The New York Post reports that a threatening letter was sent to an Upper West Side synagogue last week, warning of a bomb that was to detonate in the building on New Year’s Eve.  The note, which was found in the Congregation Ohab Zedek synagogue (95th near Columbus) on Thursday around 5:00 pm, included a [...]

Breaking news: A bomb scare occurred at the ASCAP office building (Broadway between 63rd and 64th) this afternoon.  Witnesses reported that a bomb threat was called into the office, which is a membership association of more than 380,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music.  The building was evacuated, including [...]

The Upper West Side has been making headlines since yesterday, bringing a wave of attention, at the national level in some cases, to our neighborhood.
First, the big headline of today is that Elena Kagan, the Solicitor General who previously served as the first ever female dean of Harvard Law School, was nominated to replace Justice [...]