On a recent morning, Caitlin Murray’s 8-year-old daughter had a piece of sausage stuck in her palate expander and was trying to hock it out of the orthodontic device at breakfast. Her 11-year-old son, who was recovering from a stomach bug, gagged as he watched his sister. Meanwhile, their 5-year-old brother colored all over the … Read more
Who says money can’t buy happiness? A new ranking of communities across the United States based on the overall mental health of the local population has been released as part of U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Healthiest Communities project — and some of the best-scoring counties can be found in some of the wealthiest and … Read more
As shark sightings continue to rise at New York City beaches, some experts are pointing out the predators’ presence off Long Island’s North Shore as well. “They’re not right offshore of the beaches, but they can come in pretty close to shore,” fisheries biologist Jon Vander Werff told the Hartford Courant. The Long Island Sound, … Read more
The price is so, so wrong. Recently, a ridiculously wimpy $29 ham and cheese sandwich from Eli Zabar’s E.A.T. on the Upper East Side went viral for its absurd price tag, which made the $5 pizza slices at Fini in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, seem like a relative bargain. It’s just the latest insult to New Yorkers’ wallets, which … Read more