It’s a big score for the north shore. Nearly a dozen affluent Nassau County enclaves on the Gold Coast, or just a few miles south, made a newly released list of the best places in the US to raise a family. Kensington, a neighborhood on Manhasset Bay near the Queens border, placed second in the … Read more
Karl-Anthony Towns’ girlfriend Jordyn Woods attended the funeral of a close friend who lost her battle to breast cancer Wednesday, the model shared in a note posted to her Instagram Story. Towns, who is not dealing with a significant injury, missed the Knicks’ 114-102 loss to the Warriors on Tuesday for unspecified personal reasons. “Thank … Read more
The show must go on. The national anthem singer during the Knicks’ 125-101 win over the Hornets on Thursday at Madison Square Garden paused to glare at a heckling fan and powered through to finish her rendition, much to the delight of star center Karl-Anthony Towns. The singer, who goes by Liceli, had just sung … Read more
This might sour your Halloween. In some US towns, there are age restrictions for trick-or-treaters, meaning kids of a certain age may be ineligible for candy canvassing tonight. According to Fox News, one town in New Jersey has a law that ban anyone 14 years or older from trick-or-treating. Yes, you can be too old … Read more
Karl Anthony-Towns isn’t making headlines just for the blockbuster trade that sent him from Minnesota to the Knicks. The new Knicks big man and his girlfriend, Jordyn Woods, stirred buzz they might be engaged when she showed off a massive diamond on her ring finger in photos she posted Thursday on Instagram. Woods, who donned … Read more
Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods aren’t worried about cheating rumors that come with dating in the public eye. During a recent appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast, the former Timberwolves star — who was traded to the Knicks in a blockbuster deal for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo — explained how his relationship … Read more
Size isn’t everything. A prestigious ranking of the country’s best small towns has been published — and a charming locale just an hour’s drive from the hubbub of NYC has made the list. Compiled by editors at Travel + Leisure and a handful of industry experts, the America’s Best Small Towns 2024 survey tapped the larger-than-life … Read more
Four Massachusetts towns — Douglas, Oxford, Sutton and Webster — have enacted a voluntary evening lockdown in an attempt to curb the spread of a potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease. The decision comes after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) confirmed the first human case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) since 2020 in Worcester County. … Read more
The NBA offseason is heating up in Las Vegas. New Sixers star Paul George and his wife, Daniela Rajic, and Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns and his girlfriend, Jordyn Woods, looked like they enjoyed a wild 48 hours in Sin City, as seen in photos on social media. The couples attended an event at the Wynn … Read more
Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock posted several cryptic messages on social media two months before his death. In late April, the musician — who died Monday at 49 after battling addiction for most of his life — alluded to his personal struggles in what wound up being his final Instagram posts before his death. One … Read more
The TNT crew called “cap” on Karl-Anthony Towns. After one of the worst shooting nights of his career in Minnesota’s Game 3 road loss to Dallas on Sunday — in which he failed to hit a 3 on at least eight attempts (0-for-8) for the first time in his career, per TNT — Towns made … Read more
Jordyn Woods was in awe of boyfriend Karl-Anthony Towns on Sunday after the Timberwolves star reached his first conference finals with a 98-90 comeback win against the reigning-champion Denver Nuggets in Game 7. Taking to Instagram, the model shared photos of the couple hugging and smiling during a sweet postgame embrace in the back hallways … Read more
For centuries, during the summer New Yorkers have been all about fleeing the city heat for cooler environs upstate, in the Catskills. Today, those fabled peaks are having a veritable renaissance, and NYC dwellers are relocating there permanently to enjoy an upstate state of mind. Here’s how they did it. Camp Catskill, Tannersville Ryan Penny … Read more
Plans to build the world’s tallest flagpole are being delayed — again. The tiny town of Columbia Falls in Maine is extending its moratorium on big developments for another six months following a proposal for a flagpole taller than the Empire State Building, with an observation deck and a flag larger than a football field. The planned … Read more
If you sea something, say something. With millions beach-bound this Memorial Day weekend, New York-area coastal communities are working overtime to keep swimmers safe while enjoying the region’s increasingly shark-infested waters. With sightings — and panic — on the rise, towns are hoping to avoid any Amity Island-like scenarios by rolling out a range of high-tech … Read more
Cat got your town? Just in case cats didn’t already own the internet: A fat feline named has become the top-rated tourist attraction in the Polish town of Szczecin, bellying aside the locale’s actual historical landmarks. The black-and-white meow-nument, named Gacek — which means “long-eared bat” in Polish — boasts a whopping five stars on … Read more