York Times on July 30, 2008.

Barbara Gonzalez, the chairwoman of the Centro Altagracia de Fe y Justicia, a Catholic advocacy and social justice organization based in Washington Heights and Inwood, offered a strong testimonial of her faith.

Published by New York Times on July 30, 2008.

The plant provides wastewater treatment for the hundreds of thousands of people who live and work in or visit the west side of Manhattan, from Bank Street in Greenwich Village to Inwood Hill at the island's northern tip.

Published by The New York Observer on July 28, 2008.

But the results in Mr. Rangel’s district offer at best a limited measure of the Clintons’ standing among black Harlemites. The district’s population is only 31 percent black, according to United States Census Bureau figures, as the district includes not only Central and West Harlem but also Washington Heights and East Harlem, where Latino residents predominate, along with Inwood and parts of the Upper West Side.

Published by New York Times on July 26, 2008.

But the results in Mr. Rangel’s district offer at best a limited measure of the Clintons’ standing among black Harlemites. The district’s population is only 31 percent black, according to United States Census Bureau figures, as the district includes not only Central and West Harlem but also Washington Heights and East Harlem, where Latino residents predominate, along with Inwood and parts of the Upper West Side.

Published by New York Times on July 26, 2008.

During the trial, the 23-year-old victim testified that she feared she would not survive the nightmarish April 13, 2007, assault in her Hamilton Heights studio apartment.

Published by New York Daily News on July 25, 2008.

Ms. Matloff, who spent 20 years as a foreign correspondent, noted that a number of geographic factors had converged to make West 141st Street in Hamilton Heights so attractive to the drug trade.

Published by New York Times on July 25, 2008.

Mr. Castro was deeply involved in Democratic politics in Washington Heights, the heart of the Dominican community in New York City. He was once chief of staff to Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, the first Dominican member of the Assembly. But he and Mr. Espaillat had a less-than-amicable parting of the ways. He moved to the Bronx three years ago and started to work with civic groups in the University Heights area.

Published by New York Times on July 25, 2008.

In other words, the local economy did not turn bad quickly enough for Manhattan renters this summer. Average rents either increased, decreased relatively slightly, or barely changed at all since the spring, according to a new report from brokerage the Real Estate Group New York. The report tracks average apartment rents south of Washington Heights.

Published by The New York Observer on July 22, 2008.

Instead, he did his apartment-hunting in Inwood, the hilly nabe at Manhattan's northern tip.

Published by New York Daily News on July 20, 2008.

The neighborhood's greenbelt includes Fort Tryon Park, home to the Cloisters, and Inwood Hill Park, the site of Peter Minuit's legendary $24 purchase of Manhattan.

Published by New York Daily News on July 20, 2008.

A program run by a nonprofit group provided children from Washington Heights with a crash course in sailing and teamwork.

Published by New York Times on July 19, 2008.

Ann David, an OBGYN at the Family Planning Clinic in Washington Heights, said if anything the president's plan will cause more problems.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 18, 2008.

Of course if you want to stay a bit closer to home, take the subway up to Inwood Hill Park – the last natural forest in the city - and check out the monument at the southwest corner of the ball field at 214th Street that marks the spot where Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 worth of trinkets.

Published by New York Daily News on July 15, 2008.