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Applebee’s Salute HARLEM WEEK 2010

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The highly anticipated Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar opened on 125th St. at Fifth Avenue in December of  2009.  Applebee’s has  been well received as a comfortable, reasonably priced family dining restaurant,  and  they have worked very hard to connect with the Upper Manhattan communities which they serve.

Bridge floats home to Harlem

News

The new Willis Avenue Bridge is home.

This photo — with the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline in the background — shows the span concluding its 110-mile journey along the Hudson and East rivers yesterday.

MarkTeixeira and Harlem RBI Graduation

Taste of Harlem Week 2010

Event

This is not even the beginning of an event that took place at Grants Tomb part of Harlem Week in Harlem, New York on Sunday.

Fashion’s Night Out in Harlem Retailers Register

Fashion

Harlem retailers join this year’s Fashion’s Night Out In Harlem.

HW Pick: Castles In the Sky by Taylor Steele

Film

The sequel to Sipping Jetstreams, the acclaimed surf film by Taylor Steele, Castles In the Sky is a beautiful whirlwind that follows surfers to the farthest reaches of the known surf world and beyond.

Mount Sinai finds Ugandan Lead Level 20 times U.S. rate

Health

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that children living near the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala, Uganda, have blood lead levels nearly 20 times as high as the typical lead level found in U.S. children. 

Rangel Effort to settle ethics case

Politics

The HW has learned that New York Democrat Charles Rangel is making a last-minute effort to settle his ethics case. A settlement would mean that Mr. Rangel must agree that he committed some ethical misconduct.

Dash’s Loft Headed for Foreclosure

Real Estate

Former Harlem hip hop mogul Damon Dash ran into some money trouble a few years back (we can think of a few reasons why) and reportedly stopped paying a $78,504.20-per-month mortgage. His $7.3 million loan was for a pair of Tribeca lofts, one at 72 Laight Street, and the other a 5,200-square-foot duplex in The Atalanta at 25 N. Moore Street, one of the neighborhood’s power buildings.

Wyclef Jean for President?

Celebrity

Wyclef Jean is mulling over a career change.

“I can’t sing forever,” the Fugees star told CNN after a published report from Canadian publican Le Droit said that ‘Clef was considering a career in politics. ‘Clef says he’s filled out the proper paperwork in case he decides to go through with it, but he says he’s still thinking it over.

Walter’s World: Remembering Jimmy

By Walter Rutledge

Monday August 2, 2010 should be a day of celebration and gratitude in African American communities nationwide. This premise is especially prevalent for the people of the village of Harlem, in the city of New York. August 2 is the birthday of literary genius and Harlem native son James Baldwin.