Good family event in the neighborhood today — the 9th Annual Mamapalooza Festival is taking place at Pier I in Riverside Park South (Hudson River & 70th).

Posted some photos yesterday of space shuttle Enterprise’s historic flight over NYC and the UWS. Quite a few people sent in additional shots over the past 24 hours and I wanted to share some more. The photo above is by MUW reader and local photographer Pete Labrozzi (full-size version here). Taken from Pier I in [...]

You may have heard this elsewhere last week as I’m playing a bit of catch-up on this, but let’s file it under “better late than never” (especially since it’s not happening for three months). The Macy’s 4th Of July fireworks are returning to the Hudson River for the fourth year in a row.

If you happened to be strolling along the Hudson River yesterday morning, you may have noticed two F/A-18 Hornets screaming through the sky. Rest assured, we weren’t under attack. The planes were practicing for a commemoration of the War of 1812 during this year’s Fleet Week celebration in May.

Looks like the horrific case of Upper West Side mom Devi Silvia is about to come to a close. Silvia was charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child after she threw her 19-month-old daughter from Pier I into the Hudson River and then jumped in herself in an [...]