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Monday, March 15, 2010 | 7:54pm

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New York's Top Photographers Host Fundraiser for Haiti Relief Efforts

New York Photographers Host Fundraiser for Haiti Relief Efforts on Lower East Side

Local photojournalists are coming together Tuesday to help rebuild the destruction they saw firsthand in Haiti.

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New Hester Street Market Reminiscent of Lower East Side's Pushcart-Peddler Days

A new weekend market aims to recreate the area's bustling scene from the 1800s.

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Lower East Side Seniors Home Eyes Seward Park Lots

A Lower East Side seniors home needs a new space, and some community organizers believe the answer lies in Seward Park.

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Lower East Side's Guss' Pickles Packing Up(DNAinfo/Suzanne Ma)

Guss' Pickles Packing Up, Leaving Lower East Side

Guss' Pickles has been on The Lower East Side since 1920. Now the neighborhood mainstay is moving to Brooklyn.

City Closes 16 Daycare Centers Run By the Administration for Children's Services(DNAinfo/Suzanne Ma)

City To Close 16 Daycare Centers Run By the Administration for...

NYPD Seeking Three Men in Cell Phone Store Robbery Spree Across...

The men have hit T-Mobile and AT&T stores from SoHo to Washington Heights, the NYPD said.

Is That an Igloo in Washington Square Park?(DNAinfo/Serena Solomon)

What to Do With All This Snow? In the Village, Two Girls Built an...

A foot of snow provided plenty of construction material for a pair of 5th graders to put their classwork into practice in Washington Square park on Friday.

Board of Education Approves Expansion of Harlem Success Academy(DNAinfo/Gabriela Resto-Montero)

Charter School Victory as Education Panel Approves Expansion Plans

After months of heated arguments, a city education panel approved the expansion plans of 13 charter schools Wednesday night.

Upstate Vegetable Co-Op Plants Itself on the Lower East Side

A new partnership between upstate farmers and residents of the Lower East Side will bring fresh produce from the farm directly to the neighborhood in the form of a co-op.

Chinatown And Lower East Side Officially A National Historic District(DNAinfo/Suzanne Ma)

Chinatown, Little Italy Officially a National Historic District

Two downtown neighborhoods, intertwined in over a century of shared histories, have been recognized as a single, national historic district.

Nanette Lepore Says the Garment Center Must Be Saved(Josh Williams & Nicole Breskin/DNAinfo)

Designer Nanette Lepore Wants Garment District Preserved

Nanette Lepore discusses the threats to the Garment District, the neighborhood that gave her her start.

In Chinatown, Fujanese Say They Are Forgotten(DNAinfo/Suzanne Ma)

In Chinatown, Fujianese-Cantonese Rift Exposed at Neighborhood Meeting

A brief clash at a community meeting last week exposed a rift between Chinatown's Fujianese and Cantonese residents.

New Yorkers of All Backgrounds Support Medical Marijuana According to New Poll(flickr/Laughing Squid)

$1 Million in Drug Money Seized from Little Italy Apartment

Officials have commandeered $1.1 million in drug money after busting a marijuana ring headquartered in a Little Italy apartment, the Daily News reported Monday.

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